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Bowler Hat Pendant Lamp, Vintage English Decorative Style
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This Bowler Hat pendant lamp is a decorative piece inspired by classic English style. Repurposed as a lamp, is made from rigid molded felt.
This unique piece is sourced across Europe...
Category
Early 20th Century English Modern Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Felt
Good Ottoman Scribes Box
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An 18th century mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlaid ottoman scribes box. The box covered in geometric tiles and floral design.
Category
18th Century Asian Antique Shell
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
$5,872
Italian Ebonized Frame, Tortoiseshell and Engraved Bone, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian ebonized frame, tortoiseshell and engraved bone,
19th century.
Measures: 52 x 41cm
39.5 x 29.5cm
Very good conditions.
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Shell
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Wood
Monumental Louis XIV Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Boulle Marquetry Casket Box
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Queens, NY
A Monumental Louis XIV style French gilt-bronze mounted wood boulle marquetry casket box, circa 1895
Known in French as a carré de toilette, this casket has canted corners with lavi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Shell
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$40,500 Sale Price
70% Off
Dutch antique tortoiseshell hanging wall mirror
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
Dutch tortoiseshell mirror
Ebonised ripple moulded frame of concave form, the old mirror plate with blemishes.
Dutch, late 19th Century
56.5cm H, 48.5cm W, 6cm D.
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Shell
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box
By Palais Royal
Located in Northampton, GB
produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. It is the same material that natural pearls are made
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Shell
Materials
Ormolu
Beautiful Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Southall, GB
A fine Regency period rectangular tea caddy, veneered in panels divided by fine metal stringing. Silver metal escutcheon and key. Complete with an initialled plaque on the lid and ro...
Category
Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Shell
Materials
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
7 Toilet accessories in 925 sterling silver and tortoiseshell, early 20th century
Located in Catania, IT
Set of seven toiletry accessories in 925 sterling silver and tortoiseshell, early 20th century. Consists of a mirror, a pair of perfume bottles, a jar and three brushes. The mirror m...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Shell
Materials
Sterling Silver
$615 Sale Price / set
30% Off
XL Jurassic Ammonite Fossil 15.5 x 14 x 5.5 Inches Apx, with Nice Ribs
Located in Warrenton, OR
XL Jurassic Ammonite Fossil 15.5 x 14 x 5.5 Inches Apx, with Nice Ribs. We think this is a Kranaosphinctes species.
We love the substantial ridges (also called ribs, spines, and nod...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,992 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Boulle Boîte À Bijouax, Signed Tahan
By Jean-Pierre Tahan
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
designs set on a stunning blue tortoise shell background. The lid displays additional wonderfully executed
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Shell
Materials
Brass
Fine French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock by Brocot
Delettrez, Paris
By Brocot
Delettrez
Located in Norwich, GB
Fine French Tortoiseshell Boulle Mantel Clock by Brocot & Delettrez, Paris
French Boulle clock housed in a fine quality tortoiseshell drumhead case with brass inlaid decoration to a...
Category
1860s French Victorian Antique Shell
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Polished Ammonite Fossil with Red Flashes, Around 110 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Polished Ammonite Fossil with Red Flashes, Around 110 Million Years Old, with Beautiful Glowing / Iridescent Flashes of Color and some leafy patterns peaking out. A stand like the on...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
A Regency tortoiseshell and ivory desk set
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency tortoiseshell and ivory desk set, of shaped rectangular form with two glass inkwells, an ivory pot and two ivory pen holders above a curved pen tray with a single frieze dr...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Shell
Materials
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Anglo Indian Tortoise and Bone Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany and clad in tortoise shell decorated with bone
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Shell
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Fine French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock
By Aubert
Klaftenberger
Located in Norwich, GB
Fine French Tortoiseshell Boulle clock
Waisted case with red tortoiseshell inlaid with fine brass decoration surmounted by an ormolu finial, ormolu mounts throughout and standin...
Category
1870s French Antique Shell
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Cabinet 19th Century, Napoleon III Period, Style Boulle
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Warsaw, PL
, etc.
The main elementsof this cabinet is ebony and turtle shell, with decorative details and gilded
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Shell
Materials
Bronze
BrittleStar Fossil Specimen, 443 to 485 Million Years Old, Ordovician Period
Located in Warrenton, OR
BrittleStar Fossil Specimen, 443 to 485 Million Years Old, Ordovician Period
This is a stunning starfish fossil specimen that will make a very nice display. The brittlestar is clearl...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Tortoiseshell
Enamel Dresser Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 19th / early 20th Century Italian trinket/dresser box. Box features embossed brass frame with tortoiseshell panels. Hinged lid with inset outdoor genre scene enamel panel. Unmar...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Shell
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Large Ammonite, Rare Pachylytoceras Dilicidum Species, 190-200 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Ammonite, Rare Pachylytoceras Dilicidum Species, 190-200 Million Years Old apx. This is a beautiful, multicolor fossil specimen, probably found in France. The leafy patterns an...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 19th Century French Boulle Tortoiseshell Commodes
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An exceptionally rare pair of small late 19th Century French boulle commodes.
The fronts with impressive premier-partie and contre-partie brass and tortoiseshell inlays.
With finely ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Shell
Materials
Brass
19th Century Boulle Side Table
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French Boulle inlaid side table, having gilded ormolu mounts, Sevres style porcelain plaques with classical romantic scenes, flowers and birds. The f...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Shell
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Japanese Meiji Period Shibayama Charger Featuring Cockerel
Located in Norwood, NJ
shell, mother of pearl and bone to stand in high relief against the black lacquered ground. Presented in
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Victorian Coromandel Inlaid Writing Box by Hausburg with Secret Compartment
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. It is the same material that natural
Category
Mid-19th Century British High Victorian Antique Shell
Materials
Brass
Italian Fish Sculpture Made of Fragments from the 18th and 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Fish sculpture made of fragments from the 18th and 19th century. The piece also has element from nature including a shark's jaw. A real conversation piece!
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Shell
Materials
Wood, Shell
The Royal Boulle Marquetry Commode By Blake
By Robert Blake
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental Boulle commode was crafted by Robert Blake, one of the finest and most important English cabinetmakers of his time. It is modeled after the legendary pair of commodes...
Category
19th Century English Louis XIV Antique Shell
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Incredible 19th Century Continental Tortoiseshell and Silver Collectors Cabinet
Located in Richmond, VA
Incredible two piece 19th century Continental tortoiseshell and silver collectors cabinet on stand or vargueno. Likely Portuguese.
Amazing quality with tortoiseshell drawers, tor...
Category
19th Century European Antique Shell
Materials
Silver, Bronze
French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock by Thuret, Paris
Located in Norwich, GB
French Boulle Tortoiseshell mantel clock in a beautifully decorated ‘Bombe’ shaped case with ormolu mounts surmounted by eight gilded finials.
Brass bound side viewing windows, fo...
Category
19th Century French Antique Shell
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Extra Large Jurassic Ammonite Fossil 11 x 10.5 x 3.75" w/ Leafy Suture Patterns
Located in Warrenton, OR
Extra Large Jurassic Ammonite Fossil 11 x 10.5 x 3.75" w/ Leafy Suture Patterns. Comes with a second, tiny (1.25 x 1 x .5) ammonite, further demonstrating the size of this one.
This...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,580 Sale Price / set
20% Off
English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A lovely bow front tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with mother of pearl flowers and topped with a silver badge. English, circa 1870.
Category
1870s English Antique Shell
Materials
Silver
Large Polished Prehistoric Ammonite Specimen for Fossil Collectors
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Polished Prehistoric Ammonite Specimen for Fossil Collectors
This ammonite is of the Goniatitida order and is larger than most of its type; most were typically around 2 inches...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Japanese Abalone And Lacquer Inlaid Kiri Hibachis With Copper Inserts
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Japanese Abalone and Lacquer Inlaid Kiri Hibachis with copper inserts, Late Meiji period, early 20th century. Signed.
The images of birds and flowers are artistically inlai...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Shell
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Shell
Large Ammonite Fossil Natural Specimen, Mortoniceras Drakeoceras Maximum
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Ammonite Fossil Natural Specimen, Mortoniceras Drakeoceras Maximum. About 110 million years old.
At nearly eleven inches, this is a substantial and beautiful fossil ammonite. ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
Large Fossil Ammonite Natural Specimen, Mortoniceras on Artistic Display Matrix
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Fossil Ammonite Natural Specimen, Mortoniceras on Artistic Display Matrix. About 110 million years old. This is a lovely display ammonite nicely recovered and given an aestheti...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Rosewood Inlaid Writing Box by Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. It is the same material that natural pearls are made
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Wood, Satinwood
Bronze Jewelry-Casket with Ornate Etchings and Cameos Inlaid by Tahan of Paris
By Tahan Paris
Located in Soquel, CA
Bronze Jewelry-Casket with Ornate Etchings and Cameos Inlaid by Tahan of Paris
Gorgeously detailed jewelry box by Tahan of Paris. There are four Cameos bezel set on three sides of t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Shell
Materials
Bronze
Erotic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A scintillating Sapphic scene adorns the cover of this rare erotic snuff box. Set into the top of this burlwood and tortoiseshell container, this highly detailed tableau of two women...
Category
19th Century European Other Antique Shell
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Glass
$7,850
Large George III Table / Master Snuff in Stained Mulberry Burl and Tortoiseshell
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large Georgian table or master snuff box of cushion form having tortoiseshell veneered front, back and end caps with green stained mulberry burl bottom and lid, the lid with a wood h...
Category
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Shell
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Burl
Fantastic French 19th Century Boulle Desk with Bronze Mounts
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in New Orleans, LA
sculpted brass inlaid in the tortoise shell. The desk is created in the style of Louis XV with cabriole
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Shell
Materials
Bronze
Small South Pacific Tridacna Gigas Clam Trinket
Located in Copenhagen, K
Small South Pacific Tridacna Gigas clam trinket.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pacific Islands Antique Shell
Materials
Shell
Flemish Early 19th Century Rosewood, Mahogany, Ebony,
Ormolu Specimen Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and large scale Flemish early 19th century Rosewood, Mahogany, Ebony, ivory, Tortoiseshell and ormolu specimen cabinet. The fifteen drawer one door cabinet is raised by...
Category
19th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Shell
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Mahogany, Rosewood
Exceptional C19th French Boulle Mantle Clock
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
A very Important French Ormolu Mounted Boulle Mantel Clock
Inlaid Brass in The Regency Style
Each Corner Decorated with Recumbent Horses
Nice Large Dial 8 and a half inches surround...
Category
19th Century French Regency Antique Shell
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
$29,499 Sale Price
20% Off
Montesquieu Portrait Tortoiseshell Snuff Box
By Jacques Joseph de Gault
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisite miniature of French philosopher Charles Montesquieu graces the lid of this tortoiseshell-lined snuff box. The handsome portrait was fashioned by the renowned Jacques-Jos...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Shell
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Fine Pair of Napolian iii Boulle Side Cabinets, circa 1860
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality pair of Napoleon III boulle ebonised, cut-brass inlaid and gilded ormolu-mounted two door side cabinets.
In the manner of; Andre-Charles Boulle
Batch 71 SUZZZN 54522.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Shell
Materials
Brass
Engraved Tortoiseshell Music Box with French Revolutionary Inscription
Located in London, GB
This finely engraved and inscribed tortoiseshell music box is a precious piece of French Revolution and Napoleonic history: given as a gift by the Duchess of Gdansk in 1837 to a neph...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Shell
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique Anglo Indian Tortoise and Bone Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout exotic Anglo Indian lidded box handcrafted in mahogany and clad in tortoise shell with
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Shell
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Mahogany
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes
By E. Gleizes Paris
Located in London, GB
Gilt-bronze and Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer set by Gleizes
French, 19th Century
Height 115cm, width 30cm, depth 7cm
In the Louis XV style, this elegant antique clock and barom...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Shell
Materials
Ormolu
A Rare 19th Century Inlaid Table by Ferdinando Pogliani
By Ferdinando Pogliani
Located in Southall, GB
A truly stunning Italian inlaid table with intricately drawn pen work to the sides and top by renown Cabinetmaker Ferdinando Pogliani. It has a stretcher base with small bun feet and...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Shell
Materials
Ivory, Tortoise Shell, Ebony
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Shellwork Table
Located in Milford, NH
design around shells under glass, with the entire surface of the sides and legs covered with small
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Glass, Wood
Pair of Korean Lacquer Wood Stacking Nong Cabinets with Striking Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
powders. Elaborate inlay work with mother of pearl (MOP), tortoise shell scales (or a material made to
Category
Early 20th Century Korean Other Antique Shell
Materials
Brass
Silver and Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1900
By Bontems
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Singing bird box by bontems of Paris, Circa 1900. Tortoisesheel embellished with sterling silver, with silver and enamel lid.
Category
Early 1900s French Late Victorian Antique Shell
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell Mantel Clock with Silver Inlay and Stringing
Located in London, GB
Antique English tortoiseshell mantel clock with silver inlay, mouldings and stringing.T he balloon waisted case with arch top.
Most unusually with gold leaf laid under tortoiseshell...
Category
1890s English Antique Shell
Materials
Silver
Natural Ammonite Fossil Specimen Mortoniceras Drakeoceras 110 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Natural Ammonite Fossil Specimen Mortoniceras Drakeoceras 110 Million Years Old apx.
We love the elegance of this ammonite specimen and are excited to be able to present it here. Th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Early 20th Century French Painted Crane Bird Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
sea shells molded into the base. The body of the cranes are supported with two straight legs attached
Category
Early 20th Century French Country Antique Shell
Materials
Concrete
Lacquered Korean Low Coffee Table with Elaborate Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
-Pearl, golden tortoise shell (or a material that mimics the shell, not tested) and twisted brass wires
Category
Late 19th Century Korean Other Antique Shell
Materials
Brass
Antique French Folk Art Keepsake Box
Located in Charleston, SC
shows a metal cross with shell decorations. The inside is Lined with a silk green on the top and a green
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Antique Shell
Materials
Metal
A Stunning Knobby Ammonite Fossil Specimen, About 93 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
A Stunning Knobby Ammonite Fossil Specimen, About 93 Million Years Old.
This is a very beautiful, multicolored (to our eye, taupe-brown, peach, white, tan) ammonite with leafy patter...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite Fossil, 90-100 Million Years Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite Fossil, 90-100 Million Years Old.
The Conlinoceras Tarrantense Ammonite is considered rare and is highly sought after as a collector's item.
Thi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Prehistoric Antique Shell
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
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