Tortoise Antique

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

The cross is decorated with tortoise shell, ivory and ebony. The christ is sculpted in high quality ivory.

The horns and beards of the dragon were made of tortoise shell. The textured scale and feature were depicted with Shagreen.

Each surmounted by a stork aloft a tortoise and feeding from a snake, the body elaborately decorated with masks, garlands, tassels, and fish against a lattice ground.

Important Description Details: Pottery "tortoise" base: 14.5" high and 11" wide Bronze sections: 7pcs pole bronze sections approximately 8" length each 1pc top "phoenix" bronze sect...

The picture is well presented in a tortoise shell effect frame. Signed with initials to the lower right.

A circa 1920's Amber coloured alabaster light fixture with "tortoise shell" pattern and grey veining with foliage motif on body. 

This early 20th-century Chinoiserie tortoise bamboo cabinet captivates with its unique scale and form.

Eight chrome plated forked picks with translucent red cherry tops in a faux tortoise Bakelite stand with pierced butterscotch Bakelite top-plate held in place with chromed ball finials.

Antique Pique Bracelet 9ct Rose Gold Circa 1880 Fabulous Victorian Pique (Tortoise Shell) Bracelet. Beautiful ‘Beehive’ Shaped Links, Inlayed with a Rose Gold Band & Pretty Lit...

Cartel with its Base in the style of Boulle, brass inlays and imitating tortoise shell, Louis XV style, Napoleon III period, 19th century.

An impressive pair of Asian armchairs having a faux tortoise finish with a lacquered black seat. Measures: Arm height 28 seat height 20.

The back is just as gorgeous as the front, with tortoise detail. Lovely and unusual piece of majolica for any collection.

Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Pair of Antique Early 1900s Regency Walnut Caned Bergere Chairs Spectacular detailed carvings with Torto...

Such fancy materials as mother-of-pearl, ivory, tortoise-shell, mammoth tooth were also widely used for the creation of this fashionable accessory.

Such fancy materials as mother-of-pearl, ivory, tortoise-shell, mammoth tooth were also widely used for the creation of this fashionable accessory.

Such fancy materials as mother-of-pearl, ivory, tortoise-shell, mammoth tooth were also widely used for the creation of this fashionable accessory.

Such fancy materials as mother-of-pearl, ivory, tortoise-shell, mammoth tooth were also widely used for the creation of this fashionable accessory.

The octagonal shape is thought to resemble the patterning of a tortoise shell. Tortoises are symbols of longevity in Japan.

A gold gilt 3.5 inch long tortoise "minogame" is affixed to the base as seen in the photo.

The lot consist in two antique and engraved silver cutlery for roast with tortoise decoration. Include suitcase In good conditions.    

19th Century Chinese wooden rectangular 'Mythical Beasts' Box , it is maybe Zitan wood box, The hinged cover carved with a dragon, a phoenix, a qilin, a tortoise a fish and other cre...

In the background is a tall pewter candlestick, a tortoise shell tea caddy with small key, and large blue Delft baluster form vase, all on white linen tablecloth with openwork lace b...

Fine quality antique English "Anglo-Japan" Victorian hand painted lacquer and bamboo single door cupboard/ étagère with embossed panel sides; "tortoise shell" shaded bamboo; fabulous...

This wonderful centerpiece is raised by a triangular Ormolu base with concave sides and edged with seashell decorations with three patinated Bronze tortoises below. Atop the base are...

**Buccin Écaille (Buccinum testudineum)**: This could be a whelk, a type of sea snail with a spiraled shell, often featuring a patterned surface that resembles the scales of a tortoi...

Both early 20th century with bone and faux tortoise decorations. In overall good condition. The bone of the back from the larger box is absent and some small losses.

The Ho-o is often described as having the beak of a rooster, the face of a swallow, the neck of a snake, the back of a tortoise, and the tail of a peacock combining elements of sever...

Deep red Italian coral with lovely dimensional design all set onto tortoise shell comb base. Mid 19th Century. 3.5" x 4" high.

Created before electricity was available, this sconce was originally used as a candle holder, with the light of the candle flame intensified by the reflecting mirrored backplate; now...

A George Jones Majolica Game Pie Tureen, the cover formed as a domed rustic mound with green glazed ferns and grasses, surmounted by a naturalistically molded and glazed recumbent do...

It is also one of China's four great supernatural animals, alongside the dragon, tiger, and tortoise. The phoenix bird rules the southern quadrant and is associated with the sun.

Fine quality antique English "Anglo-Japan" Victorian hand painted lacquer and bamboo two-door cabinet or étagère with embossed panel sides and embossed shelves inside. Superb "tortoi...

Peters dates it had therefore lost many oil and watercolor paintings as well as wood, bone, and tortoise sculptures, frames and other artifacts. What could the Church do?

On the lower right corner there is a longevity tortoise called Minogame in Japanese. The imagery is full of symbolism.

The Tortue (meaning Tortoise), an original design by Louis Cartier, was based on Tortoises he saw holding up columns in a Greek Temple that was 3000 years old.

It is the "shell" of the tortoise is what is made from sterling silver, the bell beneath itself is made from cast metal.

Known alternately as the Perfected Warrior, the Black Warrior, or the Black Tortoise, he is one of the most popular Chinese deities.

Charming suite from the 1930s of carved 3 dimensional tortoise colored bakelite "acorns" with both celluloid and carved bakelite leaves.

The Mokhfia design, known as " the tortoises," is skillfully rendered in polychrome earthenware on a beige and brown base.

Tyrolean hat: Stained and Painted Bakelite (2.5" x 2") $595 Mallard Duck: Cream Bakelite with brass wing (3" long x 2.5") $450 Scottie: carved wood with bakelite coat and glass e...

On the lower part, a giant longevity tortoise known as minogame in Japanese floating on the ocean of waves.

Recently serviced and working well, this clock features a faux tortoise shell veneer and bronze gilded accents around the entire clock.

Frames were made from a variety of materials, ranging from veneers of walnut, olive, laburnum, and other fruitwoods to ebony, tortoise-shell, and silver. During the reign of Queen Ma...

The male sits upon a tortoise and has a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other.

Each candelabrum features a central figural sculpture of a bird holding a serpent, perched upon a tortoise. This intricate sculpture showcases the attention to detail and artistic sk...

The underfoot is glazed in a mottled tortoise shell effect, another hallmark of George Jones.

Materials: Yellow gold of 18kt, Oil painting on copper and faux tortoise shell. An example of a dark wool tailcoat with pronounced cutaway front, c. 1815.

European traders used the coins to buy precious materials from the Gulf and northern Africa which it desired – commodities such as spices, coffee, gum Arabic, indigo, pearls, and tor...

“Before Japan was made in England, the imitation of tortoise-shell was much in request for cabinets, tables and the like“.

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Portrait of the Infanta Margarita Teresa Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (Queen of Spain) A very sweet little picture, labelled to t...

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille. Child riding a tortoise, 1866, bronze. Musée Antoine Vivenel.

The mirror is of a design typical of the sixteenth century incorporating a pair of Cranes, sotsuru, conjoined at the beak with a tortoise kame-gata form central pierced boss in a “Y”...

Arctic Fox Vulpes lagopus *** (summer plumage or blue/black form, face correct, body too large) 2 Lions Panthera leo Amphibians Frog Rana esculenta ?/ Toad Bufo bufo ? Tortoise Emys...

Front and sides with the finest, partly engraved brass marquetry depicting floral garlands on a reddish tortoise shell background. Glazed sides that reveal the view to the clock move...

His great success, however, dates back to 1833, when he received the Legion of Honor for his statue of the Neapolitan Fisher Boy Playing with a Tortoise (today in the Louvre), which ...

In the same year he took part in the Turin exhibition presenting modernist furniture in predominantly dark wood decorated with "embedding" of metal, ivory, tortoise and mother of pea...

There was also an 'enormous tortoise'." The showpiece of his collection, however, was the female Nubian giraffe, also called 'Camelopard' by the English.

With incised decorative patterns and polychromed to look like tortoise shell, the interior was a showpiece when opened for viewing by guests and visitors.

This beautiful box has a cedar interior which is separated into two compartments for jewelry. It also has sterling escutcheon for a key.