Antique Coconut

An audience of men and women watch and listen on the right. A landscape of coconut palms and other foliage and hills can be seen through the open walls on the left and right.

They’re indistinguishable from real trees. He makes use of coconut fiber, polymers, kaolinite and quartz. These last two ingredients can also be found in…Chinese porcelain.

An Indian coconut shell milk jug, the open shell lined in silver, with a loop handle and three silver feet, carved in a continuous arcade variously enclosing dancers and a peacock.

19th century carved Bugbear coconut mounted on a 2.5" H wood and metal stand.

19th century carved Bugbear coconut mounted on a 3.5" H wood and metal Stand.

A naïve coconut shell “bugbear” powder flask with a pierced face at the end and four ovals showing, lovers before a mansion, a lady, a man and a cavalry officer, circa 1805.

This exceptional antique Russian silver mounted coconut ladle has been crafted in the Fiddle pattern.

Early 19th century silver mounted coconut cup from England. The cup itself is made from a coconut, which has been hand carved with geometric patterns, and worn smooth from age and u...

Hand-carved ebony elephants on footed base holding up a carved spherical coconut box and lid.

Fascinating rustic ladle crafted from a coconut and decorated with hand carved stars, moons, animals, and a building and featuring a bone handle with a carved hand at the end.

A sailor’s carved coconut Bugbear powder flask. This carved coconut is carved with two ovals, one showing a military panoply with standards, bayonets, swords and bugles all above a ...

Carved coconut shell box Nicaragua 1904 Carved coconut shells 6 x 6 x 4.5 in. / 15 x 11 x 11 cm A finely and intricately carved box and stand.

A very fine coconut shell “bugbear” powder flask with silver mounts, the top finely carved with a lion’s mask with rippling mane and glass eyes, the central frieze with ovals depicti...

A finely proportioned coconut goblet in 17th century taste, 19th century or earlier, turned and polished coconut shell, swag and drop engraved top frieze, "IP" initials, fl...

A rounded coconut shell “bugbear” powder flask with a bone plug and handles, carved with a 3-masted warship, a townscape and an early steam train, circa 1830.

A beautiful wooden (coconut) and Deer Antler Trophy Catchall. Has some damages to the coco nut (stress crack and a hole on the backside) but this is old-age.

A fine antique Chinese Qing hand carved coconut teapot decorated with Shou emblems and precious objects dating from the latter 18th or early 19th century.

The Chinese chalice is wrapped externally in a layer of durable coconut fiber, its interior is made of polished pewter.

Very similar silver-mounted coconut cups can be found in the most respected museum collections including the Gilbert collection.

Good condition, wear consistent with age and use. Coconut cups became popular in the early 16th centuries as it was believed that the shell of the coconut would act as a natural def...

This exceptional bowl was crafted by the renowned and collectable silversmith Henry George Murphy**. NOTE: * coconut cups/bowls were popular in the late 15th and early 16th centur...

16th century Thailand Sawankhalok shipwrecked coconut pot. Beautiful and abundant fossil growth from being submerged under water.

An Icon of Modern Design, Early Production Coconut chair & Ottoman by George Nelson for Herman Miller 1955.

Coconut graters are called Khood maprao in Thai, and were found in every kitchen.

A unusual carved and painted coconut, possibly produced by a sailor on a long and tedious voyage.

Antique 19th century set of 6 Chinese pewter and carved coconut mini wine cups, some are in fairly good condition, some have varying degrees of small loss, please see photos.

Of Sufi interest, An inscribed Coco De Mar (Kashkul) and Spike, 19th Century. Dimensions: Kashkul: 15cm, W: 27cm, D: 17cm Spike: Length: 36cm

A fine and exquisite quality Kashkuls, the collection consist of 13 Kashkuls in the typical form, profusely engraved with inscription-filled. Kashkul referred to as the beggar's ...

Coco de Mer nut from a tree in the Seychelles islands. Collected specimen made into a tea caddy in England, circa 1860.

The name coco de mer is French, and means "coconut of the sea".

Early 20th century Fikum tribal waist ornament, Northern Luzon, Philippines Bontoc people, Igorot group.  

The coco de mer palm has separate male and female trees, unlike the coconut palm. And, unlike the more familiar fruit of the coconut tree, the coco de mer fruit is not adapted to dis...

The term "coco de mer," meaning "coconut of the sea" in French, reflects the nut's fascinating and mysterious nature.

The coco de mer palm has separate male and female trees, unlike the coconut palm. And, unlike the more familiar fruit of the coconut tree, the coco de mer fruit is not adapted to dis...

Vintage Coco de mer container decorative arts décor A coco de mer nut from the Seychelles islands carved on the back side to make a decorative container. This highly pleasing decor...

Rare antique Anglo Indian compote bowl handcrafted with a coconut carved with floral design decorated in jewelry-like metalwork and mounted on a classic inscribed and enameled base.

Flos chandelier.

A large Coco De Mer's (Lodoicea maldivica) in untouched original condition these nuts have many alias, commonly known as the sea coconut, coco de mer, Maldive coconut or double coc...

Anglo Indian pair of oak bedside cabinets with carved moulded tops, figured medullary ray graining ornately carved with elephants ,peacocks, coconut trees and foliage to the carcass...

Acquired from the prominent Coconut Grove estate of the Lily pharmaceutical family.

Each have a brass top hook for hanging these nuts have many alias, commonly known as the sea coconut, coco de mer, Maldive coconut or double coconut, is a monotypic genus in the ...

This piece is from a prominent Coconut Grove, Florida estate of the Lily pharmaceutical family which was designed by Paul Chaflin, the same designer as the Vizcaya palace.

The motif is very tropical with a pair of coconut palms, stems wrapped by serpents, flanking a centerpiece bowl surrounded by low vegetation.

Minton Majolica monkey teapot, circa 1879, "Monkey grasping a coconut teapot" in wonderful condition. Fine example in vibrant coloration bearing a Minton date mark of 1879, and patte...

Coco de mer is the palm with the largest coconuts in the world. It only grows on the Seychelles islands of Curieuse and Praslin.

The cow, grains, bees, building stones, gums and resins, sheep, beverages, corn, carbon, rope fibers and coconut. Every draw is complete and well labelled.

Piece is shown with an Italian terracotta planter pot and saucer in images #10, #11 and #12 (this 4" planter and saucer is included with purchase.) A coconut planter basket liner can...

Located off Douglas Road in Coconut Grove, today it is part of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens.

The couch has traditional horsehair and coconut fiberfill at the back and arms, with a down cushion at the seat.

The palm leaves sit above a cluster of coconuts on each tree. Wonderfully decorative and very rare to find a pair, no losses, and with the expected patina and wear for antique pie...

Rare late 19th century Indian bone and faux tortoiseshell model of the Visakhapatnam lighthouse with carved bone arrow weathervane over etched and polished coconut husk dome over gal...

The name coco de mer is French, and means "coconut of the sea".

The name is derived from the 18th century French decorator and art-dealer Jean-Baptiste Glomy (1711–1786), The mirror was acquired from the prestigious coconut grove residence of th...

The Cook Islands. Wood, stone, coconut fiber sennit. On Mangaian adzes, Phelps writes (1976: p. 131), "Most woodwork was done with their unadorned counterparts composed of a basal...

The seat and back does have some original fillings such as re-fluffed horse hair and coconut fibers. We recommend spot cleaning linen, with a damp cloth, do not rub.

Alfred Crowdy Lovett C.B.E (British, 1862-1919) Palm Tree & Coconut of Palm (in pencil on verso), single palm signed top right.

XCVII) focuses on palms and related species: the coconut palm (Le Cocotier), with its large fruit; the date palm (Palmier en Éténilie), prized for its edible fruits; the sago palm (L...