Tortoise Antique

A striking antique English burnt bamboo side chair featuring a beautifully detailed japanned lacquer seat with hand-painted floral and bird motif. The rich tortoise finish paired wit...

The Aesthetic Movement era cabinet features Japanese-inspired decoration and tortoise or spotted bamboo with pine panels, a small center mirror with beveled edges and two glass-front...

A Charming French late 19th century Majolica figural jardinière (planter) modeled as a young Neapolitan vintner boy balancing a weaved basket over his head, standing on the back of a...

19th century tortoise bamboo side table from France with an octagonal shaped top.

The central oval is elegantly bordered by a beaded gilded metal bezel and set within a multi-tonal frame featuring bone-inlaid panels and a vibrant faux-tortoise wood border, epitomi...

The central oval is encased in an ornate, beaded gilt metal bezel and set within a sophisticated frame featuring bone-inlaid panels and a rich, faux-tortoise border, epitomizing the ...

The central oval is encased in a delicate, beaded gilded metal bezel and set within a sophisticated frame featuring bone-inlaid panels and a rich, faux-tortoise or burl wood border. ...

Netsuke in boxwood in the form of a tortoise hiding in its shell with only its head overstepping.

Gorgeous pattern, and it even has the tortoise shell finish on the back rim.

The Desk features an inset embossed Leather top with Tortoise Shell coloring, intricate Brass Top Gallery, extensive Foliate Inlay along the border and five dove-tail constructed d...

Narrow mirror with tortoise shell finish. U.K 1900. H 84cm x W 28cm x D 3cm Please be in touch for an accurate shipping quote.

Crafted from scorched "tortoise" bamboo, the piece features a striking eight-sided top and a highly unique multi-tier configuration.

The legend of Urashima Taro tells the story of a man that saves a baby tortoise. To thank him, the mother of the surviving tortoise invites him in their underwater kingdom.

Augusto Baptista de Carvalho Portuguese Palissy Majolica wall plate which features a snake, two frogs and a tortoise, surrounding a central well. Colouration: green, grey, brown, are...

Materials: Sterling silver, tortoise shell, wood and lining leather. Weight: About 3 pounds, (1.36 Kg).

Consists of seven columns of patchwork alternate with six thinner continuous columns and bordered in an outer skirt, the silk fabric showcases delicate woven motifs of family-mons an...

Netsuke in boxwood in the form of a tortoise hiding in its shell with only its head overstepping.

Large Oval Faux grain painted tortoise shell mirror, big bold deep moulded frame.

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this sublime French Napoleon III Circa 1880 Brass & Faux Tortoise shell Boulle chest of drawers with gol...

It was given to him by Hermes, who had invented it using a tortoise shell. The iconographic model of Apollo Cytaredus represents him in his role as god of music and leader of the Mus...

At the rear, a finely detailed tortoise supports the goddess, symbolising patience and stability.

This fine table has a removable custom glass insert for the the table top, the old embossed leather top and lower shelf, and beautiful tortoise bamboo legs and details. It would make...

Materials: Yellow gold, carved tortoise, lacquer chinois, glass and paint. Weight: 73.70 Grams, (47.25 Dwt).

Item features a silver and gold gilt finish, table tops painted in original oil drop / tortoise shell finish. Stamped "Made in Italy" to underside.

Superb and unique Antwerp Baroque period cabinet with Asian decoration in tortoise shell, pewter and brass ball marquetry, chiseled and gilded bronze ornamentation. 18 century The ca...

Plate 40 introduces a vibrant array of leaf beetles, including Donacia species (Reed beetles), Lema species (Shining leaf beetles), Cassida species (Tortoise beetles), and Zeugophora...

The neck and the base were similarly decorated with tortoise and fish scale patterns with additional geometrical and floral pattens.

Very fine 19th century Flemish ebony coffee table having floral marquetry inlay inlaid bone designs on a walnut, ebony and faux tortoise background, bone and ebony patterned moldings...

Delicate gold gilt aventurine flecks cover the surface of this art glass vase complementing the blue and tortoise colored glass body. A clear glass bottom pedestal or foot with rich ...

A striking pair of early 20th-century Italian marble obelisks, each crafted in a breccia and verde marble with warm colourful hues; highlighted by the dark green marble stringing tha...

The set also includes Cassida species (Tortoise beetles), admired for their shield-like, often translucent forms in greens and golds.

On either side there is a decorative reticulated bronze. The stand is tortoise shell on the top, with Boulle brass scrolls inlaid on the front ends, the middle front, and the sides,...

The bird’s leg coils elegantly around a gilt serpent-form support, terminating in a finely cast tortoise platform—an unusual trio of symbolic creatures referencing longevity, vigilan...

The second firing with a complex over glaze enamel pattern in three sections of fan shaped reserves containing designs of purple, yellow and green flowers, butterflies and clouds on ...

The second firing with a complex over glaze enamel pattern in three sections of fan shaped reserves containing designs of purple, yellow and green flowers, butterflies and clouds on ...

These plates are lovely on the reverse side as well, with a tortoise glaze.

A pair of antique c.1864 Wedgwood Majolica Plates, owned by André Leon Talley. Mottled tortoise shell design with reticulated greek key border/edge.

Each nicely framed with faux tortoise Flemish style frames with gilded inner border and each depicting animals including an elephant, lion, leopard and Hippo.

Standout 19th century English stand featuring the original Japanese inspired octagon lacquer top hand decorated with flowers and birds over a burnt bamboo base with a faux tortoise f...

Circa 1910 Pair of Phenomenal Hair Combs, measuring 5 1/4 inches in length and 1 3/4 inches wide, heavy 18k Yellow gold with Platinum mountings top sections on top of Tortoise, furth...

Portuguese Majolica Palissy charger plate in the manner of French potter Bernard Palissy with a detailed naturalistic design in high relief featuring a snake, lizards, tortoise, frog...

It is a marquetry that consists in placing materials such as tortoise shell, copper, brass, mother of pearl, inside wood.

A Korean ceramic water dropper in the form of a turtle or tortoise from Goryeo Period circ 12-13th century. The realistically molded piece is covered in a mellow celadon glaze with s...

The stopper having a large Pink Tourmaline cabochon stone, a yellow glass collar and a tortoise shell spoon. Excellent condition. Overall size: 7.8cm x 6cm x 2.5cm Weight: 96grams. 1...

Unusual small writing table in fine Louis XVI style in mahogany featuring a block bronze lined top featuring marquetery design of books and an inkwell on a faux tortoise tabletop, wh...

An infinite number of steps cannot be completed. Achilles and the Tortoise: A faster runner can never overtake a slower one if the slower has a head start, since the pursuer must alw...

Rare Scottish George III corporation treasury box, dated 1772, of caddy form, the lid with cove molded edge, the front with polychrome decoration commemorating the Edinburgh Corporat...

It has very similar to the real-life common tortoise, which can live for hundreds of years and can be seen with growths of algae on their shells.

Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as per...

Of special importance is the depiction of the dodo bird together with giant tortoises, both unique to the island. The top right view depicts the Banda Islands of Gunnanappi (Genung ...

An antique French "tortoise shell" bakelite table lamp with bronze fittings.

Motifs include chrysanthemum, peony, ginger, fern, pine cones, and tortoise shell. The shoulder features a band of stylized chrysanthemum within a ruyi-shaped cloud border.

A particularly nice example of a tortoise shell pique brooch, with a raised dancer, swishing her skirt in time as she plays her instrument.

Wedgwood majolica antique plate decorated with a vibrant turquoise basketweave rim and a blue tortoise shell style center. The plate is impressed with Wedgwood and includes the impre...

Highly stylized Italian lacquered octagon table top with faux tortoise and faux ivory detailing all atop an ebonized pedestal base.

A Chinese Mataban Stoneware Storage Jar 18th century The baluster body set at the shoulder with lug handles brown glaze Height 12.87 in Catalogue note The glaze is influenced by the...

A most elegant pair of Italian 18th century Venetian st. patinated wood, faux tortoise shell and giltwood floor lamps. Each tall floor lamp is raised by a fine circular composite sto...

Antique French Boulle Centre Table having a fabulous serpentine shaped top featuring all over tortoise shell and profuse inlaid brass decoration, quality gilt bronze mounts and a sin...

French bronze of Sappho Leaning Against a Column Holding Her tortoise Lyre, Original rich brown patina intact.

The Fox and the Crow. The Tortoise and the Ducks (the Tortoise wished to learn to fly).