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19th Century English Red "Tortoiseshell" and Giltwood Display Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisitely fashioned. A superb vitrine of the finest quality fitted with glass shelves. A refined piece with excellent carving and detail. Designed for an important collection.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Vitrines

Materials

Velvet, Glass, Wood

18th Century Period Anglo-Dutch Stained Red Tortoiseshell Ebony Mirror
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The rectangular reeded ebonised frame is decorated on all four concerns with stained red tortoise
Category

Antique 1740s English George III Wall Mirrors

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Late 19th Century, French Red Tortoise Shell Mantel Clock
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A late 19th century, French red tortoiseshell Boulle work mantel clock with circular off-white dial
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Mantel Clocks

Materials

Brass

French Louis XIV Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock
Located in Norwich, Norfolk
veneered in red tortoiseshell with ormolu mounts standing on Lions claw feet. Side glazed viewing apertures
Category

Antique 1710s French Louis XIV Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

18th Century Boulle Marquetry Bookcase
Located in Paris, FR
leaves on red tortoiseshell background. France - Louis XIV Period - 18th Century Height 108 cm
Category

Antique Early 18th Century French Bookcases

Materials

Pewter

Boulle Style Desk
Located in Estepona, ES
An imposing yet subtle piece which plays upon the contrast and harmony of black, gold and red
Category

Early 2000s European Louis XIV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Red Boulle Occasional Table
Located in Macclesfield, GB
the Louis XV style inlaid with engraved brass and red tortoiseshell stood on square tapering cabriole
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Game Tables

Materials

Brass, Bronze

18th Century French Boulle Vanity Box with Four Perfume Bottles
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Napoleon III boulle and red tortoiseshell and inlaid brass with four original gilt glass bottle and
Category

Antique 18th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

A French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Bracket Clock
By J.W. Benson
Located in Armadale, Victoria
The French red tortoiseshell case with urn finial, foliated bronze mounts with dragon heads to the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Rococo Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Boulle Bureau De Dame or Desks
Located in Edinburgh, GB
brass three-quarter gallery and finely engraved brass and red tortoiseshell inlay. It has a shaped flap
Category

Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Ebony

French Boulle Serpentine Front Games Table
Located in Edinburgh, GB
French Serpentine fronted boulle fold-over games table, circa 1870. Covered in red tortoiseshell
Category

Antique 19th Century Game Tables

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Boulle Occasional Table
Located in Macclesfield, GB
occasional table inlaid with engraved brass and red tortoiseshell stood on square tapering cabriole legs with
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Game Tables

Materials

Brass

French Belle Époque Louis XV Style Tortoise Shell Mantel Clock by L.P Japy Cie
By L.P. Japy Cie
Located in Macclesfield, GB
A very good quality French red tortoiseshell serpentine shaped mantel clock in the Louis XV style
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

French Belle Époque Louis XV Style Boulle Mantel Clock by Samuel Marti
By Samuel Marti
Located in Macclesfield, GB
A very good quality French Louis XV style boulle red tortoiseshell and brass inlaid mantel clock
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XV Mantel Clocks

Materials

Brass

19th Century Boulle Work Twin Pedestal Desk
Located in Surbiton, GB
A very distinctive ebonized desk, inlaid with engraved brass on red tortoiseshell panels
Category

Antique 1850s British Louis XIV Desks

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Boulle Writing Cabinet
Located in Macclesfield, GB
A fabulous quality French Louis XV style ebonized boulle red tortoiseshell and engraved brass
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks

Materials

Brass

Louis XIV Boulle Marquetry Commode Attributed to Nicolas Sageot
By Nicolas Sageot
Located in Paris, FR
A Louis XIV ormolu-mounted, brass inlaud, red tortoiseshell and Boulle marquetry commode attributed
Category

Antique Early 18th Century European Louis XIV Commodes and Chests of Dra...

Exceptional Napoleon III Louis XV Style Boulle Writing Desk
Located in Macclesfield, GB
engraved brass and red tortoiseshell writing table or centre table with blue and green colored enamel
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Pair of English Victorian Boulle Side Cabinets in the Louis XIV Style
Located in Macclesfield, GB
red tortoiseshell, pewter and brass inlay in the French Louis XIV style. The cabinets have
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Louis XIV Cabinets

Materials

Brass, Pewter

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Boulle Dressing Table
Located in Macclesfield, GB
An exceptional French serpentine shaped boulle red tortoiseshell and engraved brass Bonheur du jour
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

French Napoleon III Boulle Side Cabinet by Mathieu Befort
By Befort Jeune
Located in Macclesfield, GB
An outstanding French Napoleon III red tortoiseshell and engraved brass inlaid boulle side cabinet
Category

Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Cabinets

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Queen Anne Red Japanned Tortoiseshell Longcase Clock
Located in Knutsford, GB
Queen Anne red japanned tortoiseshell longcase clock by “Benjamin Broadhead, London” A fine
Category

Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Clocks

Materials

Lacquer

A Black 18th Century Flemish Ebonized Cabinet on Stand with Brass Ornamentation
Located in Armadale, Victoria
, the door opening to a fitted interior of drawers around a central door, the whole painted in faux red
Category

Antique 18th Century Belgian Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Brass

An Austro-Hungarian Late 17th-Early 18th Century Palisander Cabinet on Stand
Located in Armadale, Victoria
red tortoiseshell posts applied with mask head gilt brass mount, surmounted by a palisander top rail
Category

Antique Late 17th Century Hungarian Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Small Cabinet in Boulle Marquetry, Napoleon III period – Mid-19th century
Located in HÉRIC, FR
is decorated with a composition of brass threads and scrolls on a deep red tortoiseshell background
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Superb Quality English 19th Century ‘Boulle’ Centre Table in the French Style
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Suffolk, GB
decoration of engraved brass inlaid into a red tortoiseshell ground, an intricate boulle panel to the centre
Category

Antique 1820s English Center Tables

Materials

Wood

Jean Dunand French Art Deco Ovoid Red and Black Lacquered Brass Vase
By Jean Dunand
Located in New York, NY
This is a beautiful brass vase with black tortoiseshell pattern on red lacquer ground Signed in
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Brass

Fine Decorative Chest
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
A fine mother of pearl and tortoiseshell ground inlaid chest of rectangular form raised on short
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Turkish Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

17th Century Netherlandish Cabinetmaker s Frame, with its Period Mirror Plate
Located in London, GB
has an ogee bolection profile, with ebony ripple moldings and panels veneered in tortoiseshell on a
Category

Antique Mid-17th Century Belgian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Wood, Ebony

Antique Regency Toleware Coal Scuttle
Located in Sheffield, MA
black stylized acanthus leaves on a striking mottled red and black tortoiseshell-like background, the
Category

Antique 1840s English Regency Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Tin

Gilt Bronze-Mounted “Boulle” Marquetry Centre Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Napoli, IT
A beautiful gilt bronze-mounted red-stained tortoiseshell and brass “Boulle” marquetry centre table
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Baroque Revival Center Tables

Materials

Wood

Red Tortoiseshell mirror
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A good large 19th century Flemish ebony ripple moulded and red tortoiseshell cushion mirror. The
Category

Antique 19th Century Belgian Wall Mirrors

Rare Georgian Red Tortoiseshell Silver Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
offer this extremely rare red Tortoiseshell & Silver Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of oval form with Silver
Category

Antique 18th Century British Tea Caddies

Materials

Silver

A Set of 3 French Well-Mottled Red Tortoiseshell Nesting Boxes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare set of three French well-mottled red tortoiseshell veneered nesting boxes; each box of
Category

Early 20th Century French Boxes

Red Tortoiseshell Napoleon III Boulle Style Cabinet, France, 1870
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Gorgeous cabinet in blackened wood veneer and Boulle style inlay with brass and red tortoiseshell
Category

Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Cabinets

Materials

Brass, Bronze

An Ormolu Mounted Ebonized Red Tortoiseshell Brass Cabinet
Located in Sheffield, MA
An Ormolu Mounted Ebonized Red Tortoiseshell & Brass Marquetry Cabinet In the
Category

Antique 19th Century French Cabinets

Miniature Red Tortoiseshell and Bronze Paste Set Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
Miniature red tortoiseshell and bronze paste set mantel clock in early 18th century style. The
Category

Antique 1880s Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Antique Boulle Red Tortoiseshell Bonheur Du Jour circa 1870
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous antique French Red Tortoiseshell and cut brass inlaid ebonised Boulle, Bureau de
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Antique Georgian Red Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy in Oval Form, circa 1800
Located in London, GB
The shell has a beautiful mellow patina and the silver binding to both the lid and body on both sides enhances this piece. The interior retains its original lining throughout.   
Category

Antique 19th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell

A Octagonal Tortoiseshell Mirror
Located in London, GB
A fine mid 19th century octagonal highly figured red tortoiseshell mirror from the North Countries
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Aesthetic Movement Wall Mirrors

Flemish Silver Mounted Tortoiseshell Domed Top Casket
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A good example of a domed top red tortoiseshell casket, mounted with floral engraved silver.
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Belgian Decorative Boxes

Tortoiseshell Paper Knife with Sterling Repousse Handle Cupid and Lovers
Located in San Francisco, CA
blade made of red tortoiseshell.
Category

Early 20th Century English Victorian Desk Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century Tortoiseshell ‘Boulle’ Marquetry Guéridon
Located in London, GB
The whole of red tortoiseshell inlaid with silver pewter and gold brass marquetry or premier-parte
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Tables

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Pewter

Tortoiseshell and Brass Inlay Antique Mantel Clock by Webster, Cornhill
Located in Devon, GB
A charming Regency period red tortoiseshell and brass inlaid mantel timepiece, by this celebrated
Category

Antique 1820s British Clocks

Flemish Cabinet from Antwerp, Ebony Nickel and Bronze, 17th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ebony, nickel, bronze, red tortoiseshell veneer. This is a typical late 17th century Antwerp
Category

Antique 17th Century Belgian Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Bronze, Nickel

Anglo-Indian Carved Jewellery Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wonderful Anglo-Indian red tortoiseshell and ivory carved mid-19th C jewel box.
Category

Antique 19th Century Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Ivory

Italian 19th Century Ebony and Tortoiseshell Cabinet on Stand
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
. Veneered red tortoiseshell adorns the sections around the doors and the sides, studded with steel pins and
Category

Antique 19th Century Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Glass, Wood

20th Century French Boulle Louis XV Style Table Clock Pendule
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and fine quality French Louis XV style boulle circa 1920s red tortoiseshell and brass inlaid
Category

Vintage 1920s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

20th Century French Boulle Louis XV Style Table Clock Pendule
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and fine quality French Louis XV style boulle, circa 1920s red tortoiseshell and brass inlaid
Category

Vintage 1920s French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Chrome Bakelite Traffic Light Jigger by Glo-Hill
By Glo Hill
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage chrome jigger of cylindrical form designed as a traffic light with green, yellow and red
Category

Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware

Materials

Chrome

19th Century French Boulle Louis XV Style Pair of Armchair
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare and fine quality antique French Louis XV style boulle, 1880s red tortoiseshell and brass
Category

Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Armchairs

Materials

Bronze

Napoleon III Cabinet Boule Marquetry, France, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Napoleon III cabinet, in ebony veneer and Boulle style marquetry on red tortoiseshell on the entire
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets

Materials

Carrara Marble, Brass, Bronze

Small Spanish Travel Cabinet in Ebonized Wood Early 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
seven drawers adorned with medallions painted in imitation red tortoiseshell. Ornamental brass elements
Category

Antique Early 17th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Fine Flemish Baroque Late 17th Century Tortoiseshell Cabinet on Stand
Located in Kent, Dover
and red-stained tortoiseshell. This piece retains its original ormolu cabinet fittings, mirror glass
Category

Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Pine

Fine Flemish Baroque Late 17th Century Tortoiseshell Cabinet on Stand
Located in Kent, Dover
and red-stained tortoiseshell. This piece retains its original ormolu cabinet fittings, mirror glass
Category

Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Pine

Antique French Tortoiseshell Ormolu Mantle Clock c.1860
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French red tortoiseshell and ormolu mounted mantel clock on stand
Category

Antique 19th Century French Clocks

Corner Cupboard Cabinet Napoleon III in Boulle Marquetry, France, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Corner cupboard cabinet, rare to be find in a red tortoiseshell marquetry Boulle style as this one
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Corner Cupboards

Materials

Carrara Marble, Bronze, Brass

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Red Tortoiseshell For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal red tortoiseshell for your home. Each red tortoiseshell for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using bone, metal and tortoise shell. There are many kinds of the red tortoiseshell you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A red tortoiseshell made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Baroque — is very popular. S. Marti Cie each produced at least one beautiful red tortoiseshell that is worth considering.

How Much is a Red Tortoiseshell?

A red tortoiseshell can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,456, while the lowest priced sells for $450 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.