L600 Crystal 18th century Japanese silk textile

18th century Japanese silk textile brocade with scrolling lotus and chrysanthemums framed with a print room border - a popular form of decoration in England and Ireland from the 1750's to the 1820's

5" deep (each)

It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966 and has been naturally distressed from the flood

18th century Italian painted fragment decorated with mica in matrix and a smokey lemon quartz crystal on a phantom optical calcite base

L600 Crystal 18th century Japanese silk textilePair of 18th century Italian gold candlesticks with agate coral and baroque pearls. The altar sticks originally came from a church in Tuscany.. They are mounted with the coordinating pair of polished agate coral and adorned with baroque pearls. Agate coral is also Florida's state stone and is known for its unique formation that can take place over 20 million years. It's a natural gemstone that is created when coral is gradually replaced with agate.