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| Natural Science Collections in Furniture |
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| Collections of tiny genuine fossils, shells, minerals and crystals
in miniature display cabinets and tables.
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| Currently for Sale |
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Everything that I have filled so far is sold, but I shall continue to fill new pieces. I generally
list first on eBay so please go to my listing page and add me as a Favorite Seller. You can then
chose to receive notification of new listings.
Alternatively, have a look below at examples of my
work and I can almost certainly fill something specifically for you. Each piece is done individually,
so I don't make all that many, and they don't hang around!
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| Gallery of Previous Pieces |
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The following have all sold already but I can fill similar pieces. If any of these appeal to you,
let me know which one and I will tell you if I can make you another, and give you a price quote.
The contents of each piece can vary a bit, and every one will be unique, depending on what specimens
I have available. All the furniture is Bespaq, and some pieces are available in either the mahogany
or new walnut finish.
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#642
A collection showcasing the natural beauty and variation in dove shells. It is in a
special edition Bespaq display table made for the Kaye Museum of Miniatures in Los
Angeles, now closed.
The table is in 1:12 scale, measuring 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) high, 3 5/8 inches
(9.2 cm) wide and 2 3/8 inches (6.0 cm) deep.
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#609
This is a tall, space saving cabinet, very well lit as all four sides, the top and shelves are
glass.
There are 16 mineral & crystal specimens carefully chosen for their colour, form and/or lustre
to work in miniature. The specimens are: velvet malachite (Zaire), vanadinite
(Morocco), blue kyanite, mimitite & wulfenite (Mexico), quartz (Arkansas),
pyrite & calcite (Missouri), crysocolla (New Mexico), smokey quartz & brookites
(Arkansas), wulfenite (Mexico), azurite (Morocco), native copper (Arizona),
prehnite (Virginia), galena (Missouri), orange calcite (Mexico), wavelite
(Arkansas) and pyrite (Peru).
The bottom of the cabinet has a small cupboard space, so in this are 5
miniature paper boxes of the kind one finds at mineral shows, each with a small
specimen on tissue paper (amethyst, sulphur, tiger eye, turquoise and pyrite).
Its size is 5 7/8 inches (14.9 cm) high, 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm) square.
All of the specimens are have readable labels.
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#410
This is an elegant mirror backed cabinet containing a shelf each of shells, minerals and fossils.
Many of the specimens are labelled.
The cabinet is in 1:12 scale, measuring 6 5/16 inches (16.1 cm) high, 3 inches (7.5 cm) wide and 1 5/8 inches (4.1 cm) deep.
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#441
A tall narrow cabinet with seven drawers and a hinged top. Full of marine specimens: shells, coral and some oddities.
The cabinet is in 1:12 scale, measuring 4 15/16 inches (12.5 cm) high, 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm) wide and 1 1/2 inches (3.8 cm) deep. New walnut finish.
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#444
A beautifully elegant glassed display case showcasing an assortment of minerals and crystals.
The piece is in 1:12 scale, measuring just under 4 inches (10.1 cm) wide, 1 7/8 inches (4.8 cm) deep and 3 3/4 inches (9.5 cm) high.
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#360
A Gallery display table containing a collection of Devonian marine fossils.
Many of the specimens are labelled.
The display case measures just over 4 inches (10.3 cm) wide, 3 1/4 inches (8.1 cm) high,
and 1 3/4 inches (4.8 cm) front to back.
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#486
This is my first 1:24 scale piece, a Bespaq display table filled with 20 exquisitely tiny real mineral and crystal specimens.
Because the specimens are so small I have tried to select particularly colourful examples so that they show up!
The ruler is in inches.
The drawer can be carefully removed for closer inspection of the specimens.
Top row, left to right:
Dolomite with galena; pyromorphite; wulfenite; azurite; marcasite
Middle row:
Vanadinite (wonderful tiny crystals!); crystalline bismuth; ?; galena; ?; pyrite (two tiny dodecahedral forms); amethyst
Bottom row:
Tiger's eye; ?; iolite; native copper; copal (young amber); velvet malachite; pyrite & calcite; turquoise
The display case is in 1:24 scale, measuring approximately 2 inches (5.1 cm) wide, 1 inch (2.5 cm) deep and
1 5/8 inches (4.1 cm) high. The specimens are carefully glued into place.
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#499
This is a naturalist's cabinet, or a cabinet of curiosities, in 1:12 scale, filled with 71 tiny real specimens,
many of them identified with readable labels.
In 17th century Europe a few educated
wealthy men created room sized natural history and science collections, also known as Wunderkammer.
The development of such collections continued, with many amateurs
contributing significantly to scientific knowledge through collecting, studying and publishing.
The Pitt-Rivers Museum at Oxford started with the donation of a private collection in 1884, as did many other
museums.
In the 18th century Linnaeus collected avidly, and then classified the natural world, developing the
taxonomic system that we still use today. This cabinet is a small personal collection, but organised
scientifically with separate shelves for fossils, geological specimens, and shells (the owner also added
a sea star to the shell shelf, even though knowing it was not a shell!).
The drawers contain further specimens of fossils and a collection of umbonium shells, illustrating
the diversity in colour and pattern within this species.
The Bespaq cabinet measures 6 7/8 inches (17.5 cm) tall, 3 5/8 inches (9.3 cm) wide,
and 1 3/8 inches (3.5 cm) front to back. Mahogany finish. All specimens carefully glued into place.
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