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Artillery Shell Casing Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
This WWI era brass shell casing has been made into a lamp. The lamp features a cream shade, a 3-way
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Coastal Shell Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Coastal Table lamps. Hand covered with beautiful natural shells. Acquired from a Palm Beach
Category
Late 20th Century North American Table Lamps
Materials
Shell
$1,250 / set
Brass Bullet Shell Table Lamp
Located in East Hampton, NY
Brass bullet shell table lamp.
Great vintage condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Art Deco Skyscraper Style Adjustable Floor Lamp with Shell Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Machine Age Art Deco chrome floor lamp was realized in the United States, circa 1935
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Materials
Chrome
Mid Century Ceramic Conch Shell Table Lamp
Located in Hastings, GB
Fantastic mid century ceramic conch shell table lamp
C 1960's / 70's
This large sized ceramic
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Mid-Century Shell Table Lamp by Vernor Panton for Luber
By Verner Panton, Lüber Swiss
Located in Detroit, MI
This incredible vintage Mid-Century Modern “Fun 1TM” table lamp was designed by Danish architect
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
In the Style of Maison Jansen, Nautilus Shell Mounted into a Lamp
By Maison Jansen
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful nautilus shell is mounted into a table lamp. This lamp is made of brass and suedine
Category
Vintage 1940s French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Lucite Brass Clam Shell Floor Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
A chic pair of lucite and brass clam shell floor lamps. The lamp heads pivot and the height is
Category
20th Century Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
1970
s Vintage Brass Clam Shell Floor Lamp
Located in London, GB
A stylish and very well made vintage rise and fall floor lamp in brass. This was made in England
Category
Vintage 1970s British Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
1980s Ceramic Shell-Shaped Table Lamp with Gilded Edges
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Ceramic Shell-Shaped Table Lamp with Gilded Edges.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Shell Form lamps by Rougier Mid Century
Located in Manhasset, NY
Fine pair of shell form Rougier labeled table Lamps. Each sitting on a brass and wooded base.
Materials
Fiberglass
Pair of Brass Leaf or Shell Shaped Table Lamps
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of brass leaf or shell shaped table lamps with working plugs. The lamps are in the Art Deco
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$1,000 / set
Early 20th Century English Clam Shell Work Bench Lamp
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English clam shell work bench lamp
A highly decorative and unique English
Category
Vintage 1920s British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1924 René Lalique - Lamp Coquilles Shells Glass
Nickeled Bronze
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Lamp "Coquilles" (Shells) made in opalescent glass by René Lalique in 1924.
Set mounted on an Art
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Nickel
Vintage Brass Clam Shell Floor Lamp by Christopher Wray
By Christopher Wray
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous vintage rise and fall floor lamp in solid brass, with a clam shell shade. This was made
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Skyscraper Style Adjustable Floor Lamp with Shell Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This exceptional Machine Age Art Deco floor lamp features a chrome height adjustable design with
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Art Deco Mint Pastel Green Shell Banded Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
? Either way, this table lamp is screaming to be seen. With its scalloped shell-like ribbed pattern, we
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Italian Brass Shell Floor Lamp in a style of Tomasso Barbi
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in North Miami, FL
Shell shaped floor lamp attributed to Tomasso Barbi.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Italian Modern Shell-Shaped Travertine Nucleo Table Lamp by Salocchi, 1970s
By Studio Salocchi
Located in MIlano, IT
Modern, Italian, shell-shaped travertine Nucleo table lamp made by Salocchi, 1970s
Nucleo model
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Travertine
Chic Midcentury Tortoise Shell, Lucite and Chrome Table Lamp by Sciolari
By Gaetano Sciolari
Located in New York, NY
tortoise shell appearance. The lamp still has the original Sciolari label on the base and has been newly
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Pair of Hollywood Regency Shell Carved Gilt
Faux Marble Decorated Table Lamps
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of Italian shell carved gilt and faux marble decorated table lamps in the Hollywood Regency
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Carlo Nason Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Shell Table Lamp for Mazzega, 60s
By Carlo Nason, AVMazzega
Located in Puglia, Puglia
This table lamp was produced by Carlo Nason for AVMazzega, shell-shaped lamp in mouth blown glass
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
2 Vintage Alsy Clam Shell Brass Adjustable Swing Arm Library Reading Floor Lamp
By Alsy Manufacturing 1
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of two mid century Alsy Mfg adjustable swing arm floor lamps. Made of brass featuring clam or
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Duval Brasseur Bronze Coral Table Lights with Capiz Shell Shades
By Jacques Duval Brasseur
Located in Hastings, GB
Capiz shell shades which cover the lamp fittings. These are beautiful naturalistic lights by one of the
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
1970s Verner Panton Floor Lamp
By Verner Panton
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1970s Original Verner Panton for J.Luber Floor Lamp in Chromed steel and shell.Some shell
Category
Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of "FUN" Industrial Style Floor Lamps
Located in Miami, FL
Great pair of floor lamps with fantastic rivit detail and a shell style lamp shade. These floor
Category
Late 20th Century Floor Lamps
Materials
Shell, Fiberglass
Pair of Large Seashell Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Seashell lamps incorporating antique elements of silvered bronze and antique carved wood. The
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Curtis Jere Midcentury Sea Urchin Lamp
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Hastings, GB
Curtis Jere Sea Urchin table lamp,
circa 1960s-1970s
A fantastic composition of naturalistic
Category
Mid-20th Century Central American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Shell, Wood
Fiberglass and Bronze Table Lamp
By Maitland Smith
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful 1980s fiberglass and bronze with a crackled egg shell design table lamp in the manner
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Large Acrylic Lamps by Rougier, Pair
By Roger Rougier
Located in Pasadena, CA
Large pair of shell shaped acrylic lamps by Rougier.
Lit they are flamboyant!
Category
Vintage 1970s Canadian Table Lamps
Materials
Resin
Pair of 19th Century Brass Extra Tall Candlestick Lamps
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of 19th Century Brass Extra Tall Candlestick Lamps Decorated with Shells and Ending in Paw
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Verner Panton Style Capiz Shell Chandelier Lamp, circa 1970
By Verner Panton
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chandelier lamp made by Capiz Shell manufactured in 1970
Measures: H 45 x W 120 x D 40.
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Shell
Casa Pupa Sea Shell Lamp
Located in Kent, Dover
A casa Pupo obelisk lamp depicting sea shells in glazed white porcelain.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Brass Desk Shell Lamp
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Beautiful smal brass table lamp, flexo type shell-shaped
Lamp for office, reading
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Shell Table Lamp in Brass and Fabric, 1970s
Located in taranto, IT
"Shell Lamp" table lamp, in the shape of a shell, original from the 70s
Brass structure with
Category
Vintage 1970s Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Italian Mirrored Murano Glass Table Lamps Ginkgo Leaves Shape, 1980s
Located in Florence, IT
Pair of Murano glass shell lamps, silvered and gilt Ginkgo leaves, oval base in black Murano glass
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Coastal Frederick Cooper Beehive Ceramic Table Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Frederick Cooper 1970s ceramic and brass Bee Hive Sea Shell Lamp.
Coloration: Ivory
Measurements
26" Tall
Category
Vintage 1970s Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1950s Painted Pearl Nautilus Shell Table Lamp
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
1950s English hand painted chinoiserie double shell pearl nautilus table lamp. Top shell light is
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
1970s Italian Tortoise Shell Glass Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of handblown Italian tortoise shell glass lamps. Newly rewired, with solid brass patinated
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1970’s Ceramic Shell Table Lamp
Located in Hastings, GB
Beautiful ceramic table lamp, in the form of a clam shell, off white glaze on a black glaze base
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Tortoise Shell Glass Ginger Jar Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of tortoise shell glass ginger jar form lamps with newly restored brass hardware, double
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Nautical Brass Shell and Starfish Motif Lamp
By Maison Jansen
Located in Miami, FL
Brass lamp with a nautical motif of a starfish base and shell light enclosure.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Oyster Shell Shaped Porcelain Lamps, Pair
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Mid century oyster shell shaped porcelain lamps - pair
The open oyster lamp measures: 16 wide x
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Verner Panton Fun 1 STM Shell Floor Lamp with Frame Aluminum Lighting, 1960s
By Verner Panton
Located in Roma, IT
Unique midcentury Fun 1 STM shell floor lamp with aluminium frame. Verner Panton probably designed
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Brass Desk Table Lamp Shell , Art Nouveau, Art Deco
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Desk shell Flexo lamp, early 20th century Art Nouveau, Art Deco. Table lamp
Antique brass
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Table Lamps Shell Form Brass Art Deco Midcentury
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Desk shell Flexo lamps, 20th century
They are two lamps or desk lamps, for bedside tables with an
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Vintage Porcelain Opalascent Clam Shell with Pearl Shaped Globe Lamp
Located in Wayne, NJ
Vintage clam shell shaped lamp with an interior light covered with globe. Opalascent colors are
Category
Vintage 1970s Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Other
Vintage Art Nouveau Style Clam Shell and Pearl Table Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
shell, a rare find. Good ambiance or night light use.
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Composition
Pair of Shell Plaster Table Lamps Jean Charles Moreux Style
By Jean-Charles Moreux
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful pair of plaster lamps. Crisp detail, very fresh to the eye look. Original finish.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Lotte
Gunnar Bostlund Egg Shell Glazed Ceramic Table Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of vintage white glazed ceramic table lamps by Lotte & Gunnar Bostlund
Gorgeous mid 20th
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Vtg Brass Adjustable Reading Library Floor Lamp Scallop Clam Shell MCM Pharmacy
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid-Century Modern vintage brass floor lamp with adjustable height and clam shell shaped shade
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
1970
s Brass Swing Arm Floor Lamp with White Plastic Shell Shade
By Koch
Lowy
Located in New York, NY
Chic voguish and fun, adjustable brass floor, reading lamp having a brass base (10 in. diameter
Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Chrome Table or Desk Lamp all adjustable with Shell Shade, circa 1920s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
all chromed.
The lamp has a steel, silver painted shell shade which is also adjustable.
The lamp
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Seashell Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. The lamps have been newly wired
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Shell
$2,450
Snail Table Lamp Attributed to Jacques Duval-Brasseur
By Jacques Duval-Brasseur 1
Located in North Miami, FL
A beautiful and unique designed lamp in the style of Jacques Duval-Brasseur.
a bronzed lamp in the
Category
Vintage 1980s Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Bronze Monkey with Banana Leaf Table Lamp by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1980’s Bronze Monkey holding a ball and banana leaf on hands table lamp by Maitland Smith
Category
Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Tiffany Studios Nautical Seashell
Bronze Lamp, c 1920
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique figural ARt Nouveau table or desk lamp by Tiffany Studios offers Nautilus shell shade
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
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Shell Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of shell lamps is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct shell lamps — often made from metal, brass and shell — can elevate any home. We have 57 antique and vintage shell lamps in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Shell lamps have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Shell lamps are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Hollywood Regency styles are often sought at 1stDibs. If space is limited, there are small shell lamps measuring 4.73 inches across. There have been many well-made shell lamps over the years, but those made by Verner Panton, Chapman Manufacturing Company and Willy Daro are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Shell Lamps?
Prices for shell lamps start at $244 and top out at $12,500 with the average selling for $2,200.
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While we’re indebted to thinkers like Thomas Edison for critically important advancements in lighting and electricity, we’re still finding new ways to customize illumination to fit our personal spaces all these years later.
Today, lighting designers like the self-taught Bec Brittain have used the flexible structure of LEDs to craft glamorous solutions by working with what is typically considered a harsh lighting source. By integrating glass and mirrors, reflection can be used to soften the glow from LEDs and warmly welcome light into any space.
Although contemporary innovators continue to impress, some of the classics can’t be beat.
Just as gazing at the stars allows you to glimpse the universe’s past, vintage chandeliers like those designed by Gino Sarfatti and J. L. Lobmeyr, for example, put on a similarly stunning show, each with a rich story to tell.
As dazzling as it is, the Arco lamp, on the other hand, prioritizes functionality — it’s wholly mobile, no drilling required. Designed in 1962 by architect-product designers Achille Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, the piece takes the traditional form of a streetlamp and creates an elegant, arching floor fixture for at-home use.
There is no shortage of modernist lighting similarly prized by collectors and casual enthusiasts alike — there are Art Deco table lamps created in a universally appreciated style, the Tripod floor lamp by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Greta Magnusson Grossman's sleek and minimalist Grasshopper lamps and, of course, the wealth of mid-century experimental lighting that emerged from Italian artisans at Arredoluce, FLOS and many more are hallmarks in illumination innovation.
With decades of design evolution behind it, home lighting is no longer just practical. Crystalline shaping by designers like Gabriel Scott turns every lighting apparatus into a luxury accessory. A new installation doesn’t merely showcase a space; carefully chosen ceiling lights, table lamps and floor lamps can create a mood, spotlight a favorite piece or highlight your unique personality.
The sparkle that your space has been missing is waiting for you amid the growing collection of antique, vintage and contemporary lighting for sale on 1stDibs.
Questions About Shell Lamps
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Using a lampshade as a guide, line up a row of pre-drilled capiz shells until you reach the desired length. String them together by using a fishing line and finish by tying the strands onto the lamp shade. Alternatively, shop a selection of capiz shell items on 1stDibs.
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