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19th Majolica Palissy Fish Wall Platter School of Paris
By Francois Maurice
Located in Austin, TX
on the center surrounded by a lizard, a turtle, a frog, a snake, some bugs, shells, a large mussel
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1870s French Victorian Antique Turtle

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Majolica

Pair of Tansu Chests on Iron Bases
Located in Chicago, IL
turtles and birds of prey. One of the pieces is outfitted with a small door covering a secondary
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19th Century Japanese Antique Turtle

Materials

Metal

19th Century French Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th Century French center table made of walnut with a turtle shaped top which is banded and
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Turtle

Materials

Oak, Walnut

Antique Qashqai Rug 2 10 x 5 5
Located in New York, NY
turtle palmette-derived “Qashghai gul”. Narrow ivory main border with a broken vegetal design. Wool
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1890s Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Tiffany Studios Green Opalescent "Turtleback" Tile Chandelier
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
turtleback tiles in tones of green, red and yellow, is accented by 18 additional turtle back insets and
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Turtle

Unusual Art Nouveau Lamp
Located in Petaluma, CA
at the top of the tree are so very graceful and elegant, and the turtle is the kicker. It's all
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Early 20th Century French Antique Turtle

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Bronze

Antique Persian Serapi Carpet
Located in New York, NY
colors are again seen in the border to create the 'turtle palmette' design. The weaver's use of the same
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Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

19th Century Sculpture of a Japanese Musha Ningyo
Located in Astoria, NY
and wears sumptuous embroidery brocade featuring a mythical turtle. Good condition with age
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19th Century Japanese Antique Turtle

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Wood

Hand-Woven Wool Blue Floral Persian Sultanabad, circa Late 19th Century
Located in West Hollywood, CA
pendants issuing lozenge vine forming lattice, in a shaded brick-red-orange interlocked turtle palmette
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Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Turtle

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Wool

Victorian Silver Tortoiseshell Picture Frame
By Henry Atkin
Located in Northampton, GB
 describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Turtle

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Mahal Carpet, circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
charm and aesthetic. The border is of the turtle palmette and vine type but again with that same
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Early 20th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Tiffany Studios New York "Counter Balance" Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
"Damascene" shade with an iridescent Blue "Wave" pattern and a turtle back counter balance,  circa 1900. A
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Turtle

Antique Bakshaish Rug
Located in New York, NY
fine outlines. Traditional floral guardbands and muted turtle and vinescroll borders decorated with
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19th Century Persian Bakshaish Antique Turtle

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Wool

Antique Persian Dragon Heriz Rug
Located in New York, NY
borders filled with polychromatic turtle-and-vine scroll motifs reflect the dazzling decorator's colors
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Early 20th Century Persian Antique Turtle

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Wool

Antique Serapi Runner
Located in New York, NY
pattern set over a narrow, elongated field. The large-format pattern includes dramatic turtles, meandering
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Antique Senneh Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
turtle border retains the finer scale of this secondary field embellishment. But as impressive as the
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Antique Malayer Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turtle design of large shield shaped palmette s separated by rosettes and held together by stiff vines
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Early 1900s Persian Malayer Antique Turtle

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Wool

Antique Bidjar Gallery Carpet
Located in New York, NY
the strapwork borders. The finely wrought detail of the ‘turtle’ vinescroll main border offers an
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19th Century Persian Victorian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Art Deco Tortue Glass Coupe/Vase by Le Verre Francais
By Charles Schneider, Le Verre Francais
Located in Miami, FL
turtle and is acid-etched. Clear/Colorless applied stem and foot streaked with Violet. This piece
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Turtle

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Art Glass

Pair of Tiffany Studios, New York Glass and Bronze “Turtleback Tile” Chandeliers
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
turtle back band and graduated white to mottled-yellow Favrile glass squares in concentric circles
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1910s American Art Nouveau Antique Turtle

19th Century Antique French Cast Iron Fireplace Coal Hod Black Garden Planter
Located in Shreveport, LA
the shape commonly referred to as a “turtle” due to the shell shaped body and splayed legs. Unique and
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1890s French French Provincial Antique Turtle

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Iron

19th Century French Gothic Victorian Cast Iron Fireplace Coal Hod Garden Planter
Located in Shreveport, LA
the shape commonly referred to as a “turtle” due to the shell shaped body and splayed legs. Unique and
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1890s French French Provincial Antique Turtle

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Iron

Antique Bakshaish Carpet
Located in New York, NY
impression of depth like a limitless sky or sea. The main 'turtle' vinescroll border set on red with
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19th Century Persian Bakshaish Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Japanese Cast Bronze Mirror and lacqer box, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in PARIS, FR
. The turtle has a domed shell pieced to allow a cord to be strung through for handling or hanging. A
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Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Turtle

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Bronze

Antique Regency Boulle Tortoiseshell Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, GB
. Tortoiseshell describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles
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Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Turtle

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Brass, Pewter

Antique Persian Heriz Serapi Rug
Located in New York, NY
brick-colored main borders are adorned with reciprocating turtle motifs, arching Herati leaves and
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19th Century Persian Heriz Serapi Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Very Large Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in Atlanta, GA
regal primary borders, which feature decorative symbols and compound motifs that form angular turtle
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1910s Turkish Oushak Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Antique Heriz Serapi Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
beautifully decorated field. The wondrous turtle-and-vinescroll main borders feature saturated colors and
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

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Wool

18th Century Flemish Interior Scene Painting
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
undergone a conservative restoration during the 20th century. Guillauché frame painted fake turtle not
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Late 18th Century Belgian Antique Turtle

Haji Jalili Tabriz Antique Carpet
Located in New York, NY
reciprocating pattern of onyx turtle motifs that are surrounded by a lush network of interwoven vine scrolls
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

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Wool

19th Century French Sculpture Bronze, Putti with Turttle
By French House Garden
Located in Valladolid, ES
school. It display a putti with great tenderness and realism, playing a pan flute and lying on a turtle
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1860s French Baroque Antique Turtle

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Marble, Bronze

Antique 19th Century Early American Oak Secretary Desk
Located in Plainview, NY
hardware made of brass with a turtle back design as well as one door cabinet . The secretary desk is
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19th Century American American Classical Antique Turtle

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Brass

Tiffany Studios “Oriental Poppy” Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
A Tiffany Studios New York "Oriental Poppy" favrile glass and patinated bronze mock turtle back
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Turtle

19th Century Religious Clock in Louis XIV Style
Located in Paris, FR
Napoleon III religious clock in Louis XIV style inlaid with turtle shell, ebony and brass imitating
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Turtle

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Brass, Bronze

Antique Heriz Serapi Rug
Located in New York, NY
against the ivory and red. A vinescroll ‘turtle’ border offers a reprise of the floral detail of the field
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19th Century Persian Heriz Serapi Antique Turtle

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Wool

Antique Bakshaish Rug
Located in New York, NY
Caucasian or Lenkoran ‘turtle’ medallions in the sea blue field show above all how deep the village rug
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19th Century Persian Serapi Antique Turtle

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Wool

Late 19th or Early 20th Century Ashanti Stool from Ghana
Located in Pasadena, CA
turtle and carved snail positioned on either side of the seat. The seat itself is supported by a roughly
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Antique Turtle

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Wood

1820s French Oak Vitrine
Located in High Point, NC
smoked hues of the patina and the exquisite turtle shell patterns of the oak. The interior has been
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Turtle

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Glass, Oak

Ancient Coin Pendant. Authentic Islands off Attica, Aegina set in 18k Gold
Located in Chicago, IL
12.15 grams silver coin from 500 BC showing a turtle and incuse pattern on the back. To appreciate its
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Turtle

Materials

18k Gold

Scholar s Collection of Scroll Weights
Located in Wainscott, NY
8. cast iron scale weight with a ram motif, Ming Period 9. brass seal with frog and turtle motif
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Turtle

Antique Dorokhsh Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
elegant secondary borders decorated with a Hamsa-like counterchange pattern enclose the formal turtle-and
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Antique Donegal Irish Rug
Located in New York, NY
, stormy ground. Warm flaxen yellow guard bands and elegant slate blue borders filled with turtle-and-vine
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Early 20th Century Irish Arts and Crafts Antique Turtle

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Wool

Antique Heriz Serapi Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
area's decorative rugs. Ornate turtle-and-vinescroll borders with lapped corners encircle the richly
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

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Wool

Antique Heriz Serapi Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
and softly oxidized colors. The broad main borders depict an exquisite turtle-and-vinescroll pattern
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Antique Bakhtiari Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
of a traditional turtle-and-vinescroll pattern that complements the regal style of this antique
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Early 20th Century Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Set of 12 Terrapin Soup Bowls c1870s Staffordshire
By Bodley Sons
Located in Litchfield, CT
brilliant. The delicate citron yellow borders are decorated with raised gilded details of turtle's heads
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19th Century English Antique Turtle

Art Deco Platinum Diamond Ruby Sapphire Opal Charm Bracelet
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
you' heart, a diamond and cabochon ruby person - with the letter 'H' to his chest, a diamond turtle
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Early 20th Century Antique Turtle

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Diamond, White Diamond, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum

Art Nouveau Figural Bronze and Cameo Glass Kerosene Lamp
Located in Petaluma, CA
two-toned color of the patina on the metal and the wonderfully whimsical scene which includes a turtle
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1880s French Art Nouveau Antique Turtle

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Bronze

Small Antique Lidded Pot, Chinese, Carved, Soapstone, Snuff Jar, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
with golden and reddish hues Each bulb decorated with an iconic Chinese figure - Dragon, bird, turtle
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Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Turtle

Materials

Soapstone

Antique Heriz Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
formal borders featuring an archetypal pattern of reciprocating turtle motifs and interwoven vinescrolls
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Early 20th Century Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Antique Bakshaish Carpet
Located in New York, NY
terracotta ground. A complex interlacing vinescroll or ‘turtle’ border on a navy ground surrounds the field
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Japanese Black Lacquer Maki-e Lacquer Tansu, Meiji Period, 1868-1912
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
. Rat (prosperity), Turtle (wisdom), Crane (longevity) etc. The case fitted with five tiers of graduated
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Turtle

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Wood, Lacquer

Antique Bakshaish Carpet
By Nazmiyal Collection
Located in New York, NY
is beautifully balanced by the fine scale and drawing of the classical turtle border on an ivory
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19th Century Persian Bakshaish Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Antique English Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Turtle

Materials

Shell

Antique Tabriz Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
earthy taupe-colored mid-ground. Sophisticated turtle-and-vine scroll borders meander around the
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Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Antique Senneh Persian Rugs
Located in New York, NY
motifs. The main 'turtle' or vinescroll border encloses the field, flanked by fine vinescroll minor
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

Antique Heriz Serapi Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
guardbands and rustic turtle-and-vinescroll borders with angular lines and polychromatic details enclose the
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19th Century Persian Antique Turtle

Materials

Wool

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Antique Turtle For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique turtle for your home. Frequently made of fabric, wool and metal, every antique turtle was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique turtle — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique turtle made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Art Nouveau — is very popular. A well-made antique turtle has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Tiffany Studios, Weller Pottery and Antoine-Louis Barye are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Turtle?

Prices for an antique turtle start at $25 and top out at $862,126 with the average selling for $5,118.