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Murano Clam Shell Art Glass Dish, Italy, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A handblown clam shell bowl in textured glass. Very natural looking piece close mimicking the real
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Art Glass

Archimede Seguso Murano Pink Gold Flecks Bullicante Clam Shell Art Glass Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sculptural hand blown Murano art glass clam shell bowl in pink degrade and clear glass with inner
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

French Art Deco Opalescent Clam Shell Plate
By Sabino Art Glass
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco opalescent round glass plate with clam shells in relief (signed: SABINO PARIS)
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Platters and Serveware

Materials

Glass

Silver Plate Life Size Giant Clam Shell Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking life size giant clam shell sculpture or object of art having the iconic form and texture
Category

Late 20th Century Other Art Style Sculptures

Materials

Other Medium

"Clam Shells and Their Shadows" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Emma Hirst (US based) "Clam Shells and Their Shadows" is an oil painting that depicts an interior
Category

2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Vintage Coastal Glazed Ceramic Hanging Clam Shell
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add coastal elegance to your space with this Vintage Coastal Glazed Ceramic Hanging Clam Shell. Its
Category

Late 20th Century Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Victorian Clam Shell Andirons With Black Bases
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Vintage Victorian clam shell andirons with black bases, showcasing a beautiful open shell design
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Iron

Clam Shells (Still Life Photograph of Purple & White Shells with Drift Wood)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Still life photograph of purple and white clam shells on pale grey and beige background archival
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Clam Shells (Framed Still Life Photograph of Blue/White Shells with Drift Wood)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Clam Shells (Still Life Photograph of Blue/White Shells with Drift Wood) by David Halliday 10 X 15
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Art Deco Clam Shell Frosted Glass Ceiling Lamp
Located in Altrincham, GB
Art Deco Clam Shell Frosted Glass and Chrome Hanging Ceiling Lamp with Chrome Plate Rose and Chain
Category

Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Chrome

Ocean Creature Clam
Located in Zofingen, AG
tropical reef was created under influence of underwater creature - clam tridacna. Сlam’s mantle can be of
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Ocean Creature Clam
Ocean Creature Clam
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Marie Christophe Clam Shell
Located in New York, NY
limits between decorative art and sculpture.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Marie Christophe Clam Shell
Marie Christophe Clam Shell
H 10 in W 12 in D 9 in
Art Deco 1930's Vintage Opalescent Glass Clam Shell Bowl
Located in Bolton, GB
A wonderful and rare (only one I have ever seen) art deco or earlier glass clam shell shaped bowl
Category

Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Glass

Materials

Glass, Art Glass

Barovier & Toso Murano Glass Clam Shell Bowl
By Barovier&Toso
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large Barovier & Toso clam shell form bowl, Murano Italy. Impressive large scale and heavy gold
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces

Materials

Art Glass

Vincent Garnier Pewter Clam Shell Table Lamp
By Vincent Garnier
Located in Hastings, GB
An exceptional and incredibly rare Pewter clam shell table lamp by Vincent Garinier, France, 1950’s
Category

Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Pewter

 Vincent Garnier Pewter Clam Shell Table Lamp
 Vincent Garnier Pewter Clam Shell Table Lamp
H 4.34 in W 14.97 in D 9.85 in
Vintage Italian Art Glass Clam Shell Bowl After Murano Seguso
Located in west palm beach, FL
Capture the allure of Italian artistry with this vintage art glass clam shell bowl, inspired by the
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Decorative Bowls

Materials

Murano Glass

French Art Deco Clam Shell Table Light in Brass and Oak, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A very early table light with adjustable clam shell shade. Besides the centerpiece in stained oak
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Archimede Seguso Murano Blue Gold Flecks Art Glass Large Clam Shell Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amazing hand blown clam shell bowl in cobalt blue glass with gold flecks. Attributed to Archimede
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Gold Leaf

Art Deco Central Pendant Lamp Whit Four Clam Shells and Framework of Chrome
Located in Verviers, BE
Three clam shells suspended between fronds of seaweed. The shade is cast in opaque glass enhancing
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Chrome

Pair 1950s Italian Murano Mid Century Clam Shell Form Art Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair 1950's Italian Murano Mid Century Modern Art Glass Clam Shell Form Wall Sconces. Featuring
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Art Glass

Silver Plate Life Size Giant Clam Shell Sculpture
By D'argenta
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking life size giant clam shell sculpture or object of art having the iconic form and texture
Category

20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Silver Plate

Seguso Murano Glass 1960s Clam shaped Shell Bowl, Italy
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Toronto, ON
formed in a thick shape. This clam shaped art glass has two flat surfaces which it can be placed on. It’s
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Art Glass

Shell Plaque (Barava) from Solomon Islands, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Objects crafted from the shell of the giant Tridacna clam, also known as the fossilized giant clam
Category

Antique 19th Century Solomon Islands Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Shell

Shell Currency Yua Bride's Price, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yua Shell Currency, Bride’s Price Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea Hand carved from a clam
Category

20th Century Papua New Guinean Other Tribal Art

Materials

Shell

Shell Currency Yua Bride's Price, Papua New Guinea
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Yua Shell Currency, Bride’s Price Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea Hand carved from a clam
Category

20th Century Papua New Guinean Other Tribal Art

Materials

Shell

Archimede Seguso Handblown Clear Murano Glass Clam Shell Centerpiece, Italy
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Miami, FL
Archimede Seguso blown thick clear Murano glass clam shell decorative bowl or centerpiece. Italian
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Blown Glass

Two Serge Roche Attributed Cast Painted Plaster Clam Shell Chandelier, 1950s
By Serge Roche
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Two Serge Roche Attributed Cast Lacquered Plaster Clam Shell Chandelier  Of the period, France
Category

Mid-20th Century French Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Vintage Plaster and Resin Giant Tridacna Clam Shell Centerpiece/Vide Poche
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Faux giant Tridacna clam shell in cast/modeled plaster and resin (ca. 1940s/50s, USA). Striking
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Resin, Plaster

Seguso Murano Red White Glass Large Clam Shell Bowl with Silver Flecks
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Barcelona, ES
Monumental hand blown Murano art glass clam shell bowl / ashtray in red and white with silver
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Vintage Murano Art Glass Clam Shaped Black Orange Bowl
Located in Portsmouth, VA
This striking 18-inch wide decorative art glass bowl vase is a true testament to the skill and
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Glass

Materials

Art Glass

Very Showy Large Designer Cadoro Clam Shell With Coral Clamper Cuff Bracelet
By Cadoro
Located in Tustin, CA
A very stately and showy vintage 1980’s Designer Cadoro large clam shell and coral motif
Category

20th Century American Artisan Cuff Bracelets

Materials

Base Metal, Mixed Metal

Antique Italian Grotto Carved Shell
Located in London, England
Late 18th Century Italian giant clam shell in carved pine wood. Likely orginating from Venice. A
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine, Paint

Antique Italian Grotto Carved Shell
Antique Italian Grotto Carved Shell
H 4.73 in W 13.39 in D 7.88 in
Pie Shell, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
the composition illuminating the scene, casting shadows to the left. "A clam's shell or pie shell
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Drawings and W...

Materials

Watercolor

14k Heavy SHELL Embossed ring. 14k Yellow Gold Bulky SEASHELL Clam Signet ring
Located in Port Charlotte, FL
Vintage from the 1970s Size: 7 1/2 US Materials: Gold Band color: Yellow Adjustable Style: Art
Category

Early 2000s Signet Rings

Materials

Yellow Gold

MURANO Art Glass Sculpted SHELL
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A large-scale Italian mauve and deep black coloured art glass in the form of a giant clam shell
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Art Glass

MURANO Art Glass Sculpted SHELL
MURANO Art Glass Sculpted SHELL
H 14.2 in W 7 in D 8 in
Conch Shell, realistic oil painting blue - grey w earth tones
By Douglas Newton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mr. Newton says, "A conch shell and two smaller shells, a scallop shell and a clam shell. Lit from
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Japanese Showa Screen Shell Gathering After Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting women shell gathering or
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

"Tropical Fish and Giant Clam, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting of Undersea Life
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the clam shell are all gorgeous. The painting comes from France, and the painter left his monogram in
Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Murano Hand Blown Art Glass Clam Shaped Black Orange Bowl
Located in Portsmouth, VA
black glass, it gracefully forms a unique clam shell shape that exudes elegance and sophistication. The
Category

Late 20th Century American Decorative Bowls

Materials

Blown Glass

"Glam Clam" sink and mirror
Located in Rome, RM
The Glam Clam is a functional sculpture designed by Betony Vernon in 2021 and entirely handcrafted
Category

2010s Italian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

"Glam Clam" sink and mirror
"Glam Clam" sink and mirror
H 31.5 in W 25.6 in D 19.69 in
Coastal Pink Shell Ceramic Bathroom Container Set by JC Penny
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing vintage JC penny ceramic bathroom set. Feature a pink and white clam shell design. Tissue
Category

Vintage 1980s Scholar's Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Mid Century Murano Art Glass Shell Bowl
Located in Dallas, TX
form of a clam shell with multi-colored translucent and thick/heavy art glass. The piece can act as
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces

Materials

Art Glass

Murano Large Purple Black Italian Art Glass Double Position Clam Seashell Vase
By Cenedese, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
double position clam shell centerpiece vase / bowl sculpture. Created on the manner of the Cenedese
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Glass, Opaline Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass

Vintage Cast Brass Quohog Clam Door Knocker
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous cast brass Quohog clam door knocker, perfect for your Nantucket, Cape, or Hamptons home
Category

Late 20th Century American Country Architectural Elements

Materials

Brass

Vintage Tall Pastel Pink Art Deco Shell Motif Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
around the base which seems to also look like clam shells or leaves. It has a fluted top and depending on
Category

20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Double Sailor's Valentine, circa 1880, a pair of handcrafted shell collages mounted in
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Bajan Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Shell, Mahogany

19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine
19th Century Double Sailor's Valentine
H 9.13 in W 18.25 in D 1.25 in
Barovier Toso Murano Cobalt Blue Silver Flecks Italian Art Glass Shell Bowl Vase
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
glass bowl or vase. Attributed to the Barovier e Toso company. The piece has a clam shell shape with
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Silver Leaf

Vintage Dayak Tribal Beaded Decorated Baby Carrier Borneo Indonesia
Located in London, GB
beautifully made with wood base decorated with bead work cloth and clam shell decoration. Dayak People
Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Textiles

Materials

Shell, Cotton, Wood, Beads

Robert Rauschenberg Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues (new/sealed)
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in NEW YORK, NY
different effects. Also included, is a clear vinyl LP, all packed in a vacu-form clam-shell. Dimensions
Category

1980s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him
By Adam Mysock
Located in New Orleans, LA
relationship between life and death – the idea of tapping an opened clam on the shell to see if it will close
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Panel, Acrylic

Dining Out (Sea Otters), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Patricia Mansell
Located in Yardley, PA
"Making use of a rock to open the shells, this pair of Southern Sea Otters are enjoying a feast of
Category

2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Fishing on the Lake of Love I, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Music of the Spanish colonies. The shells of sea clams play capriccio on the strings of the rigging
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Royal Worcester Blush Ivory Turtle Mounted Shell Shaped Pin Dish
By Royal Worcester
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful Art Nouveau Royal Worcester shell shaped porcelain pin dish mounted with a freshwater
Category

Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Hand Sculpted Shell Shape MURANO Glass Bowl
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Hawthorne, CA
depicting a large Pacific clam shell. Deep interior for dramatic design. Clear glass with dramatic scalloped
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Bowls

Materials

Murano Glass

Minimal Beach
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Oil painting by Willard Dixon featuring a clam evening on the coastline. Willard Dixon, who is one
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Turn of the Century Double Sailor's Valentine
Located in Nantucket, MA
sea snails Janthinas (J. spp), and King Venus Clams (Lirophora paphia); none of these shells are from
Category

Antique Early 1900s Bajan Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

Turn of the Century Double Sailor's Valentine
Turn of the Century Double Sailor's Valentine
H 9.13 in W 18.25 in D 1.25 in
SOLTANO VIRGULTI II
By Jeri Ledbetter
Located in Tulsa, OK
unexpected line or stroke. In sum, what I do is like digging for clams on the seashore. When it works and I
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

19th Century Sponge Ware Pottery Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century blue and white sponge ware mixing or batter bowl. With clam shell design. The
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Sponge Ware Pottery Bowl
19th Century Sponge Ware Pottery Bowl
H 7 in W 10.5 in D 10.5 in
Monumental 19th Century Spongeware Pottery Mixing Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing large spongeware bowl is in pristine condition and has a design sponge pattern or clam
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Country Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

14 Karat Yellow Gold Marguerite Stix Double Shell Earrings
By Marguerite Stix
Located in Troy, MI
Crafted from 14 karat yellow gold with exotic clam shells with pink / lavender hues, these clip
Category

Late 20th Century American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings

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Clam Shell Art For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic piece of clam shell art available at 1stDibs. An item from our selection of clam shell art — often made from glass, metal and art glass — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a choice in our collection of clam shell art, we have 189 options in-stock, while there are 4 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the object in our assortment of clam shell art you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. An option in this array of clam shell art made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with mid-century modern — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one piece of clam shell art that is appealing in its simplicity, but Archimede Seguso, Wedgwood and Cenedese produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Clam Shell Art?

The average selling price for a piece of clam shell art at 1stDibs is $1,400, while they’re typically $65 on the low end and $360,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Clam Shell Art
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