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French Gutherz Limoges Porcelain Hand Painted Sky Blue and Shells Oyster Plate
By Oscar Gutherz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French, eight sided porcelain oyster plate showing five oyster shell shaped wells with eyes and a
Category

Antique 1880s French French Provincial Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Half Moon Sky Blue and Pink Cockle Shell Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
gray glazed backs of three oyster shells. Also shown are two smaller pink clam or cockle shells. A
Category

Antique 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

A Pink Wedgwood Dessert Service Shell Shaped Set of Dishes
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
oyster shell for the dozen dessert dishes, and dolphin form columns on the 3 oyster shell cookie plates
Category

Antique 19th Century British Rococo Pottery

French Saint Clément Majolica Oyster Plates , 1960s, Set of 6
By Saint-Clément
Located in ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE, FR
decorated with 6 oyster shell shaped wells and shaped center for lemon or sauce. Can be used for tapas
Category

Vintage 1960s French French Provincial Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Half Moon Pink Shell on White and Gilded Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
behind the main wells are the grey and pink glazed backs of three oyster shells. Also shown are two
Category

Antique 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Nautilus Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th Century Silver Leafed Elements Black Pearl Oyster Shells with Porcupine Quills
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Table Lamps

Pair of Design Technics Lamps
By Design Technics
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Pair of elegant drippy oyster shell glazed lamps by Design Technics, circa 1960.
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Austrian Textured Glass Pendant
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Incredible Austrian textured glass pendant, the bubbled glass resembling large oyster shells
Category

20th Century Austrian Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Glass

French Porcelain Hand-Painted Violets on Pink Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, gilded rim and overlapping scallop shells radiating from the centre. Five cream colored oyster shell
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Caviar Set, Mother-of-Pearl with Six Spreaders Two Shells Trimmed in Sterling
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
and the estate also had two oyster shells that were trimmed in silver and had added pearls that we
Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Tableware

Materials

Sterling Silver

French Porcelain Hand-Painted Violets on Pale Blue Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, gilded rim and overlapping scallop shells radiating from the centre. Five cream colored oyster shell
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Patinated Bronze Figural Frog by Jules Moigniez
Located in Dallas, TX
a figural frog with a fly perched on the juncture of two oyster shells in patinated bronze
Category

Antique 19th Century French Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Six-Well French Porcelain Blue and Pink Oyster Plate, Late 19th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
blue ground, six pink blush oyster shell wells and a round center condiment well lined with gold
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Pelican Wine Holder
Located in Norwell, MA
Cast brass of a pelican with white oyster shell inlay. Dimensions: 12" W x 9" H.
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20th Century Barware

Porcelain Half Moon Pink Shell on Cream and Gilded Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
net. Shown behind the main wells are the brown and gilded glazed backs of three oyster shells. Also
Category

Antique 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Rare Majolica Oyster Basket Server Choisy Le Roi
By Choisy-le-Roi
Located in Austin, TX
handle is a branch who form a knot on the top, between the six yellow and purple oysters shells, small
Category

Antique 1880s French Victorian Platters and Serveware

Materials

Faience, Ceramic, Majolica

Wilhelm Graef Periwinkle Blue Floral Porcelain Crescent Shape Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
on a periwinkle blue ground. Five oyster shells and two smaller cockle shells have a pink blush and
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Antique 19th Century German Belle Époque Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Ray Simonini, "Perfect Oyster" 16x12 Shell Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
canvas featuring a close-up of an oyster shell against a deep green and brown background. About the
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seven Oyster Plates and one Oyster Dish in Saint Clément Barbotine Midcentury
By Saint-Clément
Located in Crespières, FR
the plate. Each plate has six compartments in the shape of an oyster shell and in the centre the
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Clay

Carved Alabaster Lamp The Pearl , circa 1920
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting carved Alabaster lamp depicting an oyster shell, supported by three cherubs with a
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Romantic Table Lamps

Materials

Alabaster

French Porcelain Oyster Plate "Haviland Pour Gilman Collamore", 19th Century
By Haviland Co.
Located in Paris, FR
cradle. The relief of each oyster shells is with refined hand painted details which gives an optical
Category

Antique 1850s French Other Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

French Porcelain Oyster Plate "Haviland Pour Gilman Collamore", 19th Century
By Haviland Co.
Located in Paris, FR
cradle. The relief of each oyster shells is with refined hand painted details which gives an optical
Category

Antique 1850s French Other Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

French Porcelain Oyster Plate "Haviland Pour Gilman Collamore", 19th Century
By Haviland Co.
Located in Paris, FR
cradle. The relief of each oyster shells is with refined hand painted details which gives an optical
Category

Antique 1850s French Other Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Half Moon Salmon Gilded Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
main wells are the brown and gray glazed backs of three oyster shells. Also shown are two smaller pink
Category

Antique 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Mid-Century Orfinox French Faience Chocolate Brown Seaweed Oyster Plate, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
with six oyster shell shaped wells for holding the oyster, clam, or mussel meat, with a lemon shaped
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Faience

Mid-Century Orfinox French Faience Chocolate Brown Seaweed Oyster Plate, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
six oyster shell shaped wells for holding the oyster, clam, or mussel meat, with a lemon shaped well
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Faience

Porcelain Crescent Shape Pink Wells on Pale Turquoise Hand-Painted Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, spotted glazed backs of three oyster shells. Also shown are two smaller clam or cockle shells, lined in a
Category

Antique 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Wedgwood 18th Century Creamware Shell
Located in Katonah, NY
This Wedgwood creamware shell shaped dish is naturalistically modeled as an oyster shell and has a
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Decorative Objects

Japanese Edo Period 4-Panel Screen with Raised Flowers
Located in Astoria, NY
flowers which are "raised" through the use of Gofun (oyster shell lacquer) and is on a silver-leaf
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paint

Set of 12 Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted German Flounder Oyster Plates
Located in New York, NY
forms resembling oyster shells. With their beautiful craftsmanship and clean modernist lines, these
Category

Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Ceramic

Ellouise Padilla Native American Reversible Turquoise and Spiny Oyster Necklace
Located in Litchfield, CT
: Spiny oyster shell and turquoise are a brilliant pairing Remark: “American style at its Navajo best
Category

Early 2000s American Beaded Necklaces

Materials

Turquoise, Sterling Silver

Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Round Waterfall Chandelier
Located in West Hartford, CT
pieces are shaped like oyster shells. Nothing short of magnificent. Wired for USA and in working order
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Natural Stone Men s Cufflinks Square Shape Natural Stones Men s Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
New unique men's cufflink - natural stone. Stone name: "Spiny Oyster Shell" Approx. size 21 x 18
Category

2010s American Cufflinks

Materials

Base Metal

Natural Stone Men s Cufflinks Rectangle Shape Natural Stones Men s Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
New unique men's cufflink - natural stone. Stone name: "Spiny Oyster Shell" Approx. size 20 x 15
Category

2010s American Cufflinks

Materials

Base Metal

Natural Stone Men s Cufflinks Square Shape Natural Stones Men s Jewelry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
New unique men's cufflink - natural stone. Stone name: "Spiny Oyster Shell" Approx. size 20 x 20
Category

2010s American Cufflinks

Materials

Base Metal

Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Round Waterfall Chandelier
Located in West Hartford, CT
pieces are shaped like oyster shells. Nothing short of magnificent. Wired for USA and in working order
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Antique Bronze Sculpture of a Mouse with Oyster by A. Foretay, France, 1890
By Alfred Jean Foretay
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze sculpture of a mouse with an oyster shell. by Alfred J Foretay. Signature: 
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Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

St Clément Trompe L’Oeil St. Yellow Lemon Wedge Center Oyster Plate
By Saint-Clément
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. Six oyster shell shaped wells with green, blue and white centers are set against a stippled ground
Category

Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

19th Century Louis Philippe Burled Buffet
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
oyster shell old marble top (marble has had some repairing, see detailed photos) The commode has one
Category

Antique 19th Century French Buffets

Japanese Edo Shinto Guardian Ningyo Dolls
Located in Astoria, NY
carved wooden faces with layers of gofun oyster shell lacquer, dressed in sumptuous silk brocade and
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Antique 1850s Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Brocade, Wood, Lacquer

Union Porcelain Works Clam Shaped Salmon Ground Oyster Plate
By Union Porcelain Works
Located in Philadelphia, PA
plate shows six oyster shell shaped wells with painted ‘eyes’, a smaller clam shaped well and a scallop
Category

Antique 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Charlionais et Pourailly Cie, French Faïence Bamboo and Scallop Oyster Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A scarce majolica glazed, French faïence oyster plate showing six scallop shell wells surrounding a
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Delft and Faience

Materials

Earthenware

LAWRENCE VRBA Sea Shells Glass Crystal Oversized Brooch from the 1980s
By Lawrence Vrba
Located in CHAMPEAUX-SUR-SARTHE, FR
This is a Lawrence Vrba oversize Brooch made of oyster shell, sea shells, Glass Crystal and Poured
Category

Vintage 1980s American Brooches

Japanese Edo Isho Ningyo Dolls of Daimyo Class Children
Located in Astoria, NY
wood, with many coats of gofun (oyster shell lacquer). The pair is wearing elaborate brocades and
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Pair of Murano Wall Lamps, 1980s
Located in Brussel, BE
Pair of Italian wall lamp made in oyster shells effect Murano glass with a white metal base, from
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Max Blondat French Art Nouveau Sculpture, "La Perle"
By Max Blondat
Located in New York, NY
nestled within an oyster shell by Max Blondat, circa 1899. An identical dish was exhibited at La
Category

Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Painted French Provincial Buffet
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
. Overall coloring is a subtle pale grey to off-white like an oyster shell. Drawers and doors open and close
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Buffets

Materials

Oak

Tiffany Studios Crab Inkwell
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
with an articulated top shell and an oyster shell inkwell held in its claws, circa 1900. Signed
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Inkwells

1820s French Oak Buffet
Located in High Point, NC
an oyster-shell.
Category

Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Buffets

Materials

Oak

Georgian White Pearl and 2.50-3.00 Carat of Diamonds Silver and Gold Pendant
Located in Miami, FL
carat-3.00 carats of old mine and rose cut diamonds that are pave set in the shape of an oyster shell
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Georgian Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Diamond, Pearl, Gold, Silver

Vintage Pair of Burr Walnut Oyster Veneer Chests of Drawers 20th Century
Located in London, GB
strips of wood into shapes that resemble oyster shells.These shapes are then arranged in a decorative
Category

Mid-20th Century English Queen Anne Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Vintage Pair of Burr Walnut Oyster Veneer Chests of Drawers 20th Century
Located in London, GB
strips of wood into shapes that resemble oyster shells.These shapes are then arranged in a decorative
Category

Mid-20th Century British Queen Anne Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

Ella Wetzko-Ehrenberger, Still Life With Chrysanthemums, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
arrangement of chrysanthemums, oyster shell, statuette and pearl necklace. It’s a refined snapshot into the
Category

Early 20th Century Academic Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th Century William and Mary Olive Oyster Cushion Mirror, circa 1690 England
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
patterns. Because the shape formed resembles an oyster shell the technique acquired the name of 'oyster
Category

Antique Late 17th Century English William and Mary Wall Mirrors

Materials

Olive

Lovely Vintage Tetrad England Aged Tan Brown Leather Armchair with Shell Back
By Tetrad
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
reading chair The back panel is stitched to resemble a oyster shell form, its very decorative We
Category

20th Century English Modern Armchairs

Materials

Leather

Pair of 20th Century Antique Painted Louis XV Style Settees
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
edges, and finished with a hand applied glazed patina. The overall color is such as an oyster shell
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Settees

Materials

Linen, Upholstery, Walnut, Down

Mid-Century Modern Handblown Murano Moss and Pearlescent Glass Bowl
Located in New York, NY
curved ovoid body with a white pearlescent interior, resembling oyster shell, and a moss exterior wrapped
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Murano Glass

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Oyster Shell For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the oyster shell you’re looking for. An oyster shell — often made from ceramic, porcelain and earthenware — can elevate any home. There are 69 variations of the antique or vintage oyster shell you’re looking for, while we also have 9 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the oyster shell you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each oyster shell bearing Mid-Century Modern, Hollywood Regency or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. A well-made oyster shell has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Longchamp, Oscar Gutherz and Sarreguemines are consistently popular.

How Much is a Oyster Shell?

Prices for an oyster shell start at $75 and top out at $10,800 with the average selling for $595.