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Marble Clam Shell

Rare 18th Century Italian Shell-form Marble Serving or Display Dish
Located in Charlottesville, VA
well-carved clam shells on each side, hand cut and highly polished, a pale yellow-beige marble. 3” h
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Antique 18th Century Italian Serving Pieces

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Marble

Antique Louis XV Black Marble Fireplace
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
a panelled serpentine frieze, which is centred by a carved Rococo style clam shell cartouche. The
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Antique Mid-19th Century Belgian Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Belgian Black Marble

18th Century Italian Travertine Marble Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
embellished with carved scrolls and clam shells certain to bring beauty and interest to any room. Centuries
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Renaissance Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Stone, Travertine, Marble

Octagonal Italian Pietre Dure Semiprecious Hardstone Inlay Black Marble Tabletop
Located in Marbella, ES
with flowers, clam shells, fishes and a myriad of elements are confirmed by the clever use of Pietre
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Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Tables

Materials

Marble

Italian Pietre Dure Semiprecious Hardstones Inlay Black Marble Mosaic Tabletop
Located in Marbella, ES
. Vases with flowers, clam shells, fishes and a myriad of elements are confirmed by the clever use of
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Late 20th Century Italian Tables

Materials

Marble

Octagonal Italian Pietre Dure Hardstone Mosaic Inlay Black Marble Table Top
Located in Marbella, ES
. Vases with flowers, clam shells, fishes and a myriad of elements are confirmed by the clever use of
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Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Tables

Materials

Marble

ITALIAN Mid Century MODERN Maple Long DRESSER / Vanity + Large Mirror, c. 1960's
By Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Weehawken, NJ
large mirror at the center. The legs are capped with brass caps which match the brass clam shell design
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mirror, Maple

French Régence Style dark wood and gilt Console Table, circa 1860
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
summer flowers and laurels. The front legs are canted and have clam shell detail on the knees, these
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Antique 19th Century French Regency Console Tables

Materials

Pine

Original Italian Hand Carved Nude Sculpture/ Lamp Signed Umberto Stiaccini
By Umberto Stiaccini
Located in New York City, NY
Hand carved white alabaster sculpture of a nude woman reclining inside a clam shell with three
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

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English Georgian Style Marble Fireplace Mantle
Located in London, GB
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21st Century and Contemporary European Georgian Fireplaces and Mantels

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English Georgian Style Marble Fireplace Mantle
English Georgian Style Marble Fireplace Mantle
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Monumental Cream Marble Mantel, Hand Carved
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Fireplaces and Mantels

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Pair of Semi-Flush Mount Light Fixtures, Sold Individually
Located in New York, NY
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Octagonal Italian Pietre Dure Semiprecious Hardstone Inlay White Marble Tabletop
Located in Marbella, ES
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Tables

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Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
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Large 19th Century Mid-Victorian Arched Carrara Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
Large antique mid-Victorian Carrara marble fireplace surround with arched aperture. Fielded panels to the spandrels are flanked by quarter round outside fillets and meet at the flute...
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

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Carrara Marble

19th Century Classic Vintage Grand Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Beervelde, BE
This antique Louis XIV style fireplace chimney piece was made during the 19th century in a red, green marble from the south of France. Measures: 150 cm EW 59.06". 134 cm EH 52.76"...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

Marmorea English Style Black Marble Bolection Fireplace Mantle
Located in London, GB
A very deep moulded bolection style fireplace, a reproduction of an early 19th century, Ashburton marble surround from our antique catalogue. In black marble, raised up on square foo...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Queen Anne Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

Bed Venetian Painted Trompe-L’œil Baroque Fortuny Superking Mattress
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Magnificent, 18th Century, Venetian, Trompe-L’œil, Painted, Bed, Superking 6ft, 180cm wide, With Massive 213cm, 6ft 10in Shaped Headboard & 149cm, 5ft Shaped Footboard & Fortuny Bedc...
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Materials

Paint

Octagonal Italian Pietre Dure Mosaic Inlay Carrara White Marble Table Top
Located in Marbella, ES
Octagonal Carrara White marble table top profusely decorated with Italian Pietre Dure mosaic inlays using green malachite, dark blue lapis, light blue turquoise, light green jade, mo...
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Late 20th Century European Center Tables

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Marble

Bed Demi-Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Green Painted & Gilded Leather 6ft 180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, With Gold Velvet & Gilt Embroidered Bedspread, sol...
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Antique 1720s Spanish Baroque Beds and Bed Frames

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bathtub, sink, stoup in red Verona marble with shell-shaped, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient stoup in red Verona marble, shell-shaped, small basin, built in Italy in the 18th century for a village church, usable as a small tub or sink, both indoors and outdoors, grac...
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Marble

Round Pietre Dure Geometric White Marble Mosaic Table Top with Inlays
Located in Marbella, ES
Round Italian geometric pietre dure technique handmade white marble mosaic table top with blue lapis, red amethyst and other semiprecious stones inlay.   
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Late 20th Century European Tables

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Marble

Large Art Deco Pedestal Sink
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large early 20th century Art Deco pedestal sink originating from France. This antique porcelain sink is a substantial size, perfect for a main bathroom in a chic Art Deco style pro...
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Large Art Deco Pedestal Sink
Large Art Deco Pedestal Sink
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Wonderful Carrara Marble Clam Shell Vase
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A wonderful Italian 19th century, Grand Tour, carrara marble center vase sculpted in the form of a
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Antique 19th Century Italian Vases

Wonderful Carrara Marble Clam Shell Vase
Wonderful Carrara Marble Clam Shell Vase
H 14 in W 13.5 in D 7.75 in
Monumental Tessellated Rouge Marble Clam Shell with Pearl Sculpture
Located in Allentown, PA
Monumental rouge tessellated clam shell with grey mother-of-pearl tessellated pearl. Designed in
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Vintage 1970s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Sublime 1940's French Carved Rouge Marble Bowl
Located in Washington, DC
Stunning 1940's French hand carved rouge marble shallow bowl with scalloped of clam-shell motif
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Monumental Tessellated Marble Clam Shell with Giant Pearl as Coffee Table Base
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible monumental tessellated marble clam shell with a giant pearl in its center used as a
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Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Marble

Vintage Hand Carved Marble ‘Giant’ Clam Shell Bowl
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vintage hand carved marble ‘Giant’ clam shell bowl. 2 available.
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Mid-20th Century Decorative Bowls

Materials

Marble

A Large South Seas Clam Shell & Marble Pearl
Located in Bellport, NY
A large South Seas Clam Shell and Marble Pearl.When we matched this large clam shell with our giant
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20th Century Centerpieces

Marble Bird Bath, Classical Style Carved Putto with Clam Shell Dish
Located in Houston, TX
Hand carve marble bird bath in the form of a putto holding a dish in the form of a clam shell, late
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Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Baby Sleeping in Giant Clam Shell by A Velu
Located in Fairfax, VA
Baby sleeping in a large clam shell signed by A. Velu, Paris. This bronze shell has doré bronze
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Vintage Sherle Wagner Marble Shell Pedestal Sink.
By Sherle Wagner
Located in Chicago, IL
beveled flat counter surface with back splash and clam shell sink basin. All carved by hand by artisans in
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Large Original 19th Century Louis XV Style Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
statuary marble. The profusely carved frieze, protruding from beneath the mantle with large clam shell
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

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1990s Spanish Hand Carved 1-Tier Pedestal Marble Fountain w/ Bronze Woman Figure
Located in Marbella, ES
large clam shell figure sculpture.
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Late 20th Century Spanish Fountains

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Early Victorian Carrara Marble Fire Surround in the English Louis XV Style
Located in Manchester, GB
large clam shell adorns the frieze with further scroll work below a substantial serpentine shelf
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Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels

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Carrara Marble

Pair of Late George II Marble Topped Mahogany Side Tables
By Thomas Chippendale, Alexander Peter
Located in London, GB
frieze, centred by a boldly carved acanthus wrapped clam shell, the four chamfered square section legs
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Antique 1750s British George II Side Tables

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Marble

Exquisite French 19th Century Wall-Mounted Fountain and Fountain Head
Located in Atlanta, GA
- clam shell masterfully carved from Carrara marble. The fountain head is a wonderful Bacchus head in
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Fountains

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Carrara Marble, Lead

Large Victorian Carrara Marble Fireplace Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
spandrels which are supported by a keystone with clam shell carved in high relief. To the jambs simpler
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Carrara Marble

White Marble Sculpture of a Woman
Located in Dallas, TX
, she wears a clam shell on her right shoulder, her hand is outstretched, the other over her heart
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Classical Greek Statues

Materials

Marble

White Marble Sculpture of a Woman
White Marble Sculpture of a Woman
H 30.5 in W 10.5 in D 10.5 in
Antique Louis XV Style Fireplace Mantel in Belgian Black Marble
Located in London, GB
foliate and clam shell cartouche, flanked by shell and bell flower endblocks, supported on angled
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Marble

Pair of Hand Carved Marble Shells
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Pair of heavy hand carved marble "giant clam" shells-perfect for by the pool or as bird baths.
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Pair of Hand Carved Marble Shells
Pair of Hand Carved Marble Shells
H 6.75 in W 16.5 in D 12.5 in
Tuffa Rock and Shell Grotto with a 19th Century Marble Ariadne Centerpiece
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
of Italian Tuffa rock, an extremely large and rare antique giant clam shell and a 19th century marble
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Garden Ornaments

Antique Carved Marble Fountain
Located in Woodbury, CT
a baby satyr and a female child holding aloft a clam shell. drain in clamshell
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Antique 19th Century Garden Ornaments

Materials

Marble

Antique Carved Marble Fountain
Antique Carved Marble Fountain
H 29 in W 24 in D 19 in
Antique marble
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
the waters edge, with sea weed and clam shells, shown at the point of removing his shirt with left arm
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Antique 19th Century Italian More Furniture and Collectibles

Antique marble
Antique marble
H 13.78 in W 7.68 in
Tiffany Gilded Bronze Inkwell Shaped as a Dolphine & Clam Shell
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Sheffield, MA
Tiffany gilded bronze inkwell in the shape of a clam shell with a hinged lid, atop a dolphin with
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Early 20th Century American Inkwells

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Marble, Ormolu

French Bronze Figural Group of Egyptian Woman by Francois Moreau
By F. Moreau
Located in Pasadena, CA
A lovely Egyptian revival bronze sculpture of a kneeling woman holding a clam shell with an infant
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Antique 1870s French Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

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Marble Clam Shell For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the marble clam shell you’re looking for. Frequently made of stone, marble and wood, every marble clam shell was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect marble clam shell — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A marble clam shell, designed in the Art Deco, Hollywood Regency or louis xv style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Umberto Stiaccini each produced at least one beautiful marble clam shell that is worth considering.

How Much is a Marble Clam Shell?

The average selling price for a marble clam shell at 1stDibs is $13,895, while they’re typically $1,315 on the low end and $20,040 for the highest priced.
Questions About Marble Clam Shell
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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