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18th Century Albertus Seba Shell Engravings, Pair
By Albertus Seba 1
Located in Pasadena, CA
Outstanding pair of 18th century hand-colored shell engravings by Albertus Seba (1665-1736). Plates
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Prints
Materials
Paper
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian More Prints
Materials
Engraving
Twelve silver coffee spoons and sugar shovel with shell engravings
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of twelve silver coffee spoons and sugar shovel with shell-shaped engravings on
Category
Antique 19th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
Silver bread plates with engravings and shells
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver bread plates with engraving and shells. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark
Category
20th Century European Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver
$2,375 Sale Price
50% Off
Tortoise-shell Butterfly, Hawk Moth: Antique Hand-colored Engraving by M. Harris
By Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored antique engraving depicting the natural history of the Tortoise-shell
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Silver crumb catcher w/ mask, shells
central floral engravings
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver crumb collector with mask and shells in relief with floral engravings in the
Category
Antique 19th Century European Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
$1,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver tray w/ floral engravings, shell friezes
3 feet
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver tray with engraved floral motifs, relief friezes with shells and resting on
Category
Antique 18th Century European Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver
$2,375 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver wall tray with shells, floral engravings
inlaid coins
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver wall tray with shell design, engraved floral motifs, inlaid coins and hanging
Category
Antique 19th Century European Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver
$1,437 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver nutcracker with engravings and shell friezes on the handles
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver nutcracker with engravings and shell friezes on the handles. Metal: Silver
Category
20th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$750 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver tray w/ engravings, shells
florals on 3 raised feet
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver tray with engravings, shells and floral motifs on the surroundings, resting on
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Platters and Serveware
Materials
Silver
$1,375 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver chest-shaped box with engravings, shells, handles and clasped lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver box in the shape of a chest with engravings, shells with two handles and hinged
Category
20th Century European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
18th-Century Niccolò Gualtieri Large Pair of Engravings of Sea Shells
By Niccolo Gualtier
Located in Downingtown, PA
Framed copperplate engravings of sea shells,
Niccolo` Gualtieri (editor).
Giuseppe Menabuoni
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Silver fish serving fork with engravings and cutouts, relief on the shell handle
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver fish fork with engravings and cutouts, relief on the shell-shaped handle. Metal
Category
20th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver soup ladle in the shape of a shell with engraving on the handle
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver soup ladle in the shape of a shell with engraving on the handle. Metal: Silver
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Vintage shell cameo earrings
Located in Firenze, IT
carved at the end of the 19th century.
Cameo hand engraved on shell and filigree.
Italian workmanship
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic More Art
Materials
Steel
$209 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver fruit bowl with chiseled engravings
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver fruit bowl with chiseled engravings, raised shells and mobile handle with four
Category
Antique 19th Century European Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver
$3,750 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver vase with shell reliefs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver vase with shell reliefs, cutouts and engravings, pearly friezes with base and
Category
20th Century European Vases
Materials
Silver
$8,125 Sale Price
50% Off
Gold-plated silver cheese knife with engraving
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Gilded silver cheese knife with engravings, friezes and shell shape on the handle
Category
20th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
18th Century Copper Engraving by Lister
Located in Houston, TX
Framed large black and white engraving of sea shells by Lister. This very rare copper engraving
Category
Antique 18th Century English Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
18th-century Seashell Engravings by Niccolo Gualtieri
By Niccolo Gualtier
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sea shell pair of engravings,
from Index Testarum Conchyliorum by Niccolo Gualtieri,
Engraved by
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Silver shell-shaped ladle with engraved monogram cartouche
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver soup ladle in the shape of a shell with engraving surrounding a monogram card
Category
Antique 19th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$850 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver soup ladle in the shape of a shell
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver soup ladle in the shape of a shell with engravings surrounding a monogram card
Category
20th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$950 Sale Price
50% Off
Guilloche silver shell ladle with engraved handle and monogram
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver guilloche soup ladle in the shape of a shell with engraving on the handle and a
Category
Antique 19th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$950 Sale Price
50% Off
Illustrated Bivalve Shells from
Dictionnaire Classique des Sciences Naturelles
Located in Langweer, NL
, published in 1845.
Here are descriptions of the shells as labeled in the engravings:
From the first image
Category
Antique 1840s Prints
Materials
Paper
$104 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Eleven silver dessert spoons with Russian-style engraved shells and handles
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of eleven silver dessert spoons with Russian-style engraving on the shells and
Category
Antique 19th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
Ten silver dessert spoons with engraved shells and twisted Russian handles
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of ten silver dessert spoons with engraving on the shells and twisted handles in
Category
20th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$875 Sale Price
50% Off
Italian Contemporary Botanical Black Print "Shell n.4" Black Mirror Wood Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured shell made by engraving on silver leaf, printed on aged paper and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paper
Italian Contemporary Botanical Black Print "Shell n.3" Black Mirror Wood Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant hand-watercoloured shell made by engraving on silver leaf, printed on aged paper and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paper
Persian Engraved Ghalam-Zani Brass Islamic Vases with Wooden Wall Brackets
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
elaborate designs and presented on hand crafted wooden Arabian brackets inlaid with shell and Syrian
Category
Antique 19th Century Egyptian Moorish Wall Brackets
Materials
Brass
Silver dessert serving spatula
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver dessert spatula with reliefs on the handle and engraving on the shell. Metal
Category
20th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
Cut-out silver fish knife
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver fish knife with engravings, friezes and shell shape on the handle. Metal
Category
20th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$475 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver cake serving spatula
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cake serving spatula with engraving on the shell, friezes and reliefs on the
Category
20th Century European Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
A rare scrimshaw decorated horn signed by C.H. Wood
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Wood’s lawyer told the court that Wood had
‘gained great celebrity for his power of engraving on shells
Category
Antique 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Horn
The Bombardment of Alexandria – Illustrated London News, July 22, 1882
Located in Langweer, NL
, while the harbor erupts with splashes from incoming shells. The engraving masterfully conveys the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Prints
Materials
Paper
Louis XV Silver Tureen by Jean-Baptiste-Francois Chéret
By Cheret Francois
Located in New Orleans, LA
boasts exceptional decoration, including delicate and refined engraving, shell and acanthus accents, and
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Soup Tureens
Materials
Silver
A rare scrimshaw decorated horn Signed and inscribed by the base by C. Wood
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Wood’s lawyer told the court that Wood had
‘gained great celebrity for his power of engraving on shells
Category
Antique 1860s English Nautical Objects
Materials
Horn
Victorian Goddess Cameo Brooch
Located in Brighton, GB
“Goddess of The Day”
Shell Cameo Brooch
Beautiful Fine Engraving Either Side
9ct Rose Gold
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Brooches
Materials
9k Gold
Rare German Frontispiece of Rumphius Cabinet of Curiosities, 1765
Located in Langweer, NL
engravings of sea shells and crustaceans.
The German edition of the book was financed by Johann Balthasar
Category
Antique 1760s Prints
Materials
Paper
$419 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Set of Four Shell Engravings
By William Wood
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Lovely set of four shell engravings.
Category
Antique 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Prints
$1,450 / set
19th Century, Set of Four Shell Engravings
By William Wood
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Lovely set of four shell engravings - by William Wood FRS, Britsh zoologist - from General
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Prints
Materials
Paper
$1,450 / set
19th Century, Set of Four Shell Engravings
By William Wood
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Lovely set of four shell engravings - by William Wood FRS, Britsh zoologist - from General
Category
Antique 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Prints
$1,450 / set
Franz Michael Regenfuss Large Format Shell Engravings
By Franz Michael Regenfuss 1
Located in New York, NY
Franz Michael Regenfuss (1713-1780)
“Choix de Coquillages et de Crustaces”
Twelve Engravings
Category
Antique 1750s Prints
Materials
Wood
Cutlery Box in Rosewood with a Classic Design
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
, featuring delicate floral, vegetal and shell engravings, typical of Victorian or classical styles.
This
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Knife Boxes
Materials
Metal
Nautilus Shell - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Subject: Plate XVII: Nautilus Major, Coquille (Nautilus Shell).
Description: This engraved plate
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Nautilus Shell - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Subject: Plate XVIII: Nautilus Tenuis, Schippertje (Nautilus Shell).
Description: This engraved
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
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Shell Engraving For Sale on 1stDibs
You are likely to find exactly the shell engraving you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. If you’re looking for a shell engraving from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a shell engraving to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of beige, gray, brown, purple and more. Creating a shell engraving has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by George Perry, George Wolfgang Knorr, Edward Donovan and Sydenham Edwards are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in engraving, paint and watercolor — can elevate any room of your home.
How Much is a Shell Engraving?
A shell engraving can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $359, while the lowest priced sells for $85 and the highest can go for as much as $17,500.
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