M116 19th century 18th century Italian sliver leaf

18th century Italian sliver leaf and mecca cross adorned with gold and silver plated crystal points and mica with tourmaline mounted on a mica and tourmaline in calcite matrix base

5" wide x 4" deep x 11" high

intitolata “Il Coraggio e la Paura”

and windblown theatricality justify the praise that this body of work is “a reinvention of Baroque decor

The fragment artifact came from the interior of a church altar and it was probably above a figure of Christ

M116 19th century 18th century Italian sliver leaf18th century Italian Florence fragment mounted with an ammonite and adorned with quartz crystals. The fragment perfectly mirrors the texture and curves of the ammonite and have been paired to appear as if they evolved together over time. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the integrity,