Italian 5 Point Starfish

Five arms, a coat of coral bumps, and a pose worthy of a dancer.

This 5 point starfish is contemporary, from Italy, mounted in plated nickel, glass and sterling silver. Starfish have been collected and displayed as natural curiosities since the cabinets of the Renaissance, admired for their perfect radial symmetry. This pale specimen is studded along every arm with small coral-orange knobs and spines, the tips curling slightly upward. It is held aloft on a slender polished rod rising from a stepped black base. It is 13.5 inches wide, 6 deep and 16 high.

It has finally found a beach that never moves.