B6 18th Century Petrified wood is a fossil

Petrified wood is a fossil in which the organic remains have been replaced by minerals in the slow process of being replaced with stone

The pair hand-carved and gilded angel wings are originally from a historical church in Italy

5" deep x 12" high

The natural-forming copper resemble the arms on the figure of Christ

This is what makes "Herkimer diamonds" amazing specimens

B6 18th Century Petrified wood is a fossil18th century Italian spolvero 'cherubs' pattern printed onto canvas and framed with an antique scroll frame. Spolvero is an artistic method of transferring a design from a print to the prepared surface of a canvas, panel, or wall. Holes are punched along the outlines of the original design followed by "pouncing" which is the application of powdered pigments that leaves a series of dots to create the tracing for the piece. This is then placed over the