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Aquatic Elegance: Molluscan Diversity Illustrated and Hand-Colored in 1849
Located in Langweer, NL
species of sea snail with an elongated, tapering shell and distinctive colored bands or margins.
2
Category
Antique 1840s Prints
Materials
Paper
Still Life
By Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
fruits; lobsters and oysters; butterflies and moths; stone and metal; snails and sea shells. A number of
Category
18th Century Dutch School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A fine and large giltwood Italian console or game table/ Table à Gibier
Located in London, GB
supported by a fluted frieze on a serpentine frame, centred by a scallop shell on snail feet over an unusual
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Console Tables
Materials
Giltwood
Ancient Marine Life: Handcolored Fossils of Cephalopods and Corals, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
sea snails with tightly coiled, elongated shells.
The print is a hand-colored engraving from
Category
Antique 1840s Prints
Materials
Paper
$208 Sale Price
20% Off
Robert Lee Morris Slugs in Love Sterling Silver Brooch
By Robert Lee Morris
Located in New York, NY
snail without the shell. Using his iconic construction technique with sheet and wire, with defined edges
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Thomas Sergent Palissy Trompe l’oeil Crustaceans School of Paris Wall Plaque
By Thomas Sergent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
with a snake, frog, salamander, a snail and other shells on a green leafy ground of ferns and other
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
French Neo Expressionist Mixed Media Impasto Dancing Painting Alexis Gorodine
Located in Surfside, FL
and shells, snails and mollusks and and earth and the remains of culture by way of history, language
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Board
French Neo Expressionist Mixed Media Impasto Dancing Painting Alexis Gorodine
Located in Surfside, FL
fossils and petrified forms or living organisms as found in fossils, shells, lizards and shells, snails
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Board
Set for 12 Guests "Las Sirenas" signed by Salvador Dali 1977, N°302/1000
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, FR
patterns: a fisherman, ants, a snail-shaped shell, a sailboat, a young girl enjoying the sun, a seagull
Category
20th Century German Dining Room Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Diner Set for 12 Guests "Las Sirenas" by Salvador Dali 1977, N°378/1000
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, FR
charming patterns: a fisherman, ants, a snail-shaped shell, a sailboat, a young girl enjoying the sun, a
Category
20th Century German Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Double Personage
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Fairlawn, OH
scope. I could have been a good painter from the School of Paris, but I felt like a snail out of its
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Spira Fiore
By Charissa Brock
Located in Boston, MA
describe this piece: shell, nautilus, ocean, snail, abstract, bamboo
Artist Biography:
I work primarily
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Glass, Wood, Wax, Handmade Paper
The Prairie School Collection
exhibition poster Milwaukee Art Museum
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Milwaukee, WI
structure of a shell or a snail.
In 1932, Wright opened Taliesin up as an architectural fellowship where
Category
1980s American Modern More Prints
Materials
Paper, Offset
Late 20th century color lithograph prairie style Frank Lloyd Wright architecture
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Milwaukee, WI
structure of a shell or a snail.
In 1932, Wright opened Taliesin up as an architectural fellowship where
Category
1980s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Snail shell
Located in Oswestry, GB
Always greatly fascinated and sculpturally inspired by a simple yet geometrically complex snail
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,954
Antique Cat
s Eye Operculum Snail 14 Karat Yellow Gold Bracelet and Earrings
Located in St. Louis Park, MN
This bracelet and earring set are made from Operculum Snail shells. It's easy to how they get
Category
20th Century Drop Earrings
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Wall Plate with Snails "Traversing Painted Flowers" by Bethany Krull
By Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
This piece was created with a real found snail shell and durable epoxy clay by New York artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Porcelain, Epoxy Resin
Smoky Quartz &Agate Snail Lady Figurine Manfred Wild Emile Becker Idar-Oberstein
By Manfred Wild
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
-Oberstein. Nude female form carved from smoky quartz, emerging from a snail shell of carved natural
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carnelian
Stylish Lapis Lazuli and 18 Karat Gold Snail Brooch by Hermes, Paris
By Hermès
Located in London, GB
Hermes have used a fine and luminous piece of Lapis Lazuli to create the Snail's Shell and combined
Category
Vintage 1970s French Brooches
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
Snails On a Weathered Board “Traversing Weathered Wood” by Bethany Krull
By Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
snail shells. The glistening snail forms are hand sculpted directly onto the wood using a durable and
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Epoxy Resin, Driftwood, Paint, Mixed Media
Blackened and Rose Gold Plated Silver Snail Brooch/Pendant
By Kary Adam
Located in Seattle, WA
and Rose Gold, the snail's shell is a lovely pave of Sapphires with accent brown Zircons and a
Category
2010s Thai Baroque Brooches
Materials
South Sea Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Zircon, Gold Plate, Rose Gold, Silver
Beach Stone, Yamba, Australia, 2019.
Located in Toronto, ON
shells and snail shells. Yamba, Australia
Archival Pigment Print, 19” X 12.6”, Edition of 10. This is #3
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rega
fetish
Located in Brussels, BE
with snail shells, and necklace with red beads and clamshells, eye sockets with clamshells.
H. 50 cm
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Sculptures
$8,894
Huge Handmade Antique Moroccan Berber Necklace, Amber Copal, Shells, Gemstones
Located in Vineyard Haven, MA
repaired with a large silver staple. Two snail shells flank each side, followed by two smaller (but still
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tribal Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Multi-gemstone, Onyx, Pink Coral
Gunvor Olin-Grönqvist Scandinavian Modern Stoneware Sculpture Shell Handmade
By Gunvor Olin-Grönqvist, Arabia
Located in EL Waalre, NL
Gunvor Olin-Grönqvist – A unique stoneware sculpture of a snail shell on a glazed base – Arabia
Category
Vintage 1980s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Vietnamese/Southern Chinese Catholic Latin Cross
Located in New York, NY
Vietnamese/Southern Chinese Catholic Latin cross, Dalbergia Cochinchinensis inlaid with sea snail
Category
Antique 19th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Shell, Wood
Australian South Sea White Pearl 18K Yellow Gold Conch Drop Earrings
Located in Waterloo, New South Wales
oceans.
The organic lines of gold were hand carved to mimic sea snail's shell, treasuring fine round
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Materials
Pearl, South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Made to Order, South Sea White Pearl 18K Rose Gold Conch Drop Earrings
Located in Waterloo, New South Wales
oceans.
The organic lines of gold were hand carved to mimic sea snail's shell, treasuring fine round
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Materials
Pearl, South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Made to Order, South Sea White Pearl Platinum Conch Drop Earrings
Located in Waterloo, New South Wales
oceans.
The organic lines of gold were hand carved to mimic sea snail's shell, treasuring fine round
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Materials
Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Platinum
Made to Order, Tahitian Black Pearl Platinum Conch Drop Earrings
Located in Waterloo, New South Wales
organic lines of gold were hand carved to mimic sea snail's shell, treasuring fine round pearls moving in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Materials
Black Pearl, Platinum
Made to Order, Tahitian Black Pearl 18K Yellow Gold Conch Drop Earrings
Located in Waterloo, New South Wales
organic lines of gold were hand carved to mimic sea snail's shell, treasuring fine round pearls moving in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Materials
Black Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
ITALIAN 1970
S CRUSHED SEASHELL PANEL by Guido Manerba
By Guido Manerba
Located in San Francisco, CA
double border of dark gray-black crushed shells trimmed with diminutive, pearlescent sea snail shells
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Decorative Art
Night Study 13
By Mayme Kratz
Located in Ketchum, ID
Resin, Cottonwood branch, coral, Bobcat metatarsal, snail shell, fish vertebrae and African daisy
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Found Objects, Wood Panel, Organic Material
Night Study 17
By Mayme Kratz
Located in Ketchum, ID
Resin, cottonwood branch, raccoon rib, snail shell, African daisy seed pods, snake and fish
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Found Objects, Wood Panel, Organic Material
Lacquered Wood and Gold Shell Sculpture, Snail
By Dominique Pierrat
Located in Mareil-Marly, Yvelines
Snail-shaped sculpture made of lacquered walnut, eggshell and gold leaf. The precisely calculated
Category
2010s French Minimalist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Boho Chic Handwoven Striped Wide Moroccan Berber Antique Beaded Wool Belt
Located in Vineyard Haven, MA
ties around the back.
The centerpiece is a cacophony of beads and colors. In the middle is a snail
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Agate, Multi-gemstone
Monumental Brass Snail Table Lamp by Antonio Pavia
By Antonio Pavia
Located in North Miami, FL
Whimsical over-scaled Italian brass snail table lamp by Antonio Pavia, circa 1975, sports a
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
1960s Vintage Minimalist Artisan 950 Sterling Silver Mens Christmas Gift Ring
Located in Champions State Gate, FL
, out of round, sea snail shell that is known as an operculum (and that is otherwise known as Cat's eye
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Modernist Fashion Rings
Materials
Sterling Silver
Eighteen-Piece Silver Mounted Mother-of-Pearl Dessert Service
By Wang Hing
Co.
Located in Chudleigh, Tasmania
-shell trophy, another kiosk festooned with white nautilus and green-tipped snail shells as well as
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Nautical Objects
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Spring Garden - Lacquer painting by Tang Xuan Doan, Vietnam
By Tang Xuan Doan
Located in London, GB
without materials
such as egg, crab and snail shells, silver and gold sheets; colour tones are also not
Category
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Lacquer
Under The Sunshine - Lacquer painting by Tang Xuan Doan, Vietnam
By Tang Xuan Doan
Located in London, GB
without materials
such as egg, crab and snail shells, silver and gold sheets; colour tones are also not
Category
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Lacquer
Sunset - Lacquer painting by Tang Xuan Doan, Vietnam
By Tang Xuan Doan
Located in London, GB
without materials
such as egg, crab and snail shells, silver and gold sheets; colour tones are also not
Category
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Daisy Garden - Sunset - Lacquer painting by Tang Xuan Doan, Vietnam
By Tang Xuan Doan
Located in London, GB
without materials
such as egg, crab and snail shells, silver and gold sheets; colour tones are also not
Category
2010s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Lacquer
Andre Segovia Original Oil Painting On Board Food Still Life Signed Framed Art
By Andre Segovia
Located in Bloomington, MN
Display", is an alluring depiction featuring a snail shell and strawberry, that is saturated with the
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coral Chandelier With Shells Attributed To Jensen
By Jensen Globe
Located in Bedford, NY
Five light chandelier for wide base bulbs- off white color coral from a reef; snail, clam and other
Category
Vintage 1960s French Baroque Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Coral
Maria Sibylla Merian - J. Mulder - Passionflower and insects Nr. 21
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
carry it around with them like a hermit crab does its snail shell. When they want to move or eat, they
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Other Prints
Materials
Paper
Gupta Period Stone Head of the Buddha
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
consciousness) – is decorated with tight snail-shell curls. This is a serene and beautifully-executed piece of
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indian Antiquities
Materials
Stone
Cypraea snail - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
prophyreticus etc. (Cypraea snails - Gastropod Shells, Mollusks).
Description: This engraved plate originates
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Trumpet snail - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Triton-hoorns. (Trumpet or Triton snail species - Gastropod Shells, Mollusks).
Description: This
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Snail and Mollusks - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
, Scheppertje - Tribulus, Spinnekop (Murex, Rock snail species - Gastropod Shells, Mollusks).
Description
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Three Snails on a Leaf Pendant in Sterling Silver and 18 Karat Gold Vermeil
Located in London, GB
, Simon has carefully used 18K gold vermeil on the shells of each snail. Look carefully and you can see
Category
2010s British Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Dominique Aurientis Vintage Pearl Encrusted Shell Earrings
Located in New York, NY
design details, is very sought-after especially her early vintage pieces. These beautiful snail shaped
Category
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Molluscs, Vintage Wall Chart
Located in St. Margarethen, AT
This vintage wall chart shows different types of molluscs like cephalopods, snails and shells
Category
Antique 1880s Prints
Materials
Linen
Very Large Dining Room Table or Very Large Louis XV Style Huntin french desk
Located in Boulogne-sur-Mer, FR
solid oak, natural color, resting on an elegant arched base in celadon green color and ending with snail
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
18 Karat Gold Ocean Shield Necklace
By ELHANATI
Located in Copenhagen, Bornholm
the traces of sea snails, sea shells and fossils.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Artist Pendant Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold
Elhanati 18 Karat Gold Ocean Shield Necklace with Gems
By ELHANATI
Located in Copenhagen, Bornholm
gold have a strong reference to the traces of sea snails, sea shells and fossils.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Artist Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Coral, Diamond, Emerald, Lapis Lazuli, Opal, Agate, 18k Gold
18 Karat Gold Diamond Mask Earring with Top Wesselton VVS Diamonds
By ELHANATI
Located in Copenhagen, Bornholm
patterns in the gold have a strong reference to the traces of sea snails, sea shells and fossils.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Artist Drop Earrings
Materials
Opal, Coral, Diamond, Emerald, Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
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