Antique French Shell

Huge obelisk from the French imperial period in tortoiseshell with semi-precious stones resting on balls.

A good quality 19th century French Boulle inlaid étagère, having an oval Sevres porcelain plaque to the top, depicting a romantic scene. Four our swept supports and two under tiers e...

An Exceptional Louis XIV Boulle Bracket Clock. Nine inch twelve piece enamel cartouche dial with Roman numerals and original hands signed ‘Jean Minoche a Paris’. Rectangular fiv...

Rare Large Pachylytoceras Dilicidum Ammonite Fossil, 190-200 Million Years Old apx. ***NOTE: Our 1stDibs store is closing end May and items will not be available thereafter.*** This ...

Materials: Ebony, Macassar, Cedar, Abalone shell, leather and bronze. Country: France Date: 1860.

A very good quality 19th century French boulle mantel clock with wonderful scrolling foliate ormolu mounts to the surround, brass inlay to the red tortoiseshell. White enamel roman n...

The stunning cabinet in the Napoleon III style and of the sam period, featuring inlaid Boulle work panels of brass and fine scarlet tortoise shell, with cast ormolu mounts depicting ...

An exceptional gilt bronze mounted cut-brass and tortoiseshell-Inlaid ‘Boulle’ Cartel Clock and Barometer Set. French, circa 1890. Each surmounted by a figure of Victory on a ...

Antique 18th century Boulle bracket clock by Brezagez and Marchand French, circa 1740 Measures: Clock: Height 87cm, width 47cm, depth 21cm Bracket: Height 40cm, width 53cm, depth ...

Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted tortoiseshell bracket clock by Gros French, circa 1860 Measures: Clock height 90cm, width 52cm, depth 30cm Bracket height 44cm, width 55cm, dept...

In the Louis XIV style, the tortoiseshell and brass inlaid ebonized wood body, with three wooden shelves, the front with glazed doors, surmounted with a white marble top.

This fine table is crafted in ebonised wood and features gilt bronze mounts and Boulle style marquetry. The table is of curved, oval shape, and is inlaid with marquetry to the top, a...

Gilded top surmounted by a cherub feeding through a straw from a scallop shell over leafy corner mounts. Shaped bead-bordered glazed door applied with an apron mount of a child chrom...

A good quality pair of 19th century French Ebonized, Boulle inlaid, ormolu-mounted pedestals.

A Louis XIV Style Brass-Inlaid Marquetry Console Table After the design by André-Charles Boulle Constructed from ebony, with excellent hand-chased and gilded bronze mounts, the shap...

This 19th century serpentine front fold top console and games table captures the essence of André Charles Boulle’s work perfectly; with classical designs in brass inlay to the top, ...

A pair of 19th century French brass firedogs with pierced shell motif to base.

Belle Époque ring, circa 1900/1910, probably France. Scallop shell hallmark (later mark struck over an area resized in 14-karat gold) Ring size: 58 EU or 8.25 US (resizing possible...

Black marble trois coquilles mantelpiece. Antique French fireplace decorated with three shell ornaments and acanthus leaves on the legs.

The patina is rich and mellow, and the form ideal for creating an architectural centrepiece in both period homes and modern spaces looking for depth and character. Origin: Burgundy, ...

The exterior surface of the ring shank is hallmarked with the French 14k mark (shell). This antique emerald ring is supplied with an IDGL diamond and gemstone grading report card, i...

The main center colour-piece is mounted onto the printed remarque board and shows a French artillery man holding a shell ready to load it into a gun.

Derived from the French word ‘rocaille’ (rock or shell), ‘Rococo’ is characterised by its use of classical seashell motifs, curves, counter-curves, and scrolling foliage.

The word rococo is derived from a combination of baroque, the style immediately preceeding rococo, and the French word for shell, which is rocaille, and usually a prominent stylistic...

19th Century Italian walnut rococo commode is a celebration of the Baroque style blended with the French influence of the shell motif hence the colloquialism ~ rococo.

French silver wine taster, 18th century. Bowl has curved sides; ring handle with engraved scroll-mounted scallop-shell thumb rest.