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Collection of Six Etruscan Majolica Shell and Seaweed Pitchers
Collection of Six Etruscan Majolica Shell and Seaweed Pitchers

Collection of Six Etruscan Majolica Shell and Seaweed Pitchers

By Griffin, Smith & Hill

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

A collection of six Etruscan Majolica shell and seaweed pitchers, five in the typical shell and sea weed pattern, one in a variation of the pattern in the Narragansett style.

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19th Century American High Victorian Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Majolica

Aesthetic Movement Shrimp & Shell Hand-Painted Ceramic Dish signed Limoges
Aesthetic Movement Shrimp & Shell Hand-Painted Ceramic Dish signed Limoges

Aesthetic Movement Shrimp & Shell Hand-Painted Ceramic Dish signed Limoges

By Limoges

Located in New York, NY

The dish is elegantly hand-painted, featuring intricate depictions of marine life, including vibrant shrimp, shells, and delicate sea-inspired motifs. The ceramic is sculpted into a ...

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Early 1900s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Ceramic

Beach House Fireplace With Shells - Early 17th‑C. - French Excellence
Beach House Fireplace With Shells - Early 17th‑C. - French Excellence

Beach House Fireplace With Shells - Early 17th‑C. - French Excellence

Located in Beervelde, BE

The Stone de Nolay was formed when the region sat beneath a prehistoric shallow sea, leaving behind the fossilised shells you see sparkling in the marble today.

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Early 17th Century Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Stone, Marble

Aesthetic Era Sterling Bowl with Shell Motif by Whiting Manufacturing Company
Aesthetic Era Sterling Bowl with Shell Motif by Whiting Manufacturing Company

Aesthetic Era Sterling Bowl with Shell Motif by Whiting Manufacturing Company

By Whiting

Located in Brisbane City, QLD

During the second half of the 19th century Whiting who worked out of New York were known to craft pieces in the aesthetic taste, with sea-life and shells a recurring theme. This part...

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Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Sterling Silver

pirals of the Sea: Artistic Renderings of 19th Century Gastropods, 1845
pirals of the Sea: Artistic Renderings of 19th Century Gastropods, 1845

pirals of the Sea: Artistic Renderings of 19th Century Gastropods, 1845

Located in Langweer, NL

**Harpe Ventrue (Harpa ventricosa)**: Known as the ventricose harp, it is a tropical sea snail with a distinctively ridged and colorful shell, resembling the strings of a harp. 3.

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1840s Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Natural History Print of Shipworm and Sea Pen by Bertuch, 1800
Original Antique Natural History Print of Shipworm and Sea Pen by Bertuch, 1800

Original Antique Natural History Print of Shipworm and Sea Pen by Bertuch, 1800

Located in Langweer, NL

Keywords: antique marine life print, marine worm, shipworm, sea pen, mollusc print, shell anatomy, marine invertebrates, ocean zoology, anatomical engraving, natural history print, c...

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Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Paper

Antique Edo Period Japanese Arita Sea Bottom Bowl Blue White Seafood Dish
Antique Edo Period Japanese Arita Sea Bottom Bowl Blue White Seafood Dish

Antique Edo Period Japanese Arita Sea Bottom Bowl Blue White Seafood Dish

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Very nice artifact with unusual and beautiful scene of a sea bottom with crab, shells and coral. Some parts are lifted.

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18th Century Japanese Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Porcelain

Charming Early 19th C. Italian Chest W/Original Painted Faux-Marble & Sea Motif
Charming Early 19th C. Italian Chest W/Original Painted Faux-Marble & Sea Motif

Charming Early 19th C. Italian Chest W/Original Painted Faux-Marble & Sea Motif

Located in Atlanta, GA

This antique commode from Italy has its original artisan painted finish which includes a faux-marbled top, drawer fronts outlining the panel trim and embellished with scrolling folia...

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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Wood

A Highly Important Documentary Pietra Dura Table Top by Giuseppe Darmanin
A Highly Important Documentary Pietra Dura Table Top by Giuseppe Darmanin

A Highly Important Documentary Pietra Dura Table Top by Giuseppe Darmanin

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Our table is also similar to the V&A example in its use of sea shells, coral and other maritime decorative devices in the first of the sections bordering the central medallion.

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19th Century Maltese Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Marble

Still Life
Still Life

Still Life

By Jan Davidsz. de Heem

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

De Heem was one of the greatest painters of still lifes in the Netherlands, combining a brilliance and harmony of colour along with an accurate rendering of objects: flowers, in all ...

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18th Century Dutch School Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Oil, Panel

A rare scrimshaw decorated horn signed by C.H. Wood
A rare scrimshaw decorated horn signed by C.H. Wood

A rare scrimshaw decorated horn signed by C.H. Wood

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

H. Wood, Embellisher-of-Sea-Shells, Ox-Horn and Whale-Ivory, published in Australiana, November 1992, Stuart M.

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19th Century English Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Horn

Georgian Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Georgian Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

Georgian Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

$7,037Sale Price|20% Off

Georgian Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

Located in Northampton, GB

Tortoiseshell describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy substance cal...

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Early 1800s English George III Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Silver

Bargueño. Tortoiseshell, gilt bronze, wrought iron, etc. 17th and 20th c.
Bargueño. Tortoiseshell, gilt bronze, wrought iron, etc. 17th and 20th c.

Bargueño. Tortoiseshell, gilt bronze, wrought iron, etc. 17th and 20th c.

Located in Madrid, ES

The high price and demand for furniture made with sea turtle shells can be explained by the scarcity of the material, which had to be imported (usually from Central America), and the...

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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Other, Iron

Rare Regency Architectural Pressed Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Rare Regency Architectural Pressed Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

Rare Regency Architectural Pressed Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

Located in Northampton, GB

Tortoiseshell describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy substance cal...

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1810s British Regency Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Shell

Tortoiseshell and Silver Jewellery Box William Comyns
Tortoiseshell and Silver Jewellery Box William Comyns

Tortoiseshell and Silver Jewellery Box William Comyns

By William Comyns

Located in Northampton, GB

Tortoiseshell describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy substance cal...

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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Silver

Tortoiseshell and Silver Stationery Box William Comyns
Tortoiseshell and Silver Stationery Box William Comyns

Tortoiseshell and Silver Stationery Box William Comyns

By William Comyns

Located in Northampton, GB

Tortoiseshell describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy substance cal...

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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Silver

20th Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Inlays & Mounts
20th Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Inlays & Mounts

20th Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Inlays & Mounts

Located in Miami, FL

The high price and high demand for furniture with sea turtle shell are explained by the shortage of material, it was necessary to import (usually Central) and, for their work, a high...

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Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Bronze

Italian style "bargueño". Tortoiseshell, wood, bronze. 18th century.
Italian style "bargueño". Tortoiseshell, wood, bronze. 18th century.

Italian style "bargueño". Tortoiseshell, wood, bronze. 18th century.

Located in Madrid, ES

The high price and high demand for furniture with sea turtle shell can be explained by the scarcity of material, which was essential to import (usually from Central America) and that...

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18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Bronze

18th Original Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Carey Inlays
18th Original Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Carey Inlays

18th Original Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Carey Inlays

Located in Miami, FL

The high price and high demand for furniture with sea turtle shell are explained by the shortage of material, it was necessary to import (usually Central) and, for their work, a high...

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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Bronze

Vase Loetz sign: Czecho Slovakia , Style : Art Nouveau , Bohemia, circa 1920
Vase Loetz sign: Czecho Slovakia , Style : Art Nouveau , Bohemia, circa 1920

Vase Loetz sign: Czecho Slovakia , Style : Art Nouveau , Bohemia, circa 1920

By Loetz Glass

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

The beautiful silver spots were employed on a wide array of models and quite effective on the gooseneck (water sprinkler) and sea shell vases. The color of the base glass could be gr...

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1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Art Glass

Vase Loetz sign: Czecho Slovakia , Style : Art Nouveau , Bohemia, circa 1920
Vase Loetz sign: Czecho Slovakia , Style : Art Nouveau , Bohemia, circa 1920

Vase Loetz sign: Czecho Slovakia , Style : Art Nouveau , Bohemia, circa 1920

By Loetz Glass

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

The beautiful silver spots were employed on a wide array of models and quite effective on the gooseneck (water sprinkler) and sea shell vases. The color of the base glass could be gr...

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1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Art Glass

Vase Sign Loetz Austria, Style: Art Nouveau , Bohemia, Model: Phänomen, 1989
Vase Sign Loetz Austria, Style: Art Nouveau , Bohemia, Model: Phänomen, 1989

Vase Sign Loetz Austria, Style: Art Nouveau , Bohemia, Model: Phänomen, 1989

By Loetz Glass

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

The beautiful silver spots were employed on a wide array of models and quite effective on the gooseneck (water sprinkler) and sea shell vases. The color of the base glass could be gr...

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1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Art Glass

Portuguese Terracotta Pots
Portuguese Terracotta Pots

Portuguese Terracotta Pots

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Often tied together, they gather sea life such as oyster shells that encrust the surface.

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Early 20th Century Portuguese Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Terracotta

Rare and Important Magnificent Geo. III Irish Sterling Silver Large Goblet
Rare and Important Magnificent Geo. III Irish Sterling Silver Large Goblet

Rare and Important Magnificent Geo. III Irish Sterling Silver Large Goblet

Located in CHARLESTON, SC

His sterling goblets and chalices are prized because of their extraordinary "bright cut" hand engraved designs (please note the unusual sea life, shells and designs influenced by the...

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Early 1800s Irish Georgian Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Sterling Silver

Lead group of two boys wrestling a dolphin
Lead group of two boys wrestling a dolphin

Lead group of two boys wrestling a dolphin

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Very fine and detailed lead sculpture of two boys wrestling with a dolphin .The boys are standing on a sea bed of shells, sand, and rocks, while one boy is holding onto the other one...

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Early 20th Century English Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Lead

Aquatic Elegance: A 19th Century Portfolio of Marine Gastropods, 1845
Aquatic Elegance: A 19th Century Portfolio of Marine Gastropods, 1845

Aquatic Elegance: A 19th Century Portfolio of Marine Gastropods, 1845

Located in Langweer, NL

**Fasciolaire (Fasciolaria)**: A genus of large sea snails with a spiral shell, often with a siphonal canal extending from the aperture. 6.

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1840s Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Paper

French Napoleon III Boulle Tea Caddy
French Napoleon III Boulle Tea Caddy

French Napoleon III Boulle Tea Caddy

Located in Northampton, GB

Tortoiseshell describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy substance cal...

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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Large 19th Century Japanese Kutani Vase
Large 19th Century Japanese Kutani Vase

Large 19th Century Japanese Kutani Vase

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A good quality 19th century Japanese Kutani vase, having classical motif decoration to the orange ground, inset hand painted panels depicting pagoda buildings, the sea, coral and she...

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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Porcelain

Georgian 'George IV' Sterling Silver-Mounted Wood Wine/Champagne Bottle Coaster
Georgian 'George IV' Sterling Silver-Mounted Wood Wine/Champagne Bottle Coaster

Georgian 'George IV' Sterling Silver-Mounted Wood Wine/Champagne Bottle Coaster

By John & Thomas Settle

Located in New York, NY

Inside the coaster, the wooden bottom is inset with a sterling silver disc that is etched with a central armorial of a heron (or stork) drinking from a large sea-snail shell. Undersi...

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1820s English George III Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Sterling Silver

17th-18th Century By Matteo Bonechi Marine Triumph Oil on Canvas
17th-18th Century By Matteo Bonechi Marine Triumph Oil on Canvas

17th-18th Century By Matteo Bonechi Marine Triumph Oil on Canvas

Located in Milano, Lombardia

The characters illustrated are trying to swim or float in a stormy sea, while joyful putti are flying above them. The painting represents a seascape which depicts two horses of the s...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tiffany Studios New York Lacquered Bronze "Volcano" Humidor
Tiffany Studios New York Lacquered Bronze "Volcano" Humidor

Tiffany Studios New York Lacquered Bronze "Volcano" Humidor

By Tiffany Studios

Located in New York, NY

Profoundly influenced by German marine biologist Ernst Haeckel—whose Kunstformen der Natur (1899) helped shape the visual language of Art Nouveau—Vierthaler integrated organic motifs...

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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Bronze

Antique English Victorian Boulle Inkwell by JC Vickery
Antique English Victorian Boulle Inkwell by JC Vickery

Antique English Victorian Boulle Inkwell by JC Vickery

By J. C. Vickery

Located in Northampton, GB

Tortoiseshell describes a type of decorative material made from the shells of certain species of sea turtles. The shells of these turtles are composed of a hard, glossy substance cal...

Category

Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Brass

Monumental Silver Viennese Enamel Mythological Stein by Karl Rössler, Bouguereau
Monumental Silver Viennese Enamel Mythological Stein by Karl Rössler, Bouguereau

Monumental Silver Viennese Enamel Mythological Stein by Karl Rössler, Bouguereau

By Karl Rössler 1

Located in New York, NY

Venus emerges from the sea upon a scallop shell, flanked by adoring putti and attended by sea nymphs, her form rendered with the idealized beauty and anatomical precision for which t...

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Late 19th Century Austrian Renaissance Revival Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Silver, Enamel

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mantel Clock

Located in Brighton, Sussex

The enamel clock face with an eight day duration, strikes on the hour and half hour, mounted on a fluted white marble column and raised on a gilded ormolu base with a sea urchin and ...

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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Green quartz organic Decorative object table top natural sculpture
Green quartz organic Decorative object table top natural sculpture

Green quartz organic Decorative object table top natural sculpture

Located in London, GB

The lower border polished to reveal a wonderful sea green celadonite “shell” belonging to the original geode.

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15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

French Louis XV Provencal Style, 19th Century Marble-Top Console Table
French Louis XV Provencal Style, 19th Century Marble-Top Console Table

French Louis XV Provencal Style, 19th Century Marble-Top Console Table

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Every element is sculpted in curved lines inspired by nature, and evoking shell, leaf and sea motifs . It is surmounted by a handcrafted, contoured and beveled reddish-brown, white v...

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Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sea Shells

Materials

Marble

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Antique Sea Shells For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique sea shells available for sale. Each of these unique antique sea shells was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, shell and porcelain. Antique sea shells have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique sea shells made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Regency — are very popular at 1stDibs. Antique sea shells have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Chamberlains Worcester, Royal Worcester and Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Sea Shells?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,600, while they’re typically $75 on the low end and $42,000 highest priced.