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Vintage Bronze Bird & Turtle Lamp on Pen Shell Base
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bronze table lamp depicting a bird standing on a turtle. Base is a free form shape covered in pen
Category

20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Bird in Cage
Located in New York, NY
International Watercolor Exhibition, no. 156, illus. on cover as Bird in Cage EX COLL.: the artist; to private
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Tempera

Louis Lourioux Porcelain Shell Bird Motif Le Faune Trinket Dish, France
By Louis Lourioux
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
painted at its center. The bird is covered in blue feathers and has a purple/red breast with black wings
Category

20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Bowls

Materials

Gold

Bruguier Tortoiseshell Swiss Fusée Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
masterpiece housed inside. With just the touch of a button, the top cover opens to reveal a singing bird in
Category

Antique 19th Century Swiss Louis XV Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold

Shell Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
table II by Kifu Paris is a dramatic and sculptural piece. The black shell inlaid top sits on a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shell Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
table by Kifu Paris is a dramatic and sculptural piece. The black pen shell inlaid top sits on clusters
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shell Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
rectangle side table by Kifu Paris is a dramatic and sculptural piece. The black pen shell inlaid top sits
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shell Breakfast Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
breakast table by Kifu Paris is a dramatic and elegant piece. The black pen shell inlaid top sits on a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Shell Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
sidetable by Kifu Paris is dramatic and sculptural piece. The black pen shell inlaid top sits on clusters of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shell Console with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
by Kifu Paris is a dramatic and sculptural piece. The black pen shell inlaid top sits on clusters of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Console Tables

Materials

Brass

Peacock Table Lamp in Shagreen or Shell w/bronze patina brass by R&Y Augousti
By R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
Lamp is an elegant and sleek piece inspired by the bird’s feathers. Shade included. This sculptural
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Contemporary Sculptural Hand-Built Double-Shell Matte White Ceramic Pendant Lamp
By Yuko Nishikawa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
canopy, finials and socket cover add an enjoyable character. Component dimensions: Shell 4-6 diameter
Category

2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Sculptural Hand-Built Multi-Shell Matte White Ceramic Pendant Lamp
By Yuko Nishikawa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
White bowerbird family is a contemporary sculptural multi-shell hand-built ceramic pendant lamp
Category

2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Ceramic

Contemporary Sculptural Hand-built Single-Shell Matte White Ceramic Pendant Lamp
By Yuko Nishikawa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
canopy, finials and socket cover add an enjoyable uniqueness. Component dimensions Shell: 4-6 diameter x
Category

2010s American Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Ceramic

"Hat and Bird's Nests" oil painting surrealist still life, meticulous detail
By Steven J. Levin
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
shell, is cracked open nearby. A white feather floats above the scene, suggesting a newly hatched bird
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair French 19th C. Ormolu & Sevres Porcelain Celeste Blue Jeweled Covered Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
Celeste Blue Ground Covered Vases with Four Main Panels. Each vase of baluster form with a wider mid
Category

Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Porcelain

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Venetian 18th-19th Century Rococo Dragon and Bird Mirrors and Consoles
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
, shells, and cascades, and often grotesque figures of monkeys, birds and human beings. The style
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Early 20th C Moorish Intricately Carved Settee With Inlay
Located in Troy, MI
settee frame is adorned with white shell inlay and surface carving. The seat cushion is covered in the
Category

Early 20th Century Turkish Moorish Settees

Materials

Shell, Wood

Porcelain Charger in Gold Red Blue by Japanese Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
dramatic breathtaking phoenix in deep blue extending its beautiful long wings to cover the entire body of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Gold

Pr. Post Modern Dove Desk Lamps by Barbaglia & Colombo Made in Italy c 1980's
By Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo
Located in New York, NY
. One hood shade shows minor loss to its plastic shell, specifically the flange which covers a part of
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Metal

20th Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Inlays & Mounts
Located in Miami, FL
bird on ball, something very typical of the seventeenth century. The cover has this elegant geometric
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Buffets

Materials

Bronze

18th Original Italian Cabinet on Stand, Baroque Bargueno with Carey Inlays
Located in Miami, FL
machined with a given center) together and to the cover by curved metal fasteners capped scroll. Barguen~o
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Buffets

Materials

Bronze

Bronze-Patina Brass Table Lamp with Lapis Lazuli by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines. The Cosmo Bird table
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Brass

Shagreen Table Lamp with Quartz and Bronze-Patina Brass Accents by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines. The Cosmo Bird table
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Quartz, Brass

Shagreen Console with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
of bronze-patina brass legs that are conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a lake
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Console Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Console with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
bronze-patina brass legs that are conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a lake. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Console Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Breakfast Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
sculptural bronze-patina brass base that is conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a lake
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Breakfast Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
sculptural bronze-patina brass base that is conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a lake
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
clusters of bronze-patina brass legs that are conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Georgian English Sterling Silver Coffee Pot
By John Pollock
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
-chased pendant panels displaying shell, leaf and floral decoration in the Rococo style; this style of pot
Category

Antique 1750s English George II Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Shagreen Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
sits on clusters of bronze-patina brass legs that are conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
sculptural bronze-patina brass base that is conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a lake
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Nesting Side Tables with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
inlaid top sits on clusters of bronze-patina brass legs that are conceptually inspired by bird feathers
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
of bronze-patina brass legs that are conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a lake
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
clusters of bronze-patina brass legs that are conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
bronze-patina brass legs that are conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a lake. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
sculptural bronze-patina brass base that is conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a lake
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Side Table with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
clusters of bronze-patina brass legs that are conceptually inspired by bird feathers floating on top of a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Exquisite Hand-Colored Lithographs of Eggs from Das Buch der Welt (1847)
Located in Langweer, NL
lithographs from *Das Buch der Welt* often covered a wide range of bird species from various geographic
Category

Antique 1840s Prints

Materials

Paper

Mid Victorian Amboyana Ladies Jewellery Box and Writing Slope c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Decoration : Bird eye maple box with amboyana edging inset with abalone and shell designs and vacant brass
Category

Antique 1860s British Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

English Regency Decoupage Box, Early 19th Century
Located in valatie, NY
, children, shells, birds, flowers and a picture of a gentleman with a banner reading “undaunted in prison
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with chrysanthemum garden
Located in Amsterdam, NL
flowers are painted by using shell paste (gofun) in low relief. Several clutches with a great variety of
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Fine 18th Century French Regence Period Giltwood Armchair Fauteuil
Located in Benington, Herts
moulded and carved surround. The stuffed back covered in a later nailed floral needlework with birds
Category

Antique 1710s Armchairs

Materials

Giltwood

"American Oyster Catcher": An Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By After John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
entitled "American Oyster Catcher, Male", No. 65, Plate 324, from Audubon's "Birds of America". It was
Category

Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Qing Dynasty K'o-Ssu ("Cut Silk") Rank Badge with Silver Phoenix
Located in Atlanta, GA
vases, coins, and conch shells, float throughout billowing clouds and waves surrounding the bird
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Decorative Art

Materials

Silk

Simon Fielding English Majolica Fan & Insect Turquoise & Cream Oyster Plate
By S. Fielding Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
moving in a clock-wise direction from fan to fan. One well shows a yellow-beaked water bird sitting in
Category

Antique 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

Materials

Earthenware

Japanese Contemporary Platinum Blue Porcelain Plate by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
dramatic breathtaking phoenix in deep blue extending its beautiful long wings to cover the entire body of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Dishes and Vide-...

Materials

Gold

Exquisite Japanese Lacquer Maki-e Suzuribako by Koma Kyūhaku Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
reinforced by jakago (bamboo baskets filled with stones) highlighted by Radan shell inlays shimmering in the
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Stone, Metal

Platinum and Blue Porcelain Charger by Japanese Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
dramatic breathtaking phoenix in deep blue extending its beautiful long wings to cover the entire body of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Platinum

ON THE BOAT - Textural Figurative Painting of Figure on Sailboat- oil and enamel
By Eleanor Aldrich
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
covered in a hirsute mask that suggests the shape of a bird’s head in profile. There’s dreadful horror in
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Enamel

Clifford Ellis Corsham Court Hens Chicken Shed c. 1950 mid century watercolour
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
1931 – on their posters. The General Post Office, Shell, and The Empire Marketing Board were also
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Watercolor

Shell Mirrors, Matching Pair, White
By Seashore Chic
Located in Melbourne Beach, US
. These shell mirrors feature pearlized white abalone shells, white turbo shells, and Birds Nest coral
Category

2010s American Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors

Materials

Coral

Chinese (Macao) Export Yellow Silk Embroidered Table Cover, circa 1830
Located in Sausalito, CA
in silk rec, blue and green theads in floral patterns with shells and bird heads, circa 1830
Category

Antique 1830s Macanese Chinese Export Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Silk

Victorian Carved Cameo 14 Karat Yellow Gold Doves of Pliny Cuff Bracelet, 1850s
Located in Antwerp, BE
hardest part of the shell, which provides an even more realistic appearance as there are three different
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Victorian Cuff Bracelets

Materials

14k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold

Charm Antique Gold Bracelet with Amethyst Diamonds and Pearls, 1860s
Located in Antwerp, BE
: Victorian Style specifics: We consider this to be of the Romantic Victorian Period. This period covers the
Category

Antique 1860s Unknown Victorian Charm Bracelets

Materials

Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver

Le Fiacre au Cheval Blanc, Pont St. Michel – Paris
By François Gall
Located in Farmers Branch, TX
Letters, is reproduced on the cover of all the newspapers and reviews of art. This year was also marked by
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Monumental Shell Encrusted Burlap and Wire Wading Bird Sculptures, a Pair
Located in Topeka, KS
Monumental in size and style this pair of shell encrusted burlap and wire bird sculpture is sure to
Category

20th Century Folk Art Models and Miniatures

Materials

Wire

Italian Bird Cameo on Shell Crystal Dangle Earrings
Located in Poitiers, FR
Earrings in vermeil: sterling silver covered with yellow gold. Each pendant earring consists of a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Dangle Earrings

Materials

Gold, Vermeil, Silver, Sterling Silver, Yellow Gold

French Faience Tromp L'oeil Cabbage Leaf Tureen & Cover, Strasbourg
By Paul Hannong
Located in Downingtown, PA
in natural forms such as shells, birds, and vegetables. This was the golden age of trompe l’oeil
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Georgian Centerpieces

Materials

Faience

20th Century Italian Gilt Gold Carved Wood Grotto Style Bracket Shell Shelf
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Wrightsman, The walls of her Palm Beach study’s are covered in similar shell motif shelves, each topped with
Category

20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

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Bird Covered In Shells For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of bird covered in shells is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and brass, all bird covered in shells available were constructed with great care. There are 79 antique and vintage bird covered in shells for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 32 modern editions to choose from as well. Bird covered in shells have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Bird covered in shells bearing Art Deco or modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made bird covered in shells over the years, but those made by Kifu Augousti, Jørgen Kastholm & Preben Fabricius and Yuko Nishikawa are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Bird Covered In Shells?

Prices for bird covered in shells start at $250 and top out at $275,000 with the average selling for $3,683.