Lee Downey is the master artist behind Artifactual’s, producing world famous lapidary works of art. His pieces have been shown at Christie’s Auction House and Bonhams of Los Angeles, including the famous, “Yorick” a hand carved skull made from a 4 million year old meteorite.
Lee Downey describes his work, “Best Prepared Rare” and are all uniquely unusual, like Lee himself. He spends a portion of his time traveling to exotic locations around the world, collecting the best stones and materials he can unearth, and the rest of his time is spent designing and carving his pieces at his adopted home in Bali, Indonesia.
Most of these works of art come in a custom box, made for that piece, and a certificate of authenticity. We at Comstock Heritage are proud to continue our over 20-year friendship with Lee Downey. For addition information on these works, please call us at 775-882-8500; we look forward to hearing from you.
The Brunswick Centennial Billiard Skulls is a complete set of 1950's billiards balls that have been hand carved into skulls. This set comes with 16 skulls inside a customized fabric box and make a great addition to any pool players collection.
Peacock Frogs
Regular price
$ 3,200.00
The Peacock Frogs are made of Cabochon Peacock Turquoise found in a small desert mine out in Lander County Nevada.This mine produces a turquoise with a unique and beautiful spiderweb pattern as seen in this hand carved family of amphibians. If you would like more information on this item please, feel free to contact us at 775.882.8500
Artifactual Small Saturn Agate Skull
Regular price
$ 2,250.00
The Small Saturn Agate Skull by Lee Downey is a small hand carved skull that is entirely made up of Saturn Agate. The pattern is consistent with the rings and layers of the planet Saturn, so Lee Downey has named it as such.
Artifactual Extra Small Chrysocolla Skull
Regular price
$ 340.00
The Extra Small Chrysocolla Skull is an original and one of a kind. This multi-colored blue skull is hand carved Chrysocolla from Peru, by Lee Downey of Artifactuals in Bali, Indonesia. This small piece is heavy (for it's size) and durable, requiring no special upkeep or handling. Approximately 1 1/3" x 2" x 1 3/4" high, and weighing nearly 1 lb. If you would like more information on this item please, feel free to contact us at 775.882.8500
Artifactual Medium Black Jet Skull
Regular price
$ 4,000.00
The Jet Black Skull by Lee Downey is a medium hand carved skull that is entirely made up of Russian Jet. This beautiful skull is very hard to photograph because it seems to absorb all the darkness around it, but somehow still shine bright.
This piece of carved Jet is about 5.5" tall and about 7" wide and weighs nearly 3lbs.
Artifactual Large Stainless Skull
Regular price
$ 5,850.00
High quality stainless steel cast skull, taken from the original hand carved stone sculpture Lee Downey created many years ago. Limited to only 48 pieces is lustrous stainless steel, heavy and durable requiring no special upkeep or handling. Approximately 5" by 6", and weighing nearly 10 lbs. If you would like more information on this item please, feel free to contact us at 775.882.8500
Artifactual Medium Floral Bronze Skull
Regular price
$ 2,700.00
High quality bronze cast skull, taken from the original hand carved stone sculpture Lee Downey created many years ago. Limited to only 48 pieces is lustrous bronze, heavy and durable requiring no special upkeep or handling. Approximately 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches tall, weighing nearly 3 lbs. If you would like more information on this item please, feel free to contact us at 775.882.8500. We look forward to hearing from you.
Artifactual Large Floral Bronze Skull
Regular price
$ 5,500.00
High quality bronze cast skull, taken from the original hand carved stone sculpture Lee Downey created many years ago. Limited pieces in lustrous bronze, heavy and durable requiring no special upkeep or handling.Approximately 8 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 6 inches tall, weighing nearly 10 lbs. If you would like more information on this item please, feel free to contact us at 775.882.8500. We look forward to hearing from you.
Artifactual Medium Bronze Skull
Regular price
$ 1,375.00
High quality bronze skull, taken from the original hand carved stone sculpture Lee Downey created many years ago. Limited to only 12 pieces, this piece is heavy and durable, requiring no special upkeep or handling. Approximately 6 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 5 inches tall, weighing nearly 3 lbs. If you would like more information on this item please, feel free to contact us at 775.882.8500. We look forward to hearing from you.
Artifactual Extra Small Sterling Silver Skull
Regular price
$ 900.00
High quality Sterling silver hand cast skull, taken from the original hand carved stone sculpture Lee Downey created many years ago. Limited to only 48 pieces, this small piece is heavy (for it's size) and durable, requiring no special upkeep or handling. Approximately 1 1/3" x 2" x 1 3/4" high, and weighing nearly 1 lb. If you would like more information on this item please, feel free to contact us at 775.882.8500
Apatite and Garnet with Sapphires
Regular price
$ 3,600.00
The Apatite and Garnet with Sapphires by Lee Downey is a rectangular hand crafted buckle featuring hand carved creatures guarding sapphires, red garnets and a blue apatite gemstone in the center. Fits 1.5" belt straps. If you have any questions or would like assistance order, please don't hesitate to call us at 775.882.8500. We look forward to hearing from you.
Blue Opal Butterfly
Regular price
$ 8,000.00
The Blue Opal Butterfly by Lee Downey is a handcrafted butterfly shaped buckle embellished with blue opal, sapphires and mother of pearl. Fits 1.5" belt straps. If you would like more information on this item please, feel free to contact us at 775.882.8500
Boulder Opal Ruby Spider
Regular price
$ 6,250.00
The Boulder Opal Ruby Spider by Lee Downey is an oval type hand crafted buckle featuring a hand carved silver and boulder opal spider coveting ten rubies in it's long arachnid arms. Fits a 1.5" belt strap. If you have any questions or would like assistance order, please don't hesitate to call us at 775.882.8500. We look forward to hearing from you.
Carico Lake
Regular price
$ 3,250.00
The Carico Lake by Lee Downey is a hand crafted rectangular buckle featuring Carico Turquoise centered in jet and a purple sapphire in the upper left corner. Carico Turquoise is from the Carico Lake mine and named after the dried up lake bed in Nevada where this unique material is mined. If you have any questions or would like assistance order, please don't hesitate to call us at 775.882.8500. We look forward to hearing from you.
Chrysocolla Pirate
Regular price
$ 2,060.00
The Chrysocolla Pirate by Lee Downey is a hand crafted rectangular buckle featuring a hand carved Chrysocolla skull with silver crossing swords beneath it. Chrysocolla is a gemstone-quality hydrous copper silicate and is especially prized for its attractive colors and unique multicolored patterns as you can see here. Fits 1.5" belt straps. If you have any questions or would like assistance order, please don't hesitate to call us at 775.882.8500. We look forward to hearing from you.
