Antique Shell

The mahogany stand is raised on four shaped supports, including two fluted front legs embellished with applied silver-plated acanthus leaves and shell motifs. These classical details...

The painting is presented in an impressive carved and giltwood frame featuring a shaped inner reserve that follows the arched and scalloped outline of the canvas. Applied shell ornam...

This elegant Queen Anne style bedside chest of drawers is beautifully crafted in burr walnut and raised on graceful cabriole legs, adorned with finely carved shell motifs to the knee...

The plain faceted handles terminate with impressive chased decorated scallop shell motifs. The impressive shell shaped bowl of each spoon features a diamond heel and retains the o...

English, late 19th century faux bamboo coffee or end table that has been recently updated with new paint of ebonized effect and pasted decoupage of seashells. The density of shell il...

The shell serves as the visual anchor from which elaborate scrollwork radiates outward in an organic, almost theatrical composition.

Found in Sweden, circa 1750 Baroque period with classic shell-carved seat rail detail. Original painted surface with beautifully worn patina.

The moulded top above a carved apron centred by a mask with headdress, flanked by garlands with scallop shells above, the cabriole legs with fetlock terminate in typically squared ba...

Designed as a novelty item, the egg-shaped shell mechanically opens when the top finial is pressed.

The belt is decorated with a central shell framed by plant scrolls. The backrest is flat rectangular in shape.

Manufactured by Loetz Widow / Klostermühle / Bohemia Dating of manufacture: circa 1899 Size: Height: 24,5 cm / 9.64 in Diameter: 15,0 cm / 5.90 in Bibliography: LÖTZ, B...

The top part of the décor piece is detailed with a hand painted white stone, enhanced by detailed wood shell carvings and fittings. Minor fading, scratches due to age.

Details: Era: Antique Belle Époque / Edwardian (Circa 1900) Style: Toi et Moi / Twin Stone Ring Metal: 14k Rose Gold (Scallop Shell hallmark) Weight: 3.2 g Size: 54 FR / 7 US / ...

Each with Musical Instruments, Sheet Music and Flowers. A Carved Framing and Shell Carving.

Spectacular and rare find, this reclaimed onyx fireplace surround with shaped serpentine frieze and carved central shell cartouche provides a striking statement piece.

The bamboo legs and surrounds have a tortoise shell finish. There is a white chalk signature on the back by the artist.

A superb quality Palatial French 19th-20th century Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood, satinwood and satine single door figural vitrine by the renown Parisian master craftsman an...

They are designed in the French Provincial style, showcasing a beautifully carved shell motif on the apron and nailhead trim surrounding the leather seat and back.

With cattail finial and wrapped dolphin tail holder with interlaced dolphin support with shell form tray.

The exposed mahogany frames display neoclassical carved ornament, including reeded and fluted supports, fan and shell-carved terminals, and circular floral paterae to the arm support...

It is of plain cylindrical form with straight sides and an iron-brown edge to the rim, and is fitted at either side with an applied handle modeled as an inverted ribbed shell, painte...

Central decoration featuring a scallop shell. Wooden lid (late 19th century). Hinged opening, key missing.

A large Rococo scallop shell form decorates the centre of the marble frieze, trailed by acanthus leaves.

The desk is supported by elegantly carved cabriole legs, terminating in pad feet, and features a decorative carved apron with a central shell motif. The lower section includes multip...

The tightly rendered snail-shell curls rise to the ushnisha, symbolizing the Buddha’s spiritual wisdom and enlightenment.

A rare and enchanting pair of mid-19th century cameo earrings, beautifully carved in sardonyx shell and set in bold 15ct gold frames. Each miniature scene captures a timeless moment ...

Provenance Legally discovered on private deeded land from the Dana Quarry near Shell Wyoming, with permission of the landowner.

The base features vegetal motifs and shell ornaments. Wide ribbon inlays encircle the columns and interrupt the light-coloured maple veneer.

Among the most advanced of these early solutions were fully hermetic designs, in which the movement was enclosed within a sealed inner case and further protected by an outer, screw-s...

The antique painting is presented in an ornate giltwood frame richly carved with scrolling foliage, shell motifs, and Rococo-inspired decoration. A period gallery label from Theo.

Executed with remarkable attention to detail, the fountain incorporates intertwined serpents, stylized foliage, shell motifs, and classical Egyptian elements that exemplify the fasci...

The crown surmounts a symmetrical layout where two ornate side cabinet doors—lavishly decorated with deep relief carvings of scrolling acanthus leaves, fan-shaped shell motifs, and s...

The hook terminates in a shell-shaped cartouche, framed by finely worked rocaille and acanthus motifs.

19th French Majolica Palissy Fish Wall Platter Decorated with a fish , ferns , lizard,shells and crawfish. 12.2 by 8.2 inches.

The thick white quartz borders lie inside a thin celadonite-basalt shell. This piece was legally and ethically sourced directly in the prestigious mines of Uruguay, South America.

This circa 1855 Chinese hand painted pith painting portrays a Chinese tradition of a celebratory warrior dance to display fighting dominance; the two parties being a typical warrior ...

A pair of Italian, 18th century parcel-gilt and pale-grey painted armchairs with a shaped back decorated with shell-carved crest, scrolling armrests on a serpentine seat on cabriole ...

A ribbon-tied bouquet of pink lotus rises through oversized peanuts, their shells rendered in reticulated brown; beside it a blue enamel beaker holds a scroll and a branch of red cor...

The centre of the fireplace features a large scallop shell set within floral sprays, all of which are deftly carved in low relief.

The design is distinguished by three symmetrically carved shell ornaments, positioned on both corner blocks and centrally on the lintel.

The serpentine header features a brilliantly executed, deep-relief central shell cartouche flanked by elegant trailing floral sprays.

The wider collection includes ammonites, micrasters, sharks’ teeth, various shells, belemnites and plants, all mounted to numbered wooden boards and fully annotated.

Legs are fluted and tapered with block feet, connected by an elegant X-stretcher with central oval cartouche carved with acanthus and shells. Topped with the original shaped white Ca...

The central medallion is an intricate, shell-like form in shades of midnight blue and ivory, radiating outward with fluid floral tendrils and encircled by sweeping arabesques.

Circa 1880, it is in remarkable condition. A pearl found in a shell is a subject of historic significance in numerous cultures.

Crafted in France circa 1920, the faience wall vase is modeled in the exuberant Rococo taste with deeply molded scrolling acanthus leaves, pierced edges, and a graceful shell-form si...

Antique Louis XV Style Carved Fruitwood Console Table with Shaped Variegated Pink Marble Top Antique Louis XV style console table featuring an intricately carved fruitwood frame wit...

This sculptural object is the lid to a Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) offering jar from Yunnan province, a Buddhist vessel for ritual offerings such as coins, shells, flowers and grains. ...

The frieze centred by a crisply carved shell motif. A decorative and extremely versatile mid-18th century piece with excellent colour and rich surface throughout.

Large Fruit Bowl - Dimensions - 11 5/8" Wide x 9" Deep x 4 3/4" High. Pair of Shell Shaped Serving Dishes - Dimensions - 9 1/2" Wide x 9 3/4" Deep x 1 7/8" High (Each).

The lower section surmounted with gilt bronze sea-shells and ending with a floral rosette with a hanging cut-blown-glass sphere.

Deeply carved floral swags to frieze and bracketed jambs, scrolled foliage to frieze and outside of jambs. A carved shell with ribbons to centre of frieze, with serpentine shaped she...

The lower part is centred by a large shell and mounted with putti and sirens supporting a garland of flowers, the whole raised on a stand carved with gilt tritons, dolphins and satyr...

The front and lid retain finely executed inlaid reserves, one depicting a conch shell and the other a bird amongst foliage, positioned above and below the central bone escutcheon.

These antique petite-sized chests from Italy each feature curvy serpentine bodies embellished about their top and side in a Siren and shield motif, and about their drawer fronts in a...

Signed in the lower right and held in a splendid late 19th-century Louis XIV Revival gilt frame with a broad, richly ornamented swept profile, finely cast with scrolling acanthus fol...

The two kneeling figures, resting on stylised dolphins above a scrolling wave-form base, raise their arms to support an upper shell-shaped platform. The male figure, with thick curli...

The backplates rise in a fan-like arrangement of deeply modeled C-scrolls, curled leaves and central shell-like ribbing, creating the theatrical movement associated with Italian deco...

The central ornament, with its shell-like and acanthus-inspired carving, gives the composition a refined decorative presence.

P5103), features a similar placement of the patera, though as an idealized shell, also framed with stringer inlays with inverted corners.