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Japanese Hannya (般若) Noh Mask. Attributed to Takada Fuki (高田 冨季, 1935–2008)
Located in Fukuoka, JP
white pigment of powdered oyster shells (gofun) mixed with animal glue (nikawa) and water. ---- This
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20th Century Japanese Showa Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculpture "La Mer" by, Raoul Larche
By François-Raoul Larche
Located in Englewood, NJ
from within the sea amongst seaweed and water holding aloft three oyster shells with one figure
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Bronze

Majolica Mottled Oyster Plate
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Unidentified English or European Majolica oyster plate which features six shell-shaped wells
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1880s Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Holdcroft Majolica Lily Oyster Dish
By Joseph Holdcroft
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Holdcroft Majolica oyster plate which features scalloped shells and pond lilies. Pink ground
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1880s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Large Oval Shell Mirror
Located in New York, NY
is made up of sea shells (oysters, clams and others) with a large cluster at the top. We have seen a
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20th Century American Used Oyster Shells

French Faience Oyster Plate, late 19th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
French faience oyster plate, late 19th century. Hand-painted porcelain plate with six shell shaped
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Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

French Oyster Plate Porcelain Sealife Haviland Limoges
By Haviland Co.
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th-century French porcelain oyster plate with sealife pattern (shells, seaweeds, fish
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1890s French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

French Oyster Plate Porcelain Sealife Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th-Century French porcelain oyster plate with sealife pattern (shells, seaweeds, starfish
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1890s French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

Minton Majolica Turquoise 6 Well Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica oyster plate which features six shell shaped wells with seashell surrounds
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1860s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Minton Majolica Turquoise 6 Well Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica oyster plate which features six shell shaped wells with seashell surrounds
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1860s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Minton Majolica Turquoise 6 Well Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica oyster plate which features six shell shaped wells with seashell surrounds
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1860s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Minton Majolica Turquoise 6 Well Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica oyster plate which features six shell shaped wells with seashell surrounds
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1860s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Minton Majolica Turquoise 6 Well Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica oyster plate which features six shell shaped wells with seashell surrounds
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1860s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Minton Majolica Turquoise 6 Well Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica oyster plate which features six shell shaped wells with seashell surrounds
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1860s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Minton Majolica Turquoise 6 Well Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica oyster plate which features six shell shaped wells with seashell surrounds
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1860s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Minton Majolica Turquoise 6 Well Oyster Plate
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica oyster plate which features six shell shaped wells with seashell surrounds
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1860s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Majolica Oyster Plate J. Hahn Marescaux
By J. Hahn Marescaux
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Majolica oyster plate signed J. Hahn Marescaux. Between each white iridescent shells
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1890s Belgian Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

19th Century Majolica Oyster Plate J. Hahn Marescaux
By J. Hahn Marescaux
Located in Austin, TX
19th century majolica oyster plate signed J. Hahn Marescaux. Between each white iridescent shells
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1890s Belgian Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica, Ceramic

2 Pairs of Shell Motif Sconces
Located in New York, NY
2 Stunning Pairs of 3 Light Sconces Covered with Oyster and Clam Shells. 1 Sconce is shown. Sold by
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Unknown Used Oyster Shells

Antique Faience Oyster Plate, France, late 19th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
French Faience Oyster Plate, late 19th Century. Hand-painted porcelain, with six shell shaped
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Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

St. Clement French Majolica Pottery Basket Weave Oyster Plate
By Saint-Clément
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French majolica glazed oyster plate with six scallop shell shaped wells on a deep forest green
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Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Earthenware

Mid-Century Set of 6 French Porcelain Oyster Plate Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Set of 6 French Porcelain Oyster Plate Limoges Circa 1950. Decorated with shells, starfish,fish
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1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

Longchamp French Barbotine Majolica Handled Oyster Server, circa 1860-1880
By Longchamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
.This server has fourteen shell shaped oyster wells with a centre handle. The shells are glazed in a
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19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Earthenware

Antique German Hand-Painted Porcelain Shaped Oyster Plate, circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Large Antique German hand-painted porcelain shaped oyster plate in a sea-shell figural design
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Early 20th Century German Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Hand Painted Crab Turtle Oyster Plate
By Haviland Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A porcelain Oyster plate with six shell shaped wells, each showing a hand painted sea life specimen
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1880s French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

Pink Ceramic Majolica Oyster Serving Plate Limoges France circa 1891-1914
By Limoges
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Pink ceramic oyster or shell plate. This piece includes five clam shell shaped areas for oysters or
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Early 1900s French French Provincial Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Hand Painted Sea Horse Conch Oyster Plate
By Haviland Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A porcelain oyster plate with six shell shaped wells, each showing a hand painted sea life specimen
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1880s French 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 with a border
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Earthenware

Large Minton Majolica Fish Oyster Plate, Turquoise Wells, English, Dated 1882
By Minton
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Minton Majolica Oyster Plate, molded with a central scalloped well within five shell-form oyster
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19th Century English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Antique American "UPW" Porcelain Pink Peach Sea Life Oyster Plate, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique American Porcelain Clam-Shell Shaped Oyster Plate with Painted Sea Life Signed "Union
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Late 19th Century American Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Hand-Painted Sea Anemone and Fish Oyster Plate
By Haviland Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A porcelain oyster plate with six shell shaped wells, each showing a hand painted sea life specimen
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1880s French Aesthetic Movement Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Shell Motif Chandeliers and 4 Pairs of Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Stunning 4 Light Chandeliers Composed of Oyster and Clam Shells Attached to a Central
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20th Century Unknown Used Oyster Shells

George Jones Majolica Oyster Plate on a Turquoise Ground, English, ca, 1874
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
central dipping well naturalistically molded as an oyster half-shell applied on a bed of green-glazed
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19th Century English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Majolica

Post-Modern 1980s Magnusen Ponte Mactan Stone Shell Coffee Table
By Magnussen Furniture
Located in Baambrugge, NL
the shape of a shell or oyster with a pearl in the middle. The table is made of Mactan stone, also
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1980s European Post-Modern Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Stone

Large Shell Lamp Pearl Resin Brass by Maison Rougier, France, 1970s
By Maison Rougier, Liane Rougier
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Large shell oyster lamp in pearl Perspex resin and brass base by Liane Rougier for Maison Rougier
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1970s Italian Space Age Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Brass

marble tray
Located in Seattle, WA
footed marble tray/ planter. used filled with crushed ice to serve oysters on the half shell
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1930s Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Stone

Majolica Fish Sealife Platter Vallauris, circa 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica sealife platter Vallauris, circa 1950. High relief of fish, seaweeds, shells, oyster
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Used Oyster Shells

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Opal, Diamonds and Sterling Silver Earrings
Located in Nantucket, MA
A wearable version of oysters on the half shell, but much more exotic. Three tiered and graduated
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21st Century and Contemporary Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Diamond, Opal, Sterling Silver

French 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
- Huitres - Oysters on the half shell, saucisson sec, wine and more. A perfect picnic.
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19th Century French Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Canvas

Zuni Silver Snake Rainbow Dance Inlaid Sterling Silver Squash Blossom Necklace
Located in Cape May, NJ
Pearl, Spiny Oyster, Jet, Bone Shell. The necklace measures 31" long. The center medallion
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1990s American Native American Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver

French 19th Century Mahogany Louis XVI Commode with Marble Top
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
gray antique marble top is absolutely spectacular and full of fossilized diatoms, oyster and other sea
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19th Century French Louis XVI Used Oyster Shells

14K Yellow Gold 14.5mm Mabe Peal and Diamond Earrings
Located in Lexington, KY
pearls are half-pearls grown on the inside of the shell of oysters, creating a unique dome shape. The
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1960s Contemporary Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

19th Century Pair of Mother-of-Pearl Opera Glasses
Located in London, GB
iridescent. The outer layer of pearls and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells
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1890s Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Antique Persian Inlaid Octagonal Occasional Table, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of nacre. Both black and
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Early 1900s Persian Used Oyster Shells

Antique Victorian Mother-of-Pearl Cased Scent Bottles, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of nacre. Both
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1880s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Silver

Antique English Victorian Hand Painted Mother Pearl Fan with Frame 19th Century
Located in London, GB
layer of pearls and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of
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1890s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Antique Mahogany Two-Tier Case 12 Mother Pearl Dessert Knives Forks 19th Century
Located in London, GB
. The outer layer of pearls and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are
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1850s Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique French Ebonised Inlaid Pier Cabinet c.1860
Located in London, GB
layer of pearls and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of
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1860s French Used Oyster Shells

Antique Boxed Set 12 Silver Fruit Knives and Forks, 1900
Located in London, GB
of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of nacre. Both black and white nacre
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Early 1900s English Used Oyster Shells

Antique Damascus Mother-of-pearl and Specimen Wood Inlaid Table Chest
Located in London, GB
. The outer layer of pearls and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are
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1890s Syrian Used Oyster Shells

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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Early 20th Century Syrian Inlaid Card Games Backgammon Chess Table
Located in London, GB
and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of nacre. Both
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1920s Syrian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood

Antique Regency Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Casket, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also what makes up the outer coating of pearls. It is
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1820s English Regency Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Ormolu

Chinese Rosewood Mother of Pearl Opium Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of nacre. Both
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1920s Chinese Used Oyster Shells

Antique Walnut Cased Set of 18 Mother-of-pearl Dessert Knives Forks
Located in London, GB
and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells are made of nacre. Both
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Late 19th Century English Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Silver Plate

19th Century Willliam IV Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Boulle Inkstand
Located in London, GB
produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also what makes up the outer coating of pearls. It
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1830s British William IV Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

19th Century Victorian Rosewood Casket Jewelry Box
Located in London, GB
iridescent. The outer layer of pearls and the inside layer of pearl oyster and freshwater pearl mussel shells
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1840s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

19th Century Victorian Rosewood and Mother-of-Pearl Box
Located in London, GB
produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also what makes up the outer coating of pearls. It
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1860s English Victorian Used Oyster Shells

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

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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.