M142 cartoon mirrors The Italian angels have been

The Italian angels have been put together with the natural elements to create a sculptural work of old and new - creating a historically and organically significant work of art

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

The butterfly has a beautiful color combination of neutral brown and orange tones and contrasting patterns of spots and stripes

They are hand-carved and gilded but have aged over time

M142 cartoon mirrors The Italian angels have been17th century Italian 'Florence Fragment' base topped with preserved, naturally free forming copper. 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 pieces to uphold the integrity, craftsmanship, and history of the sculptural fragment. The shells coordinate with the fragment's original features and remnants of the flood as if