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Early Large Sailor
s Valentine in Ebonized Case, circa 1920
Located in Nantucket, MA
” are composed of hundreds of small sea shells of various colors glued onto a backing in intricate
Category
1920s Bajan Folk Art Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Shell, Wood
19th Century Double Sailor
s Valentine
Located in Nantucket, MA
.
Originally made between 1830 and 1890, these “valentines” are composed of hundreds of small sea shells of
Category
Late 19th Century Bajan Folk Art Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Shell, Mahogany
ANTIQUE GEORGIAN CIRCA 1780-1820 SEASHELL SPECIMEN COLLECTORS CHEST OF DRAWERs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
a sea shell collectors cabinet
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Hardwood, Satinwood
17th C. Hand Carved Stone Niche Wall Mount Plaque Architectural Element Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
derives from the Latin nidus , via the French niche. The Italian nicchio / sea-shell may also be involved
Category
Late 17th Century French Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Stone, Limestone
$18,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Antique Large Fountain - Luxury Reclaimed Italian Limestone Statue Fountain
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
wrought iron spigots generously spit the water back towards the center. 4 cast iron sea shells and 32
Category
19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Limestone, Wrought Iron
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Six Persons
By Gibson
Langman
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
God Triton holding a trident with a sea shell to his shoulder and standing over a cornucopia*; often
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of Regency Shell Art Floral Bouquets under Glass Domes
Located in Dallas, TX
, which in turn, have a bottom layer of loose shells, sea-life etc. On this sits a Pedestal, made of shell
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Shell, Glass, Mahogany
Rare Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Bureau Plat Attributed to Zwiener
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Long Island City, NY
fine bronze Apollo mask, the cabriole legs mounted with sea shell bronze designs with foliate-cast
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$95,000 Sale Price
24% Off
Bronze Sconce Wall or Cartel Clock. Lerolle Freres, Paris, Rare, Unusual
By Lerolle Freres
Located in Manhasset, NY
Medusa. The top terminating in a large sea shell. A fine example of the period in a solid bronze case
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Georgian Burr Yew Conch Shell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable point
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Yew
Aesthetic Movement Shrimp
Shell Hand-Painted Ceramic Dish signed Limoges
By Limoges
Located in New York, NY
intricate depictions of marine life, including vibrant shrimp, shells, and delicate sea-inspired motifs. The
Category
Early 1900s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Ceramic
Beach House Fireplace With Shells - Early 17th‑C. - French Excellence
Located in Beervelde, BE
prehistoric shallow sea, leaving behind the fossilised shells you see sparkling in the marble today. That
Category
Early 17th Century Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Stone, Marble
Collection of Six Etruscan Majolica Shell and Seaweed Pitchers
By Griffin, Smith
Hill
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A collection of six Etruscan Majolica shell and seaweed pitchers, five in the typical shell and sea
Category
19th Century American High Victorian Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Majolica
$1,560 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Aesthetic Era Sterling Bowl with Shell Motif by Whiting Manufacturing Company
By Whiting
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
worked out of New York were known to craft pieces in the aesthetic taste, with sea-life and shells a
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Sterling Silver
pirals of the Sea: Artistic Renderings of 19th Century Gastropods, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
)**: Known as the ventricose harp, it is a tropical sea snail with a distinctively ridged and colorful shell
Category
1840s Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Paper
$171 Sale Price
20% Off
Charming Early 19th C. Italian Chest W/Original Painted Faux-Marble
Sea Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
painted in a beautiful under-water depiction of a renaissance style dolphin with trident, shell, and sea
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Wood
Antique Edo Period Japanese Arita Sea Bottom Bowl Blue White Seafood Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice artifact with unusual and beautiful scene of a sea bottom with crab, shells and coral
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Porcelain
$1,838 Sale Price
20% Off
A Highly Important Documentary Pietra Dura Table Top by Giuseppe Darmanin
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
similar to the V&A example in its use of sea shells, coral and other maritime decorative devices in the
Category
19th Century Maltese Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Marble
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set for Two, Cream Grass Pattern, Victorian 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
that were inspired by nature rather than by fashion: there are sea shells, froth, seaweeds, tree roots
Category
Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Porcelain
Still Life
By Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
fruits; lobsters and oysters; butterflies and moths; stone and metal; snails and sea shells. A number of
Category
18th Century Dutch School Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Oil, Panel
A rare scrimshaw decorated horn signed by C.H. Wood
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
-of-Sea-Shells, Ox-Horn and Whale-Ivory, published in Australiana, November 1992, Susan M. Frank
Category
19th Century English Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Horn
A rare scrimshaw decorated horn Signed and inscribed by the base by C. Wood
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
-of-Sea-Shells, Ox-Horn and Whale-Ivory, published in Australiana, November 1992, Susan M. Frank
Category
1860s English Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Horn
Georgian Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
.
Tortoiseshell describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Silver
$7,031 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Georgian Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
.
Tortoiseshell describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Silver Plate
George III English Red Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy substance called
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Shell, Wood
Rare Regency Architectural Pressed Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are
Category
1810s British Regency Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Shell
Tortoiseshell and Silver Jewellery Box William Comyns
By William Comyns
Located in Northampton, GB
species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy substance called
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell and Silver Stationery Box William Comyns
By William Comyns
Located in Northampton, GB
of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Silver
20th Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Inlays
Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
price and high demand for furniture with sea turtle shell are explained by the shortage of material, it
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Bronze
$5,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian style "bargueño". Tortoiseshell, wood, bronze. 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
price and high demand for furniture with sea turtle shell can be explained by the scarcity of material
Category
18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Bronze
Vase Loetz sign: Czecho Slovakia , Style : Art Nouveau , Bohemia, circa 1920
By Loetz Glass
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
sprinkler) and sea shell vases. The color of the base glass could be green, cobalt blue, candia (amber
Category
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Art Glass
Vase Loetz sign: Czecho Slovakia , Style : Art Nouveau , Bohemia, circa 1920
By Loetz Glass
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
sprinkler) and sea shell vases. The color of the base glass could be green, cobalt blue, candia (amber
Category
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Art Glass
Vase Loetz , Style : Art Nouveau , Bohemia, circa 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
employed on a wide array of models and quite effective on the gooseneck (water sprinkler) and sea shell
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Art Glass
18th Original Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Carey Inlays
Located in Miami, FL
furniture with sea turtle shell are explained by the shortage of material, it was necessary to import
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Bronze
Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Tiffany Studios New York "Nautilus" Table Lamp With "Mermaid" Base
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
sea, holding a lighted nautilus shell aloft. This lamp, one of the few patented by Tiffany Studios
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Bronze
Auguste Ledru (French, 1860–1902) Inkwell. Gilded Bronze — Susse Frères Foundry
Located in Victoria, BC
organic, marine motifs (shells, waves, sea creatures), reflecting the Art Nouveau fascination with nature
Category
1890s French Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Bronze
Lead group of two boys wrestling a dolphin
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
on a sea bed of shells, sand, and rocks, while one boy is holding onto the other one who has a
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Lead
Old baroque oil painting on canvas "Cupid" after Sir Anthony van Dyck
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Gavere, BE
-haired cupid standing on a sea shore with shells at his feet on the beach whilst he plucks his arrow
Category
1890s Baroque Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Nouveau Relief Sculpture, Plaster, Signed, 1896, Woman in Mussel
Located in Stockholm, SE
resonance. The motif recalls the classical image of Venus rising from the sea, where the shell or mussel
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Plaster
Aquatic Elegance: A 19th Century Portfolio of Marine Gastropods, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
depiction of a cerith, a type of sea snail with a high-spired shell and variable patterns, often found in
Category
1840s Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Paper
$104 Sale Price
20% Off
A Pair Of Meissen Porcelain Mythological Figural Groups
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Procession of Amphitrite'.
'Neptune and Thetis' modelled with the god of the sea standing in a clam-shell
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Porcelain
French Napoleon III Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Tiffany Studios New York Lacquered Bronze "Volcano" Humidor
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
grooves and textured surfaces reminiscent of sea urchin shells depicted in Haeckel’s illustrations. The
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Silver Viennese Enamel Mythological Stein by Karl Rössler, Bouguereau
By Karl Rössler 1
Located in New York, NY
), modeled after Bouguereau’s iconic canvas. Venus emerges from the sea upon a scallop shell, flanked by
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Renaissance Revival Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Georgian
George IV
Sterling Silver-Mounted Wood Wine/Champagne Bottle Coaster
By John
Thomas Settle
Located in New York, NY
silver disc that is etched with a central armorial of a heron (or stork) drinking from a large sea-snail
Category
1820s English George III Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Sterling Silver
1773 Map of Persia, Gujarat
Malabar Coasts – Arabia to India, Hand-Colored
Located in Langweer, NL
iconography such as sea creatures, a fountain, and shells. An inset legend beneath the map provides
Category
1780s Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Paper
Japanese Octopus Water Dropper, c. 1830s
Located in Brisbane, QLD
whimsical, molded design features an array of sea creatures and shells on the base of crashing waves
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Ceramic
Antique English Victorian Boulle Inkwell by JC Vickery
By J. C. Vickery
Located in Northampton, GB
sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy substance called keratin
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Brass
17th-18th Century By Matteo Bonechi Marine Triumph Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
painting represents a seascape which depicts two horses of the sea pulling a large shell over which stands
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large 19th Century Japanese Kutani Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
ground, inset hand painted panels depicting pagoda buildings, the sea, coral and shells.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Porcelain
Antique George III Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Silver
Rare Art Deco Ceramics Panel by René Buthaud
By René Buthaud
Located in Bridgewater, CT
mythological sea-goddess as a young girl riding a sea horse and holding a shell in her hand.
Titled and
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Ceramic
Antique English Boulle Stationery Box by Leuchars
Sons
By Leuchars
Son
Located in Northampton, GB
describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Antique Persian Khorassan Rug with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
, its delicate hues of abalone shell, sea salt green, soft stone blue, and faded terra cotta appear as
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Khorassan Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Wool
A Fine Carved Alabaster Group of The Birth of Venus, On Pedestal
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
, having emerged from the sea in a shell, Venus lands at Paphos in Cyprus. Venus, or Aphrodite in Greek
Category
19th Century Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Alabaster
Green quartz organic Decorative object table top natural sculpture
Located in London, GB
-like green-brown druzy quartz. The lower border
polished to reveal a wonderful sea green celadonite
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique Sea Shells
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
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Antique Sea Shells For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique sea shells available for sale. Each of these unique antique sea shells was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, shell and porcelain. Antique sea shells have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique sea shells made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Regency — are very popular at 1stDibs. Antique sea shells have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Chamberlains Worcester, Royal Worcester and Flight, Barr
Barr Worcester are consistently popular.
How Much are Antique Sea Shells?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,600, while they’re typically $75 on the low end and $42,000 highest priced.