K744 pyrite 18th century Italian candlestick with

18th century Italian candlestick with a fossil clam shell and gold leaf barnacles mounted on a cut rock coral base

painted in oil on canvas or gouache on paper

75" deep x 5" high

18th century Italian pom pom decorated with garnets on a mica in matrix base with garnet inclusions

K744 pyrite 18th century Italian candlestick with18th century Italian gilded altar candlestick with a Chesapecten fossil shell formation and natural forming baroque pearls. The 18th century Italian gilded fragment was originally an altar candlestick in a historical church in Italy. The Chesapecten shell cluster was found from the banks of the James River and are usually 3 to 8 million years old. Fossilized marine life makes up parts of the shell cluster's matrix. They go through a meticulous