Ancient blackened wooden frame with a petrified limestone stone sculpture depicting a beautiful romantic scene titled ‘L'arracheur d'épine’ after Marchino 1833. Finesse of the bare bodies of the characters and the vegetation with a nice depth of bas-relief that evokes marble or even ivory This petrified limestone stone is a unique knowledge in the world by the petrifying fountains of Saint-Nectaire that have been producing these works of art since 1821. This company, owned by the Papon family, produces moulds on the model of printing with ‘Gutta-Percha’. This barbaric name is used to designate an Asian plant gum. The models made are then immersed in the fountain with its water extremely charged with limestone. The latter stays for long months before the release. Carefully packed tracked shipment.