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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
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19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Nautilus Table Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th Century Silver Leafed Elements Black Pearl Oyster Shells with Porcupine Quills
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Used Oyster Shells

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.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Brass

Austrian Textured Glass Pendant
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Incredible Austrian textured glass pendant, the bubbled glass resembling large oyster shells
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20th Century Austrian Used Oyster Shells

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
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Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

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
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1920s Japanese Used Oyster Shells

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
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Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

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
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Used Oyster Shells

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
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19th Century French Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Bronze

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 Used Oyster Shells

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
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19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

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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19th Century German Belle Époque Used Oyster Shells

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
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1880s French Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Faience, Ceramic, Majolica

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
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2010s Impressionist Used Oyster Shells

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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
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

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
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Early 20th Century Italian Romantic Used Oyster Shells

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
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1850s French Other Used Oyster Shells

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
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1850s French Other Used Oyster Shells

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
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1850s French Other Used Oyster Shells

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
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19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

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
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

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
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

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
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19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

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
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18th Century and Earlier English Used Oyster Shells

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
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19th Century Japanese Used Oyster Shells

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
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

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
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Early 2000s American Used Oyster Shells

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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
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

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
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2010s American Used Oyster Shells

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
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2010s American Used Oyster Shells

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
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2010s American Used Oyster Shells

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
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

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: 
A
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Late 19th Century French Romantic Used Oyster Shells

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
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Used Oyster Shells

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
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19th Century French Used Oyster Shells

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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1850s Japanese Edo Used Oyster Shells

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
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19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

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
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Used Oyster Shells

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
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1980s American Used Oyster Shells

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
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19th Century Japanese Edo Used Oyster Shells

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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
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1970s Italian Used Oyster Shells

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
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1890s French Art Nouveau Used Oyster Shells

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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
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19th Century French Louis XV Used Oyster Shells

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
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Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Used Oyster Shells

1820s French Oak Buffet
Located in High Point, NC
an oyster-shell.
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19th Century French French Provincial Used Oyster Shells

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
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Early 19th Century Georgian Used Oyster Shells

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
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Mid-20th Century English Queen Anne Used Oyster Shells

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
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Mid-20th Century British Queen Anne Used Oyster Shells

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
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Early 20th Century Academic Used Oyster Shells

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
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Late 17th Century English William and Mary Used Oyster Shells

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
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20th Century English Modern Used Oyster Shells

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
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Linen, Upholstery, Walnut, Down

Japanese Edo Period Musha Ningyo Doll of Samurai and Attendant
Located in Astoria, NY
here. They have finely carved faces, and are lacquered with many coats of gofun (white oyster shell
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Early 1800s Japanese Edo Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Silk, Lacquer

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
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Murano Glass

Shell cup with bronze turtle and snake, Christophe Fratin (attributed to)
By Christophe Fratin
Located in Victoria, BC
oyster shell. Please note, the original bronze would have had a bronze shell. This example is missing
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1890s French Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Bronze

20th Century Stone and Silver Bracelets by Ray Adakai, Navajo Jeweler
Located in Point Richmond, CA
silver bracelets has a channel set with rectangular cut spiny oyster shell, turquoise and black onyx
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Silver

"Oyster" Lounge Chair by Pierre Paulin for Artifort, Netherlands 1970s
By Artifort, Pierre Paulin
Located in DE MEERN, NL
an oyster shell, providing an elegant and comfortable seating experience. Its sculptural form is
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1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Chrome

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Used Oyster Shells For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of used oyster shells is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique used oyster shells was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and earthenware. Used oyster shells have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Used oyster shells made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many used oyster shells are appealing in their simplicity, but Longchamp, Oscar Gutherz and Sarreguemines produced popular used oyster shells that are worth a look.

How Much are Used Oyster Shells?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $895, while they’re typically $75 on the low end and $19,500 highest priced.