L758 Retail These tassels were used on

These tassels were used on feast days to decorate the church throughout Italy

17th century Italian church vase with fossilized coral

2" wide x 3" high x 2" deep

They can be displayed free-standing or can be hung on a wall

L758 Retail These tassels were used on17th century Italian vase with a fossil coral head and a rock coral leg. 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 piece to uphold the integrity, craftsmanship, and history of sculptural fragment. The broken leg has been replaced with rock coral to perfectly emulate the other shape of the legs and appear as if it