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Rare Thierry Mugler Couture Mermaid Sequin Top SS 2002
Rare Thierry Mugler Couture Mermaid Sequin Top SS 2002

Rare Thierry Mugler Couture Mermaid Sequin Top SS 2002

By Thierry Mugler Couture

Located in Berlin, BE

The overlapping sequins resemble mermaid scales, iridescent fish skin or the armor of an unidentified deep-sea creature, shifting from smooth and jewel-like around the décolleté to s...

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Early 2000s European Halter Tops

Squamae S 4 - pink, orange, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition
Squamae S 4 - pink, orange, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

Squamae S 4 - pink, orange, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

By Marie Laforey

Located in New York, NY

It symbolizes the ongoing energy found in nature. Inspired by the scales of fish, Marie Laforey’s Squamae ceramic Series use a repetitive, circular design that echoes the texture and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Clay, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Pair of Vintage Figural Andirons, English, Fire Dog, Fireplace Rests, Art Deco
Pair of Vintage Figural Andirons, English, Fire Dog, Fireplace Rests, Art Deco

Pair of Vintage Figural Andirons, English, Fire Dog, Fireplace Rests, Art Deco

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

Fascinating Victorian revival andirons, with good proportion and visual appeal Displaying a desirable aged patina and in good order throughout Good consistent graphite finish, with g...

Category

Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Andirons

Materials

Iron

Mark Catesby Engraving, "Red Hind and Skipjack Tuna"
Mark Catesby Engraving, "Red Hind and Skipjack Tuna"

Mark Catesby Engraving, "Red Hind and Skipjack Tuna"

By Mark Catesby

Located in Bradenton, FL

This composition showcases two fish arranged horizontally, emphasizing scale, texture, and anatomical detail.

Category

Antique 18th Century British Other Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Antique Sterling Silver Cream Jug by John Edward Terrey, London, 1831
Antique Sterling Silver Cream Jug by John Edward Terrey, London, 1831

Antique Sterling Silver Cream Jug by John Edward Terrey, London, 1831

By John Edward Terrey 1

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

This fine example of antique silverware is fitted with an impressive cast antique mystical fish decorated handle ornamented with scale decoration.

Category

Antique 1830s Great Britain (UK) Pitchers

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

"Koi in the pond"
"Koi in the pond"

"Koi in the pond"

By Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Light filtering through the water creates soft highlights—it seems to play on the scales of the fish, creating the illusion of movement even in stillness.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jack the Ripper - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s

Jack the Ripper - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s

By Mino Maccari

Located in Roma, IT

The composition presents two simplified, almost totemic human figures linked by a large fish held aloft, its exaggerated scale and schematic form lending the scene a strongly allegor...

Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Ian Hornak, The Transformation, Circa 1965
Ian Hornak, The Transformation, Circa 1965

Ian Hornak, The Transformation, Circa 1965

By Ian Hornak

Located in Southampton, NY

Dominating the upper portion of the composition is a fantastical avian creature composed of luxuriant plumage, fish-like scales, and expressive details that blend elements of the rea...

Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Large Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Carp
Large Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Carp

Large Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Carp

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Large Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Carp The massive fish with stylized scales, fin and tail, on a wood base.

Category

20th Century Antiquities

Materials

Rose Quartz

Sterling Silver Reticulated Salt Cellar with Cobalt Liner
Sterling Silver Reticulated Salt Cellar with Cobalt Liner

Sterling Silver Reticulated Salt Cellar with Cobalt Liner

By International Silver

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The outer silver casing features a detailed scale-like cutout pattern, reminiscent of fish or dragon scales, allowing the vivid cobalt blue to shimmer through the openwork in a fluid...

Category

Vintage 1920s American Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Paperweight/holder from the mid 19th c
Paperweight/holder from the mid 19th c

Paperweight/holder from the mid 19th c

Located in Stockholm, SE

Shaped in the form of a fish with meticulously sculpted scales, this piece brings character and elegance to any desk or tabletop.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century European Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Chinese export blue & white plate, ‘precious objects’, c.1780
Chinese export blue & white plate, ‘precious objects’, c.1780

Chinese export blue & white plate, ‘precious objects’, c.1780

Located in Atlanta, GA

Chinese export blue & white plate, painted with a ‘precious objects’, pattern, with scrolls, censors & teawares, within a border of fish and moths on a scale ground. Unmarked, c.1780

Category

Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Antique Chinoiserie Porcelain Lamps with Ormolu Mounts
Pair of Antique Chinoiserie Porcelain Lamps with Ormolu Mounts

Pair of Antique Chinoiserie Porcelain Lamps with Ormolu Mounts

Located in New Orleans, LA

These are very charming with their fish motif and rippled surface as if scales of the fish.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

T. Rex Tooth in Fossil Matrix
T. Rex Tooth in Fossil Matrix

T. Rex Tooth in Fossil Matrix

Located in London, GB

The matrix also bears a crocodile tooth, fragments of terrapin plastron, as well as enamel-covered scales from gar fish and other aquatic animals. The fossils are held together by a ...

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Natural Specimens

Materials

Other

Chinese Export Silver & Enameled Articulated Carp Lotus and Wave Stand, C. 1900
Chinese Export Silver & Enameled Articulated Carp Lotus and Wave Stand, C. 1900

Chinese Export Silver & Enameled Articulated Carp Lotus and Wave Stand, C. 1900

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This articulated technique is a hallmark of Chinese craftsmanship, emulating the natural undulation of a swimming fish. Enamel Work: The scales are enameled in translucent red and a...

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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Rene Lalique 'Barbillon' paperweight signed c1930 -original green staining
Rene Lalique 'Barbillon' paperweight signed c1930 -original green staining

Rene Lalique 'Barbillon' paperweight signed c1930 -original green staining

By René Lalique

Located in Worcester Park, GB

The paperweight shows a stylised Art Deco ugly beautiful fish -with prominent scales and small bug eyes standing on a small rectangular block base -this is one of the rarest paperwei...

Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Glass

Materials

Art Glass

18th Century Indian "Bidri Ware" Hookah Base
18th Century Indian "Bidri Ware" Hookah Base

18th Century Indian "Bidri Ware" Hookah Base

Located in Middleburg, VA

The surface is richly decorated with scrolling arabesques, scaled fish motifs, and finely tooled foliate patterns.

Category

Antique 18th Century Indian Folk Art Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Silver, Brass

Vintage Italian Glazed Ceramic Koi Lavabo
Vintage Italian Glazed Ceramic Koi Lavabo

Vintage Italian Glazed Ceramic Koi Lavabo

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This stunning wall-mounted fountain features a gracefully arching koi fish, intricately detailed with scales and fins, poised to pour into a beautifully fluted shell-shaped basin bel...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Stone Column Base with Mythical Qilin, c. 1850
Chinese Stone Column Base with Mythical Qilin, c. 1850

Chinese Stone Column Base with Mythical Qilin, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

A 19th-century limestone column base carved in relief with mythical qilin, chimeric animals from Chinese mythology described as having the head of a dragon, the body of a tiger, the ...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Limestone

Squamae S 5 - orange, grey, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition
Squamae S 5 - orange, grey, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

Squamae S 5 - orange, grey, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

By Marie Laforey

Located in New York, NY

It symbolizes the ongoing energy found in nature. Inspired by the scales of fish, Marie Laforey’s Squamae ceramic Series use a repetitive, circular design that echoes the texture and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Clay, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Squamae S 7 - red, grey, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition
Squamae S 7 - red, grey, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

Squamae S 7 - red, grey, white 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

By Marie Laforey

Located in New York, NY

It symbolizes the ongoing energy found in nature. Inspired by the scales of fish, Marie Laforey’s Squamae ceramic Series use a repetitive, circular design that echoes the texture and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Clay, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Squamae G2 - gold, copper, silver 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition
Squamae G2 - gold, copper, silver 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

Squamae G2 - gold, copper, silver 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

By Marie Laforey

Located in New York, NY

It symbolizes the ongoing energy found in nature. Inspired by the scales of fish, Marie Laforey’s Squamae ceramic Series use a repetitive, circular design that echoes the texture and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Clay, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Squamae G4 - gold, silver 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition
Squamae G4 - gold, silver 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

Squamae G4 - gold, silver 3D abstract geometric ceramic wall composition

By Marie Laforey

Located in New York, NY

It symbolizes the ongoing energy found in nature. Inspired by the scales of fish, Marie Laforey’s Squamae ceramic Series use a repetitive, circular design that echoes the texture and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Clay, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902
Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902

Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902

By Meissen Porcelain, Paul Helmig

Located in Vienna, AT

Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...

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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Petite Mythical Qilin Figures
Pair of Petite Mythical Qilin Figures

Pair of Petite Mythical Qilin Figures

Located in Chicago, IL

Also known as kirin or Chinese unicorns, qilin are chimeric animals from Chinese mythology described as having the head of a dragon, the body of a tiger, the scales of a fish, and th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Animal Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Opinion Ciatti Elementare Carrara Marble Multi-Use Kitchen Tool
Opinion Ciatti Elementare Carrara Marble Multi-Use Kitchen Tool

Opinion Ciatti Elementare Carrara Marble Multi-Use Kitchen Tool

By Opinion Ciatti, Studio Lievito

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The globe cuts up spices and coarse salt; the cylinder, like a small rolling pin, rolls out pastry and tenderises meat; the cube removes the scales from the fish; the prism chops up ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Dining and Entertaining

Materials

Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel

Art Deco Édouard Marcel Sandoz Bronze Macrurus Desk Letter Opener
Art Deco Édouard Marcel Sandoz Bronze Macrurus Desk Letter Opener

Art Deco Édouard Marcel Sandoz Bronze Macrurus Desk Letter Opener

By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos

The textured surface of the fish, with stylized fins and scales, reflects the artist's mastery in capturing the essence of marine life with a modernist touch.

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Letter Openers

Materials

Bronze

Child Riding Mythological Hippocampus Sea Horse Composite Figural Lamps, Pair
Child Riding Mythological Hippocampus Sea Horse Composite Figural Lamps, Pair

Child Riding Mythological Hippocampus Sea Horse Composite Figural Lamps, Pair

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In mosaic art they were often had green scales and fish-fin manes and appendages. The ancients believed they were the adult-form of the small fish we call the "sea-horse".

Category

Mid-20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Composition

16th Century Southern Germany Carved Wood Bracket Depicting a Mermaid
16th Century Southern Germany Carved Wood Bracket Depicting a Mermaid

16th Century Southern Germany Carved Wood Bracket Depicting a Mermaid

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

The particularity of this mermaid resides in the way her legs are depicted by the artist ; two fish tails with finely carved scales. Each tail is achieved by beautiful caudal fins.

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Antique 16th Century German Renaissance Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Rare Porcelain Bowl with Plique-a-Jour Design by Makuzu Kozan
Rare Porcelain Bowl with Plique-a-Jour Design by Makuzu Kozan

Rare Porcelain Bowl with Plique-a-Jour Design by Makuzu Kozan

By Makuzu Kozan

Located in Atlanta, GA

Both the red used in the scales of the fish and the lime green for the wave twinkle a slightly gem tone, gives this piece a jewel-like quality.

Category

Antique Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

OGGETTI MURANO HAND-CRAFTED Glass Aquatic Sculptures
OGGETTI MURANO HAND-CRAFTED Glass Aquatic Sculptures

OGGETTI MURANO HAND-CRAFTED Glass Aquatic Sculptures

Located in Hawthorne, CA

Pair of OGGETTI Italian Hand-Painted Glass Tropical Fish Sculptures, c. 1960 An elegant tribute to the art of Italian glassmaking, this pair of large-scale OGGETTI tropical fish scul...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Antique Decorative Bear Figure, German Carved Fruitwood, Black Forest, Victorian
Antique Decorative Bear Figure, German Carved Fruitwood, Black Forest, Victorian

Antique Decorative Bear Figure, German Carved Fruitwood, Black Forest, Victorian

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

Enthusiastically carved and fascinating study of the large riverside predator Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order Ebonised fruitwood carved to a striking standard of...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century German Animal Sculptures

Materials

Fruitwood

Unreal Palatial Antique Carpet Northeast Khorrassan Gem, c. 1910-30's
Unreal Palatial Antique Carpet Northeast Khorrassan Gem, c. 1910-30's

Unreal Palatial Antique Carpet Northeast Khorrassan Gem, c. 1910-30's

Located in Milwaukee, WI

That size with the open space of sangria-ruby meets smokey merlot and beautiful Persian Plum-like hues that surround the Pond-like Water-Garden with large scaled fish that swim in an...

Category

20th Century Khorassan Rugs

Materials

Wool

Les Insectes - Cubist Oil Painting by Andre Masson
Les Insectes - Cubist Oil Painting by Andre Masson

Les Insectes - Cubist Oil Painting by Andre Masson

By André Masson

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

In 1928 he produced Dead Horses; Villagers; Horses Devouring Birds and Battle of the Fishes. He painted small-scale works Injured Animal; Lady; Meeting in 1929, and in 1931 a series ...

Category

1940s Cubist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sterling Silver Starfish Earrings Frederic Duclos on Wax 1980s
Sterling Silver Starfish Earrings Frederic Duclos on Wax 1980s

Sterling Silver Starfish Earrings Frederic Duclos on Wax 1980s

By Frederic Duclos

Located in Wallkill, NY

Tiny stone drops hanging from the star fish, Large in scale, clip on's. Hallmarked as well as hand scribed.

Category

Vintage 1980s American Clip-on Earrings

Materials

Sterling Silver

Leucippus Fallax (Buffy Hummingbird) — Original Hand-colored Lithograph
Leucippus Fallax (Buffy Hummingbird) — Original Hand-colored Lithograph

Leucippus Fallax (Buffy Hummingbird) — Original Hand-colored Lithograph

By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

The practice was not new; naturalists painting watercolor over gold leaf to show iridescence in feathers and in the scales of fish since the beginning of the century.

Category

1850s Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Thomas Trad, Uroko Contemporary Coffee Table, Lebanon, 2019
Thomas Trad, Uroko Contemporary Coffee Table, Lebanon, 2019

Thomas Trad, Uroko Contemporary Coffee Table, Lebanon, 2019

By Thomas Trad

Located in New York, NY

The word Uroko, or "fish scale," originates from the Japanese saying "mekaraurokogaochiru," meaning, "to be awakened to the truth."

Category

2010s Lebanese Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble

Victorian Blue Pink Enameled Pearl Gold Fish Brooch
Victorian Blue Pink Enameled Pearl Gold Fish Brooch

Victorian Blue Pink Enameled Pearl Gold Fish Brooch

Located in London, GB

This beautifully enameled fish has fascinating detailing. Covered in blue and pink iridescent scales, the fish appears to have been speared through by the pin, capped by a single nat...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Brooches

Materials

Natural Pearl, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel

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Fish Scale For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal fish scale for your home. Frequently made of metal, ceramic and fabric, every fish scale was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a fish scale, we have 41 options in-stock, while there are 10 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect fish scale — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A fish scale, designed in the Modern, Mid-Century Modern or Folk Art style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made fish scale has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Susann Eschenfelder, Robert Kuo and Bernhardt are consistently popular.

How Much is a Fish Scale?

Prices for a fish scale start at $207 and top out at $28,000 with the average selling for $1,983.