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Faux Red Tortoiseshell

Vintage Chrome Bar Pitcher w/Bakelite Faux Red Tortoiseshell Handle by Glo-Hill
By Glo Hill
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage chrome bar pitcher with Bakelite handle in mottled red with black and having an integral
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware

Materials

Chrome

French Ruby-Red Glass and Enamel Card Tray, Late 19th or Early 20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
reclining goddess, on a faux red tortoiseshell ground Measures: Length 7.25 in. (18.41 cm.) long, width
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20th Century More Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Vintage Glo-Hill Chrome and Red Faux Tortoiseshell Bakelite Lidded Ice Bucket
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Glo-Hill lidded ice bucket in chrome with mottled red and black faux tortoiseshell Bakelite
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware

Materials

Chrome

Art Deco Cocktail Pick Set, Faux Tortoiseshell Flowerpot Holder and 6 Picks
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco cocktail pick set, 6 gilded picks with cherry red Lucite tops and forked ends in a holder
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Barware

Materials

Metal

18th Century Northern European Tortoiseshell Lacquer Japanned Bureau Cabinet
Located in Southampton, NY
. Beautiful orange red paint on interior of bureau. Original hardware. Tortoiseshell faux paint ground with
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Antique 18th Century Unknown Secretaires

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Midcentury Faux Tortoise Shell and Brass Tray circa 1970 Red and Gold Color
By Christian Dior
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Faux tortoise shell and brass tray. It was made in France in the 1970's. Fire-colored, shimmering
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Vintage 1970s French Hollywood Regency Platters and Serveware

Materials

Brass

Fine Flemish Baroque Late 17th Century Tortoiseshell Cabinet on Stand
Located in London, GB
and red-stained tortoiseshell. This piece retains its original ormolu cabinet fittings, mirror glass
Category

Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Pine

Faux Tortoise Lamps
Located in Washington, DC
A set of two Silhouette lamps in the form of a faux tortoiseshell. One red and the other blue
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Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps

Faux Tortoise Lamps
Faux Tortoise Lamps
H 26.25 in W 18.5 in D 5.25 in
French Art Deco Tortoiseshell and Butterscotch Bakelite Cocktail Pick Set
Located in Nantucket, MA
French Art Deco cocktail picks and stand. Eight chrome plated forked picks with translucent red
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Barware

Materials

Chrome

Vintage Glo-Hill Chrome Bar Pitcher with Red Bakelite Handle
By Glo Hill
Located in Nantucket, MA
Chrome bar pitcher by Glo-Hill with red faux tortoiseshell Bakelite pistol grip handle. The pitcher
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware

Materials

Chrome

Alpha Workshops Side Table in Specialty Finishes
By Alpha Workshops
Located in New York, NY
Alpha Workshops Side table in red and black Negoro Nuri lacquered finish. Tabouret with cut-out
Category

2010s American Side Tables

Materials

Paint, Wood

Four Piece Boxed Chrome and Bakelite Bar Tool Set from Barmates by Glo-Hill
By Glo Hill
Located in Nantucket, MA
, bottle/can opener, stirrer spoon and ice tongs with red and black mottled faux tortoiseshell Bakelite
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware

Materials

Chrome

Boulle Work Bureau Plat
Located in Cheshire, GB
intricate brass embellishments on a red tortoiseshell ground and having ornate gilt metal mounts. The
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Early 20th Century French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Boulle Work Bureau Plat
Boulle Work Bureau Plat
H 30.5 in W 61 in D 31.5 in
Large French Boulle Inlay Partners Desk Writing Table Desks
Located in Potters Bar, GB
a red faux tortoiseshell lacquer. The affect is startling and this desk is offered in perfect
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Vintage 1980s French Provincial Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Bureau Desk Fall Front Japanning Tortoishell Gilding Chinoiserie
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
lacquer with a tortoiseshell imitation ground. luxury item, dazzliing display of bright colour red of
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Antique 17th Century Italian Chinoiserie Desks

Materials

Lacquer

19C Anglo Ceylonese Specimen Wood Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
beautiful hand-painted flower blossom in the center. The lid interior has red velvet lining. It sits on 4
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Antique 19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Bone, Hardwood, Ebony, Sandalwood

Portrait of a Lady
Located in London, GB
on wood panel Image size: 10 inches (25.5 cm) Faux tortoiseshell frame Provenance North England
Category

16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Lady
H 10 in Dm 0.5 in
19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Padouk and Sandalwood Sadeli Mosaic Sarcophagus S
Located in Dallas, TX
mosiac, made from tiny pieces of faux ivory, pewter, green semi-precious stone. The box is in a
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Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Padouk, Sandalwood

Pair of Early 19th Century French Boulle Cabinets
By Etienne Levasseur
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
 Levasseur. gilt bronze mounted ebony and ebonised, cut-brass, pewter and faux tortoiseshell marquetry
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Cabinets

Materials

Brass

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Chrome

Silver Plated Keepsake Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
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Serving Tray Lucite Tortoiseshell & Chrome Christian Dior Style, Italy, 1970s
By Christian Dior, Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
1970s Rectangular serving tray centerpiece in tortoiseshell-effect lucite and chrome borders in the style of Christian Dior Home, made in Italy 1970s.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces

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Metal, Chrome

Bimini Glass Cocktail Picks with Red Bowl Stand, 1920s, Vienna Austria
By Bimini Glass
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1920s Austrian cocktail picks made of glass, showing different birds in a mouth blown glass stand. The total high is approx. 5.13 inches. The Stand itself is approx. 3....
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Art Deco Silver Plate Individual Size Cocktail Shaker by Napier
By Napier Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco silver plate individual size cocktail shaker by Napier. The bottom with an integral ice dam / strainer and the cover with a rooster decorated flat top allowing it to stand u...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware

Materials

Silver Plate

Pair of Machine Age Nightstands
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Pair of nightstands in burl and mahogany with bakelite handles.
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Vintage 1930s American Night Stands

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Pair of Machine Age Nightstands
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English Creamware Whieldon-type Gray Tortoiseshell Plate
By Thomas Whieldon Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Creamware Whieldon-type Gray Tortoiseshell Plate, Circa 1765-75 The octagonal shaped plate is covered to the front and back with a very pleasing gray tortoise-shell pattern....
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Dinner Plates

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Baccarat Crystal Tableware / Barware Service / 12 People
By Baccarat
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Richly and beautifully design inspired by a jeweled tiara, with sparkling cuts surrounding the glass. The deep cuts allow the light to retract and shine to a brilliant finish from an...
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Mid-20th Century French Barware

Materials

Crystal

Art Deco Modernist Walnut Telephone Table, English, C1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive 1930's beautifully figured Walnut telephone table. Definitely has a bit of a Bauhaus vibe but we believe this piece to be English in or...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Bakelite, Walnut

Art Deco Vanity Veneer Rosewood and Maple with Bakelite Handles, Italy, 1930s
Located in Firenze, IT
This original Italian Art Deco dressing table is entirely veneered with precious essences such as rosewood and bird's-eye maple, the contrast between the warmth brown, the yellow and...
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Dressers

Materials

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Caddy Full of Bakelite Handled Utensils
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A colorful large collection of vintage cutlery having red, green, amber, black, brown, ivory and tortoise color handles. The collection is held in a handled and pierced vintage chrom...
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Materials

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Caddy Full of Bakelite Handled Utensils
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Art Deco Machine Age Chrome and Bakelite Coffee Orb by Manning Bowman Ca. 1930s
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Located in Pasadena, TX
Art Deco chrome and Bakelite coffee urn made by Manning Bowman. The spherical percolator has bakelite handle, turn knob and base. Height: 14.5 in Width: 10 in Depth: 11 in.
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Aluminum

Large Cranberry Cut Glass & Silver Cocktail Set
Located in London, GB
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Materials

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Large Cranberry Cut Glass & Silver Cocktail Set
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Set of 12 Guy Degrenne Dessert Knives, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Set of 12 Guy Degrenne dessert knives, 20th Century. Set of 12 Guy Degrenne dessert knives in original box, bakelite handles, 20th century. h: 4cm, w: 27cm, d: 11cm
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Knife Boxes

Materials

Bakelite

Art Deco Ashtray Stand, brass and Bakelite by Demeyere, Belgium, 1930s
By Demeyere
Located in Saarburg, RP
Art Deco ashtray stand by Demeyere This beautiful and rare Art Deco Ashtray Stand from the 30s/40s is in the streamline modern art deco style. The designer of this extraordinary obj...
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Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Metal, Iron, Chrome

1930s Forman Brothers Art Deco Black Handle Chrome Cocktail Shaker with Recipes
By Forman
Located in St. Louis, MO
1930s vintage Art Deco Forman Brothers chrome cocktail recipe shaker, with angular black handle & finial, possibly bakelite. Hidden on the bottom of this shaker are 14 cocktail rec...
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A Black 18th Century Flemish Ebonized Cabinet on Stand with Brass Ornamentation
Located in Armadale, Victoria
, the door opening to a fitted interior of drawers around a central door, the whole painted in faux red
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Antique 18th Century Belgian Baroque Cabinets

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Brass

Vintage Chrome & Bakelite 'Traffic Light' Jigger by Glo-Hill
By Glo Hill
Located in Nantucket, MA
'lights' marked 'Safe', 'Caution' & 'Danger', attached to the rim is a vertical handle made of faux red
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware

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Chrome

Faux Tortoiseshell Pendant Light
Located in Pasadena, CA
Hanging pendant light has a white frosted glass globe surrounded by a faux tortoiseshell plastic
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Vintage 1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

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Metal

Baroque Red Lacquer Faux Ivory & Tortoiseshell Cabinet on Stand
Located in New York, NY
This cabinet on stand in the Baroque style features a faux ivory and tortoise shell lacquered
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Vintage 1940s Cabinets

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Kittenger Gilt Coffee Table w/Faux Tortoiseshell Finish
Located in New York, NY
or red lacquer, the petal design is here executed with a faux tortoiseshell or oildrop finish. The
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20th Century American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Giltwood

Fine Flemish Baroque Late 17th Century Tortoiseshell Cabinet on Stand
Located in London, GB
and red-stained tortoiseshell. This piece retains its original ormolu cabinet fittings, mirror glass
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Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Cabinets

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Fine Flemish Baroque Late 17th Century Tortoiseshell Cabinet on Stand
Located in London, GB
and red-stained tortoiseshell. This piece retains its original ormolu cabinet fittings, mirror glass
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Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Cabinets

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Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Pine

Rare Napoleon III Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet, France, 1860
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
style and red tortoiseshell marquetry, gorgeous ornamentation of golden bronzes with caryatids, ingot
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Antique 1860s French Louis XV Desks

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Brass, Bronze

Stunning Louis XV Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet France, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
shape, in ebony veneer and Boulle and brass marquetry on a background of red tortoiseshell. Gorgeous
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Stunning Louis XV Boulle Marquetry Secretary Desk Cabinet France, 19th Century
By André-Charles Boulle
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shape, in ebony veneer and Boulle and brass marquetry on a background of red tortoiseshell. Gorgeous
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19th Century Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Shell and Colored Bone Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
sandalwood but completely covered in the most gorgeous speckled faux blonde tortoiseshell and bone/faux ivory
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Louis XV Boulle Style Bureau de Plat
Located in Dallas, TX
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20th Century Italian Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Louis XV Boulle Style Bureau de Plat
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French Napoleon III Style Ebonized Ormolu Bookcase Display Cabinet, 20th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
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20th Century Napoleon III Bookcases

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Faux Red Tortoiseshell Ceramic Italian Lamp, 1980's
Located in Hastings, GB
A superb 1980's Deco style Italian table lamp, in ceramic with a beautiful crimson tortoiseshell
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Dutch Red Tortoiseshell Octagonal Mirror, 17th Century Style
Located in London, by appointment only
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Art Deco Gold-Tone Metal and Faux Tortoiseshell Bakelite Snail Cocktail Pick Set
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
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Early 20th Century Italian Mandolin with Original Case
Located in Dallas, TX
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Late 19th century Flemish Baroque faux Red Tortoiseshell Mirror
Located in Larkspur, CA
late 19th century Flemish Baroque faux Red tortoiseshell and ebonized mirror Hand Carved with
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Vintage Glo-Hill Chrome Cobbler Type Cocktail Shaker w/Red Bakelite Cap
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage cobbler type cocktail shaker by Glo-Hill in chrome with mottled red and black faux
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Deco Barware

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Vintage Glo-Hill Chrome and Bakelite Cocktail Shaker Caddy Set w/Tong & Opener
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
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A Sumptuous Golden Faux Tortoiseshell Commode
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Located in Hudson, NY
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Faux Red Tortoiseshell For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the faux red tortoiseshell you’re looking for. Each faux red tortoiseshell for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and brass. There are 12 variations of the antique or vintage faux red tortoiseshell you’re looking for, while we also have 1 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect faux red tortoiseshell — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A faux red tortoiseshell made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Baroque — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one faux red tortoiseshell that is appealing in its simplicity, but Alpha Workshops and Glo Hill produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Faux Red Tortoiseshell?

A faux red tortoiseshell can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,200, while the lowest priced sells for $375 and the highest can go for as much as $377,842.