Mortar Shell
Brassed WWII Era Mortar Shell Paperweights or Bookends Midcentury
By U.S. Army
Located in Philadelphia, PA
We have taken these hollowed out WWll mortar shells and brassed them to produce these very cool
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Brass, Iron
Pair of WWII "Trench Art" Nickel-Plate & Solid Brass Table Lamps, 1940's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of World War Two Nickel Plate & Solid Brass mortar shell Trench Art table lamps. Featuring
Category
Vintage 1940s American Machine Age Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Arts and Craft Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1918 Mortar Shell converted in to the floor lamp .Brass base and metal,probably from the World War
Category
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Trench-Art, Shell Casing Pair of Table Lights in the Form of Koalas, 1940
Located in Pymble, NSW
mortar shells, nickel plated and hand engraved to a very high standard. Fitted to polished brass shell
Category
Vintage 1940s Australian Other Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
H 25.6 in W 8.27 in D 5.52 in
Substantial Antique Italian Bronze Mortar and Pestle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Substantial antique Italian bronze mortar and pestle, finely cast with shell and floral band
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Edgar Brandt Attr., French Art Deco Wrought Table Mirror, ca. 1920's
Located in New York, NY
trench warfare, he designed an aerodynamic mortar shell with obturation grooves (see details at Brandt
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Mirrors
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Art Deco Wrought Iron Wall Hanging Hall Shelf Hat Coat Rack Edgar Brandt
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Forney, TX
need for mortars in trench warfare, he designed an aerodynamic mortar shell with obturation grooves
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Hat Racks and Stands
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 12.25 in W 28 in D 9 in
Art Deco Bottle with Mermaid & Fish Stopper by Maurice Gensoli
By Maurice Gensoli
Located in Chicago, US
heroic figures and idealized landscapes. Ceramics in the shapes of stylized waves, sea shells, exotic
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Bottles
Materials
Stoneware, Wood
Pair of Art Deco Style Marble & Onyx Pedestals Columns with Bronze Panels
Located in Shippensburg, PA
fruit above their head while they are surrounded by fruits and stand over a lobed-shell with the
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Bronze
H 42.13 in W 22.25 in D 11.75 in
Hollywood Regency Painted Polychromed Low Coffee Table ca. 1940
Located in Shippensburg, PA
skirt and shell forms in the center of each side raised on undulating legs of a more typical cabriole
Category
20th Century European Hollywood Regency Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
French Louis XV Style Marble Top & Giltwood Console Center Table, circa 1870
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ribbing of shells formed into opposing C-scrolls over drapes of anthemion that follow the curve of the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Console Tables
Materials
Breccia Marble
H 31.5 in W 54.5 in D 34 in
Mascara
By Felix Mas
Located in Greenwich, CT
of human adornment – feathers, jewels, shells, fans, floral and plant motifs, fantastic coifs
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pensando
By Felix Mas
Located in Greenwich, CT
which seem to catalog the history of human adornment – feathers, jewels, shells, fans, floral and plant
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mariposa
By Felix Mas
Located in Greenwich, CT
which seem to catalog the history of human adornment – feathers, jewels, shells, fans, floral and plant
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Plumas X
By Felix Mas
Located in Greenwich, CT
which seem to catalog the history of human adornment – feathers, jewels, shells, fans, floral and plant
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
¿Quien es la Mas Bella III?
By Felix Mas
Located in Greenwich, CT
which seem to catalog the history of human adornment – feathers, jewels, shells, fans, floral and plant
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Louis XV Antique Carved Giltwood Window Bench
Located in Shippensburg, PA
acanthus that extend nearly the entire length of the leg from the crisp carved inset shells of the knee
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Benches
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of 18k Yellow Gold and Diamond Earrings by Albert Lipton
Located in Shippensburg, PA
collection of shell-like lobes surrounding an embedded spheroid set with 13 round brilliant-cut diamonds in
Category
20th Century American Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Gold
People Also Browsed
Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
A simple but sensational fixture, designed by Josef Hoffmann, for the fabric department of the Wiener Werkstaette on Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna. Style and color of the fabric custom-...
Category
2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Silk
H 39.38 in Dm 37.41 in
Antique Arts & Crafts Copper and Brass Table/Desk Lamp with Color Glass Inserts
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and highly stylish Arts & Crafts lamp.
If you are an enthousiast of early 20th century lighting in general and of the Arts & Crafts style in particular then this antique lamp c...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Table Lamps
Materials
Copper, Brass
Free Shipping
H 14.5 in Dm 6.3 in
A pair of Large Nason Murano Smoke Glass Wall Sconces or Lights, 1970s
By Murano 5
Located in Rijssen, NL
Beautiful and large murano glass wall sconces or lights by Carlo Nason, Austria, 1970s. A white lacquered metal backplate holds and hand blown and smoked bubble glass shades. Each Wa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Vico Magistretti "122" Chairs for Cassina, 1967, Set of 8
By Cassina, Vico Magistretti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti for Cassina "122" chairs for Cassina, brown leather, beech and plywood, Italy, 1967, set of eight.
The "122" chairs designed by Vico Magistretti in 1967 have a scul...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Beech, Plywood, Leather
Unique Art Nouveau Pale Blue Ceramic Table Lamp by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg
By Josef Ekberg, Gustavsberg
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This art nouveau table lamp is designed by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1919. An exemplar of art nouveau design, this vase, crafted by Josef Ekberg for Gustavsberg, showcase...
Category
Vintage 1910s Swedish Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Stoneware
H 10.24 in Dm 4.73 in
Regency Oil Painting Cherub Floral Potrait Putti Trio Signed
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Regency style oil painting of a trio of cute cherubs
The cherubs are surrounded by the vivid and bright floral garland
Such a beautiful work of art this will add light and e...
Category
Vintage 1980s Regency Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vienna Sesession Wooden Table Lamp
By Dagobert Peche
Located in Vienna, AT
Wooden table lamp in the style of Dagobert Peche made in Austria, circa 1910.
Powered with one porcelain E27 socket, new shade.
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Table Lamps
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Italian vintage Murano glass wall sconces - frosted glasses
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Fantastic pair of vintage Murano wall sconce made by 10 handblown transparent frosted carved glass leaves for each applique in a chrome metal frame.
Period: late XX century
Dimension...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Art Glass
Rare and Massive Venini Murano Glass Sconces, Italy, 1960s
By Venini
Located in L'Escala, ES
Superb and massive Venini Murano glass sconces or pendant, Italy, 1960s.
Very large 21.65 Murano glass wall sconce or flush mount featuring five long crystal clear glass "triet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Mark Ryden Pinxit
By Mark Ryden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fuzzy bunnies, big-eyed girls, meat, magic and mystery.
Mark Ryden’s carnival of curiosities.
Collector’s edition: No. 51–1,050.
Limited to 1,000 individually numbered copies,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Art Nouveau Table Lamp, 1910s, Restored
Located in Praha, CZ
Art Nouveau table lamp made in Austria in 1910s.
Restored: cleaned, polished, rewired
1x40W, E25-E27 bulb
US plug adapter included
Category
Vintage 1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Fantastic pair sconces - 10 clear amber Murano Glasses
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Pair of Vintage Italian Murano wall lights in Vistosi style. Wall lights have 10 transparent glass discs with central amber spot for each. Golden plated metal frame. The structure w...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Art Glass
Japanese Redware Lamp
Located in Tampa, FL
An antique Japanese Redware lamp decorated with dragons. Chinese wooden base in a dark dark brown. The lamp is turn-of-the-century then converted into the lamp probably in the 1980s ...
Category
Vintage 1910s Japanese Table Lamps
Materials
Pottery
Antique Chinoiserie Table Lamp
Located in Søborg, DK
An antique Chinoiserie table lamp in a classic period design.
Richly decorated base with butterflies, birds, flowers and architecture.
Turned stem decorated with flowers.
Still mai...
Category
Vintage 1910s English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Large Signed Pair Barovier & Toso Leaf Sconces Italian Murano Glass Floral 1970s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Fabulous pair of Barovier & Toso Murano art glass floral leaf sconces or wall lights, Italy circa 1970s. They have a beautifully hand-crafted floral leaf shape and they are made in "...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
H 14.97 in W 9.06 in D 4.34 in
Beautiful Framed 19TH C Painting on Porcelain Woman Children Charles Chaplin
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item we are offering is a Beautiful Museum Quality Painting on Porcelain of a Woman surrounded by Cherubs holding Garland. Magnificently done with Outstanding Detail. F...
Category
20th Century Unknown Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Free Shipping
H 13 in D 6 in
Recent Sales
English Trench Art, Chromed Mortar Shell Table Lamp with Original Shade
Located in Port Hope, ON
mortar shell mounted on a stepped circular aluminium base with grooved sides that gives it its
Category
Vintage 1940s British Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Chrome, Aluminum
First World War French Trench Art, Two Carved Brass Shells, Cup and Clock Weight
Located in Petaluma, CA
other has been transformed into a polished mortar shell clock weight with ring.
Trench art is a
Category
Vintage 1910s French Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
French Trench Art First World War Two Carved Brass Shells One Oil Lamp, One Vase
Located in Petaluma, CA
of First World War Trench consists of a brass mortar Shell Oil lamp with a beautiful fluted bottom
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
H 18.25 in Dm 3.75 in
English Mid-17th Century Whitechapel Mortar
Located in Matlock, Derbyshire
Mid-17th century lead bronze mortar. English, Whitechapel, City of London, circa 1630-1650
The
Category
Antique 17th Century English Jacobean More Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Ancient French Wooden Vessels or Mortars
Located in Woodbury, CT
elements or softened with pine cones, shells or moss. We love them filed with our French wooden boules
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Vases and Vessels
Materials
Wood
Louis XIV Style Stone Basin with Fountain Backed, circa 1820
Located in Richebourg, Yvelines
. The fountain is decorated with windings, shells and flowers from either side of a gadrooned basin
Category
Antique 1820s French Louis XIV Fountains
Materials
Stone
1920s Edgar Brandt Wrought Iron & Daum Glass Table Lamp
Located in Pasadena, CA
1914 Brandt was called to serve. Observing a need for mortars in trench warfare, he designed 60mm, 81mm
Category
Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Brassed WWII Era Mortar Shell Paperweights or Bookends Midcentury
By U.S. Army
Located in Philadelphia, PA
We have taken these WWll mortar shells and brassed them to produce these very cool desk accessories.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Brass, Iron
Russian Cast Iron Mortar from the Crimean War
Located in New Orleans, LA
A truly incredible spoil of the Crimean War, this cast iron mortar was removed from Russian
Category
Antique 19th Century European Other Arms, Armor and Weapons
Set of 49 Antique Maw and Company Tiles
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Set of 49 antique Maw & Company scallop shell pattern tiles.
These impressive tiles are from Maw
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Decorative Art
Rocker
By Tarik Currimbhoy
Located in New York, NY
marble shell installed at Art Omi International Arts Center in Ghent, New York. This is a mortar-less
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rococo Revival Antique Painted Commode Chest of Drawers, Early 20th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
retain original hardware. The commode rests over short cabriole legs with shell-carved knees and acanthus
Category
Early 20th Century French Rococo Revival Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
H 33.63 in W 59.13 in D 25.38 in
WW11 Wooden Mortar Cartidge Box, circa 1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wooden box with a hinged latch and rope handles used to carry mortar shells.
Category
Early 20th Century Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Rope, Wood
Mortar with Mace, Bronze. 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar with mace. Bronze. XVII century.
Bronze mortar with cylindrical body and edge and base
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Scientific Instruments
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Turkish Hand Carved Stone Mortar with Matching Pestle
Located in Dallas, TX
, circa 1880, this traditional mortar and pestle is round in shape and has a shell-like scalloped detail
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Decorative Bowls
Materials
Limestone
Mid-Century Era Couroc Wood & Shell Inlay Phenolic Resin Large Herbs Salad Bowl
By The Couroc Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
various materials including wood, crushed stone or shell, and metal. The centre shows a mortar and pestle
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Serving Bowls
Materials
Resin
Soviet-Era Mortar Shell Table Lamp, 1960s
Located in Budapest, HU
An emptied and modified mortar shell was remade into a table lamp- possibly in Russia or Ukraine
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Steel
Monumental Trench Art Safe
Located in New York, NY
Made from a WWII mortar shell, this safe weighs about 250 lbs. Converted into a safe when a
Category
Vintage 1940s American Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Vintage Trench Art Brass Mortar Vessel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
handcrafted from a spent shell casing.
This two-handled mortar serves as both a decorative object and a
Category
20th Century Unknown Outsider Art Jars
Materials
Brass
17th Century Whitechapel Bronze Mortar, London, 1630-1650
Located in Matlock, Derbyshire
Mid-17th century lead bronze mortar. English, Whitechapel, London, circa 1630-1650
The deep
Category
Antique 17th Century British Renaissance Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...
Materials
Bronze, Lead
French First World War Trench Art Two Brass Mortar Shell Vases of a Young Couple
Located in Petaluma, CA
This gorgeous pair of carved brass mortar shells are of a young couple wearing traditional Lorraine
Category
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Pair of M43 Bomb Table Lamps, 1940
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of WWII M43 mortar shells mounted as lamps.
American, late 1930s or early 1940s.
Newly rewired
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Steel
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Mortar Shell", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
Mortar Shell For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the mortar shell you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each mortar shell for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and bronze. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect mortar shell — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right mortar shell, those designed in Arts and Crafts and Baroque styles are of considerable interest.
How Much is a Mortar Shell?
A mortar shell can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $12,850, while the lowest priced sells for $1,275 and the highest can go for as much as $29,000.
More Ways To Browse
Wwii Trench Art
Patio Wooden
Machine Age Round Table
Grooved Table Lamp
Vintage Ukraine Table Lamps
Tile Shell
Brass Heavy Column Lamps
Vintage Metal Grinder
Dior Home Trench
Art Lamp
Pair Nickel Lamps
Iron And Glass Table Lamp
Shell Glass Table
Aged Brass Round Table
Set Of Antique Lamps
Table Lamp Switzerland
Antique Dining Tables For 6
Vintage Shell Table Lamp