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Before 16th Century


95 objects

China, Han Dynasty (-206 +220), Set Of Three Gilt Bronze Weights.

China, Han Dynasty (-206 + 220 CE), rare and superb set of three gilt bronze weights. The first is circular in shape, decorated with two tiger heads. The second is oval in shape, decorated with a chim[...]

Period: Before 16th century

930 €
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Fossil Tooth Of Theropod Dinosaur – Carcharodontosaurus – Curiosity

Superb fossil tooth of one of the largest theropod dinosaurs known to date, bipedal and above all carnivorous, Carcharodontosaurus aff. saharicus (translation of the genus: "Sharp-toothed lizard") : a[...]

Period: Before 16th century

190 €

Haute Epoque, 15e S Terracotta Large Seal With A Bird & Gothic Inscription

HAUTE EPOQUECabinet of CuriositiesLARGE AND CURIOUS TERRACOTTA SEAL with RELIEFS OF GOTHIC INSCRIPTION (unreadable) and a WADING BIRD, standing with its head curved towards the ground (on the right w[...]

Period: Before 16th century

350 €

Medieval Bronze Magic Ring With A Glass Paste "eye". Middle Ages

Medieval magic ring in bronze with a red glass paste in the shape of an eye. 3.01 g Finger size: 52 Beautiful ring with a pretty green patina. The stylized eye on this type of jewelry has an apotropai[...]

Period: Before 16th century

180 €

Large Mammal Teeth - Cows And Horses In A Display Case

Four beautiful and old teeth with a beautiful old patina and wear/concretions due to time. Two ruminant teeth, bovid type (cows, Bos sp.) are surrounded by two horse teeth (Equus sp.). Origin: alluvi[...]

Period: Before 16th century

130 €

Medieval Bronze Ring Set With Red Glass Paste On Elongated Bezel

Medieval Bronze Ring Set With Red Glass Paste On Elongated Bezel  Middle Ages 4.72 g Ring size: 47 Slightly deformed ring but very solid and perfectly wearable. Very beautiful green patina. [...]

Period: Before 16th century

180 €

Wunderkammer - Nautile fossilisé, Madagascar - socle en laiton

Visible sur Paris. Remise en main propre possible sur la capitale et sa banlieue. Livraison pour la France : 15€. Me contacter pour l'Europe et le reste du monde. Nautile fossilisé Socle en laiton[...]

Period: Before 16th century

550 €

Large Fossil Vertebra With Gorgon

Large fossil vertebra of a large marine mammal, of a genus now extinct, affiliated with a whale. A current gorgonian took this fossil vertebra as a substrate to develop. During storms, the fossils fo[...]

Period: Before 16th century

195 €

Inuit Arrowheads And Harpoon Tips

Beautiful objects from the cabinet of curiosities Inuit Arrowheads and Harpoon length: 9 cm for the largest and 7 cm for the smallest

Period: Before 16th century

380 €

Large Rock Crystal Group

Important and rare block of raw quartz rock crystal Very decorative, large size

Period: Before 16th century

1 850 €

Megalodon Den 12cm On Rosewood Base Cabinet Of Curiosities

Another larger megalodon tooth 12 cm mounted on a rosewood base, very beautiful object

Period: Before 16th century

550 €

Gothic Period, Late 15th Cty, Front Of Small Chest, 3 Window Panels

Haute Epoque Complete facade of a small Gothic chest, circa 1500, consisting of 3 panels, including the 2 on the sides with windows. Very beautiful earthy / gray patina from Renaissance period [...]

Period: Before 16th century

740 €

Mammoth Primigenius Tooth Fossil, North Sea

For sale is an authentic fossil Woolly Mammoth molar (Mammuthus primigenius), an exceptional piece of natural history dating back to the Ice Age. This fossil is a perfect example of this species' adap[...]

Period: Before 16th century

200 €
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Ammonite Fossils, Paleozoic Or Mesozoic Eras

Appearing during the Paleozoic, during the Devonian period, ammonites (or Ammonoidea) are a subclass of fossil cephalopod mollusks. This species disappeared during the great expansion of the Cretaceou[...]

Period: Before 16th century

250 €
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Imposing Chondrite Meteorite - 1,270 Kg - Curiosity

Exceptional pyramid-shaped meteorite with its complete fusion crust. It is a chondrite meteorite, which are the oldest rocks in the solar system, having undergone little or no geochemical reworking si[...]

Period: Before 16th century

2 500 €

Malachiet Freeform On Custom Stand

Exceptional specimen of free-form malachite on foot. Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral. It is often found in nature with the related azurite. Malachite was worked as a gemstone very ea[...]

Period: Before 16th century

1 850 €

Septarian Nodule On Foot

Beautiful cross section of a septarian nodule on a metal stand. Septarian nodules are fossilized mud bubbles that are 50-70 million years old. Belgium is one of the main sites for the discovery of the[...]

Period: Before 16th century

1 500 €

A Medieval Green Glazed Whistle In The Form Of An Owl

A charming and rare owl whistle or bird call. The tail forms the whistle and the top of the head has a hole for the air to escape. The bird has (the remains of) a green tail, head and breast and brown[...]

Period: Before 16th century

475 €

Grande Gogotte De Fontainebleau Geology Concretions

Large concretions called the Fontainebleau gogotte. Good condition, some wear. Dimensions:

Period: Before 16th century

500 €

Mammoth Femur Base - Curiosity

Mammoth Femur Huge fossil femoral bone of a woolly mammoth. The bone was fished in the North Sea and then stabilized. 81cm long the femur alone! About 100,000 years old Custom-made base by BAM - Arman[...]

Period: Before 16th century

1 200 €

Amethyst Geode

Superb and large amethyst geode

Period: Before 16th century

140 €
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Shark Teeth Fossils – Paleontology Of Morocco

Nice lot of 15 fossil shark teeth Squalicorax pristodontus, Authentic fossils, no re-gluing. From 18 to 30 mm approximately. Age: - 72 to - 66 million years: Maastrichtian (last stage of the Creta[...]

Period: Before 16th century

120 €

Set Including Two Polished Ammonite Fossils And Half A Polished Limestone Ammonite

Set comprising two polished ammonite fossils and a polished calcareous half-ammonite. H. 11 x W. 12 x D. 9 cm (pair of ammonites) H. 14 x W. 17 x D. 2 cm (half-ammonite)

Period: Before 16th century

580 €

Medieval Gilt Bronze Applique Element

Medieval gilt bronze applique element 37 x 23 mm 19.6g

Period: Before 16th century

130 €

Woolly Mammoth Hair

Tuft of woolly mammoth hair (Mammuthus primigenius, Siberia, Pleistocene), presented in a vial on a turned wooden pedestal, under an old globe, old-style label. Ideal cabinet of curiosities.

Period: Before 16th century

550 €

Red Coral Branch Set On A Gothic Brass Base

Red coral branch set on a Gothic embossed brass base. Coral, brass. 15th century. h. 15 in. ; w. 11,8 in. A branch of red coral mounted on a Gothic embossed and chased brass chalice base. The de[...]

Period: Before 16th century

7 800 €

Rare Fossilized Mammoth Tooth Base In Good Condition Fossil Dentist Collection /3

RARE fossilized mammoth tooth and base. /3 Patinated metal base, solid and sober. Dimensions: With base: Height: 15.4 cm Weight: 0.9 kg. Base: 12 cm x 6.3 cm. Tooth alone: L: 11 cm H: 5.9 cm Depth:[...]

Period: Before 16th century

300 €
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15th Century Gothic Belt Element

Gothic copper alloy belt element with openwork decoration of a stylized virgin and child, on the side a “N” in Gothic. Copper alloy with black patina. Europe (Germany?), 15th century. 80 x 37mm. [...]

Period: Before 16th century

300 €

15th Century Harness Pendant: Four Leaf Clover

Very beautiful gilded bronze harness pendant representing a four-leaf clover. 15th century. 11.44 g. 40 x 33 mm. This format could also have been used for dog vervelles (unlike those used for [...]

Period: Before 16th century

490 €

Small Roman Romano British Bronze Lead Steelyard Weight Metal Detecting Detector

Rome, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. An elegant bronze and lead steelyard weight depicting a Cherub with wings, shown wearing a chain around his neck and with white eyes. with his wavy hair fant[...]

Period: Before 16th century

3 270 €

Illuminated Manuscript Parchment, Gothic Period, 15th Century

A double-sided illuminated manuscript on parchment hand-written and coloured from the Gothic period (15th century) This is a page from a liturgical book such as the Psalters and courtly literature T[...]

Period: Before 16th century

750 €
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Medieval Gilt Bronze Buckle Plate: Griffin

Gilt bronze buckle plate with bas-relief decoration of a griffin in profile raising its right foreleg; four rivets on the reverse. 12th/13th century L.: 4.7 cm. The style of this griffin decoratin[...]

Period: Before 16th century

580 €

Human Head Pendant In Relief In Gilt Bronze 14th Century Middle Ages Medieval Period

Human Head Pendant In Relief In Gilt Bronze 14th Century Middle Ages Medieval Period

Period: Before 16th century

120 €

Pyrite - Natural Cubic Crystalline Macle - Minerals

Superb natural twin of 3 pyrite cubes, or “Fool’s Gold”. During the Gold Rush of the 19th century, many people mistook pyrite for gold because of its metallic shine. Authentic crystal. Very pret[...]

Period: Before 16th century

80 €

Sea Urchin Fossil Pseudocidaris Mammosa Jurassic France

Curious sea urchin Pseudocidaris mammosa on limestone matrix, raised into living position with its radioles (club-shaped), characteristic of its genus. Stage and Age: Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic):[...]

Period: Before 16th century

230 €

Lot Of 3 Wrought Iron Keys Of Different Ages. From Gothic To The 18th Century - European

Lot Of 3 Wrought Iron Keys Of Different Ages. From Gothic to the 18th Century - European

Period: Before 16th century

220 €
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Fossilized Mammoth Tooth/molar

a completely fossilized mammoth molar The last woolly mammoth disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene, around ten thousand years ago. Climate change, not humans, caused the mammoth's extinction 4,0[...]

Period: Before 16th century

350 €
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Medieval Bronze Seal Engraved With A Gryllus. French Or English, 14th Century.

Medieval bronze seal engraved with a Gryllus. French or English, 14th century. Measures 1.8 x 1.3cm. Weighs 3.62 grams. Engraved with the word ‘PRIVE’ (private) and the initials of the own[...]

Period: Before 16th century

1 500 €
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Gogottes De Fontainebleau

Selection of 3 Gogottes de Fontainebleau fragments. On modern black oak base. Les Gogottes de Fontainebleau, a rare masterpiece of natural art from the Fontainebleau region of France. Forged over mill[...]

Period: Before 16th century

1 897 €

Fossilized Tree Slice

Slice of fossilized tree H. 34 x L. 29 x D. 2 cm

Period: Before 16th century

420 €

Lot Of Minerals Of The World

Nice batch of 16 minerals from the four corners of the world. Some on bases. Spearhead gypsum (on base) from Neuilly-sur-Marne (Seine et Marne), Rose Quartz from Brazil (on base), 3 translucent Quart[...]

Period: Before 16th century

100 €

Medieval Bronze Seal Of A Pair Of Birds With A Tree. English, 14th Century.

A Medieval bronze seal of a pair of birds either side of a tree or flower. English, 14th century. Measures 3 x 1.9 cm. Weighs 7.65 grams. The inscription appears to read Inscription of ‘SI[...]

Period: Before 16th century

780 €
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Medieval Bronze Seal Of A Bird With A Branch In Its Beak. English, 14th Century.

A Medieval bronze seal of a large bird with a branch in its beak. English, 14th century. Measures 2.7 x 1.6 cm. Weighs 5.87 grams. The inscription appears to read 'IESV: SEL BON E LEL', wh[...]

Period: Before 16th century

780 €
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Medieval Bronze Seal Belonging To A Rector. English, 14th Century.

A Medieval bronze seal belonging to a Rector. English, 14th century. Measures 4 x 2.5 cm. Weighs 17.62 grams. Seal design shows a seven petal flower with a six point star above and crescen[...]

Period: Before 16th century

1 150 €
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Large Ammonite From Southern Morocco

Large ammonite mounted on a wooden base, stable, dimensions approximately 37 cm by 24 cm for an average thickness of 7 cm, weight approximately 15 kg, beautiful effect for a cabinet of curiosities....[...]

Period: Before 16th century

250 €
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Grande Ammonite

A beautiful and large ammonite, dimensions 28 cm long by 23 cm wide, thickness 7/8 cm, good condition just dusted!!! Weight over 5 kg ....For any information 0778337598 

Period: Before 16th century

250 €

Silver Medallion Depicting Frederick's Eagle

Silver medallion depicting Frederick's II eagle, made using the relief prop technique. In the center is a round cabochon of agate. The object, highly oxidized, made of low-grade silver, embodies the r[...]

Period: Before 16th century

2 900 €

Huge Raw Hematite Geode Morocco +10 Kilos

Incredible raw hematite in very large format. It measures 37cm long by 16cm high and weighs more than 10 kilos! It is very rare to find a geode of this size. Hematite with its black nodules is emblema[...]

Period: Before 16th century

790 €

Male And Female Fossilized Fish

Amazing fossilized fish with positive and negative. Well readable fish skeleton including both parts (which is rare). Very nice collector's item.

Period: Before 16th century

280 €

Fossilized Fish

Magnificent fish fossilized in oval stone. Very readable fish skeleton and nice size. Beautiful collector's item.

Period: Before 16th century

140 €

Baphomet - Templar Bronze Ring Representing The Goat's Head

Medieval bronze ring with a green patina with the appearance of a 'goat's head' (sometimes interpreted as a 5-pointed star with the 2 flared upper points), a symbol of knowledge that allows the human [...]

Period: Before 16th century

8 500 €

Templar Cross With 'axe' Arms In Silver And Cloisonnèe Enamels.

Templar Cross With 'Axe' Arms In Silver And Cloisinnèe Enamels. In the center is a coral disc. Probably originally there was a cabochon garnet. 

Period: Before 16th century

8 000 €

Angevin Templar Pendant Cross

Angevin Templar Pendant Cross, in Bronze with traces of pure gold under patina.  Sicily 1266-1282  

Period: Before 16th century

2 300 €

Stalagmite

Stalagmite ( Christies London 2010 , Hanham Court )

Period: Before 16th century

1 300 €

Fossilized Mammoth Tooth

Fossilized mammoth tooth in good state of conservation

Period: Before 16th century

200 €

Taxidermy - Fossil - Bovid Horn

Fossilized bovine horn. Bos Primigenius (quaternary), clay from Boom (Belgium). Length 32 cm Careful, secure and tracked shipping, for destinations outside Europe, please contact me. ref 2504

Period: Before 16th century

180 €
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Gogotte De Fontainebleau With Dreamlike Shapes

Very beautiful gogotte from the sands of Fontainebleau with dreamlike shapes. it presents multiple faces and natural configurations on each of its sides. from an old cabinet of curiosities. old as[...]

Period: Before 16th century

3 800 €
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Important Set Of Porphyry Blocks

Important set of porphyry blocks Six blocks. Egyptian porphyry. Ranging in size from 14 to 38 cm long, these red Egyptian porphyry blocks have been partially polished.

Period: Before 16th century

3 300 €

Mammoth Tusk

Natural mammoth tusk (between 10,000 and 20,000 years old). Diameter: between 8 and 10 cm, length: 105 cm, height: 48 cm Dimensions of support: 49 x 12 cm Dimensions Length: 105 cm Height: 48 cm

Period: Before 16th century

5 800 €

Medieval Double Ended Bronze Seal. English Or French, 14th Century.

A Medieval double ended bronze seal. English or French, 14th century. Measures 2.1 x 2cm. The larger matrix is engraved with a griffin rampant, surrounded by the owners name ’S. MARTI LAMBERT[...]

Period: Before 16th century

380 €
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