L762 Retail 5" wide x 4

5" wide x  4

Originally

Pair of 18th century Italian gold-leaf fragments adorned with an oyster shell and natural-forming baroque pearls on a lucite base

A pair of 18th-century Italian gold leaf candlestick tops with polished agate coral and baroque pearls

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L762 Retail 5" wide x 417th century Italian fragment mounted with fossil rose sea coral. This type of sea coral receives its name from is flowery shape. It's scientific name is Manicina areolata and it derives from the brain coral family (Faviidae). 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, craftsmanship, and