Tortoise Shell Mexican
Mexican Tortoiseshell and Pen-Engraved Cabinet
Located in Mexico, DF
Mexican cabinet. Made of tortoiseshell, pen-engraved and wood. Possible Oaxaca or Puebla, 17th
Category
Antique 17th Century North American Spanish Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
A colonial tortoiseshell veneered casket with silver mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
is derived from the outer layer of the sea turtle's shell, primarily the giant Green (Chelonia mydas
Category
Antique 17th Century Mexican Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Spanish Colonial Tortoiseshell And Mother Of Pearl Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 1750. Tortoiseshell and mother of pearl box with sliding top from Mexico 18th century
Category
Antique 1750s Mexican Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Indo-Portuguese Mughal Bar with Faux Tortoiseshell Decore, Bone, Ebony & Iron
By Alfonso Marina
Located in Bosques de las Lomas, MX
This is an Indo-Portuguese bar cabinet has a geometric decoration inspired by stars. Adorned with faux tortoiseshell, bone inlay and ebony, it also has a distinct iron lock. The cabi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Cabinets
Materials
Iron
H 73.25 in W 47.25 in D 25.75 in
Rare Pair of Spanish Colonial 18th Century Tortoiseshell Enconchado Mirrors, Per
Located in Benington, Herts
Tortoiseshell and Inlaid With Bone and Mother of Pearl Made in Lima (Peru) or Mexico
Circa 1720
Provenance
Category
Antique 1720s Mexican Wall Mirrors
Materials
Tortoise Shell
H 59.5 in W 350 in D 13 in
Simple and Modern Wood Zaragoza Console with Bone Inlays
By Alfonso Marina
Located in Bosques de las Lomas, MX
This console is made to contrast with the intricacy of the Zaragoza Cabinet and is made in a dark finish to highlight the bone inlay.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Bone, Tortoise Shell
Recent Sales
William Spratling Diamond Pattern Tortoise Shell Box of Two
By William Spratling
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Sterling silver dots set the diamond cut tortoise shell that create the lid. Both boxes feature a
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Tortoise Box by William Spratling
By William Spratling
Located in Mexico City, DF
A rare impressive sterling box adorned with tortoise shell, an element that Spratling used
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Enrique Ledesma Taxco Sterling Silver & Tortoise Shell Jewelry Suite 1953
By Enrique Ledesma
Located in New York, NY
Being offered is a circa 1953 exceedingly rare jewelry set by Enrique Ledesma of Taxco, Mexico
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Drop Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Enrique Ledesma Taxco Sterling Silver & Tortoise Shell Jewelry Suite 1953
By Enrique Ledesma
Located in New York, NY
Being offered is a circa 1953 exceedingly rare jewelry set by Enrique Ledesma of Taxco, Mexico
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Drop Necklaces
Materials
Sterling Silver
Enrique Ledesma Taxco Sterling Silver Tortoise Shell Cufflinks and Tie Clip
By Enrique Ledesma
Located in New York, NY
Enrique Ledesma Taxco Sterling Silver Tortoise Shell Cufflinks and Tie Clip
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Cufflinks
Materials
Sterling Silver
Enrique Ledesma Taxco Sterling Silver Tortoise Shell Cufflinks and Tie Clip
By Enrique Ledesma
Located in New York, NY
Taxco, Mexico. Consisting primarily of shell with applied silver and brass biomorphic shapes. Dimensions
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Cufflinks
Materials
Sterling Silver
Spanish Colonial Mirror, Mexico, 17th Century
Located in GB
A Spanish Colonial mirror, rosewood with tortoiseshell and mother of pearl decoration; 17th century.
Measures: 37cms tall by 33cms wide.
Category
Antique 17th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Wall Mirrors
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
William Spratling Mexican Sterling Silver and Tortoise Shell Earrings
By William Spratling
Located in Mexico City, MX
A funny pair of Sterling silver and tortoise shell earring by American designer William Spratling
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Sterling Silver
Collectors piece fossil Tortoise Shell mounted on custom acrylic base
By Pietra Gallery
Located in Polanco, CDMX
mounted on a custom acrylic base allows us to see the structure of the shell 360 degrees. This art object
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Mounted Objects
Materials
Acrylic, Tortoise Shell
H 13.78 in W 5.91 in D 14.57 in
Vintage William Spratling Taxco Faux Tortoise Shell Dragonfly Brooch Pin
By William Spratling
Located in Cape May, NJ
Rare William Spratling Taxco Mexico Faux Tortoise Shell Dragonfly Brooch Pin. The brooch is in
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century Mexican Tortoiseshell Mirror
Located in London, GB
A late 18th century Mexican tortoiseshell mirror, inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Mexican Wall Mirrors
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Colonial Chest in Ebony, Tortoiseshell and Bone Wood, Mexico End 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Colonial chest in ebony, tortoiseshell and bone wood.
Mexico, 18th century.
Front with a drawer
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Wood, Ebony
H 5.52 in W 8.67 in D 5.12 in
William Spratling Sterling Silver & Tortoise Shell Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
, Mexico, with an oval handle decorated with wrapped wire and applied discs, the blade made of tortoise
Category
Vintage 1960s Mexican Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
William Spratling Sterling Silver Tortoise Shell Hand Motif Box
By William Spratling
Located in New York, NY
Taxco, Mexico, the lid of the box with an inset of Spratling's iconic 'hand' motif in tortoise shell
Category
Vintage 1950s Mexican Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Spanish Colonial Tortoiseshell Box Mexico
Located in Montecito, CA
Extremely fine and rare 18th Century Spanish Colonial tortoiseshell box from Mexico. Silver
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Extremely Rare 17th C. Spanish Colonial Mirror
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
engraved mother of pearl and silver.
Built in ponderosa pine.
Of record label lady Pean .....
Mexico
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Spanish Colonial Wall Mirrors
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Jaguar Brooch by William Spratling
By William Spratling
Located in Mexico City, DF
pieces by William Spratling. It is in perfect condition.
Taxco, Guerrero. México
Category
20th Century Mexican Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Silver
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By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Organic Modern Small Table Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE SMALL table lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada.
Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant's Foot– for the prominent shape at its ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Fiberglass, Linen, Fabric, Wood
Sunday Daybed Oak and Boucle
Located in Plymouth, GB
Part of the Sunday collection exclusive to Fosfeen, and designed by Founder Oliver A-J, the Sunday Day Bed was designed and handcrafted in house with the finest Oak and Bouclé uphols...
Category
2010s British Mid-Century Modern Daybeds
Materials
Bouclé, Oak
19th Century Chinese Pagoda Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
A stunning and rare 19th Century English Chinese pagoda cabinets. This highly stylized hand carved mahogany cabinets features, glass shelving, pagoda gabled roofs, classic Chippendal...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines
Materials
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Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry, part of our metal Kitchen Collection, is designed as a feature element for any space. The three doors on the upper cabinets are fabricated with a kn...
Category
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Certified Maison Bagues Ship Chandelier - iron and crystal
By Maison Baguès
Located in Paris, FR
Certified Maison Baguès Chandelier - iron and crystal
Finish: Gold or Silver gilding
Re-edition of its old model "Le Bateau".
UL listing available for an additional charge.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Iron
White Sea Shells Weddings Treasure Jewelry Box
Located in Boca Raton, FL
White natural sea shells encrusted treasure box in Redmille style. Great sea shells selection. Wonderful decor piece or a great gift.
Category
Late 20th Century Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Shell
English Tortoiseshell Pagoda Form Tea Caddy, Early 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Tortoiseshell Pagoda Form Tea Caddy, Early 19th Century
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Tea Caddies
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Fine 19th Century French Neo-Gothic Gilt Metal Cathedral Church Reliquary Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning pair of very fine quality French Neo-Gothic gilt metal church reliquaries. circa 1860s
Most impressive objets d’art, born in France in the second half of the 19th century...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Gothic Revival Religious Items
Materials
Brass, Bronze
H 14.75 in W 6.75 in D 6.75 in
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian lidded box handcrafted in indigenous hardwoods clad in tortoise shell and decorated with elaborate lacy bone designs, featuring an etched and painted ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Mogens Koch for Rud Radmussen Modular Library in Mahogany
By Mogens Koch, Rud Rasmussen
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Mogens Koch for Rud Rasmussen, modular book case or library, mahogany, Denmark, design 1928
Intriguing and substantial modular library by Danish designer Mogens Koch. This piece is ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Bookcases
Materials
Mahogany
Contemporary Italian Wine Storage Cabinet in Solid Walnut
By Giuliano & Gabriele Cappellettii
Located in NEW YORK, NY
multifunctional storage unit with double glass doors, with plinth and solid wood drawers assembled with dovetails joints and solid wood push-pull opening system.
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Category
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Materials
Metal, Wire
Baradari in White Marble Handcrafted in India
By Stephanie Odegard Collection
Located in New York, NY
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Category
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Materials
Marble
Dioptase, Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
Located in New York, NY
Dioptase, Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene region, Namibia
Measures: 8.5 cm tall x 7 cm wide
Dioptase, once believed to be emerald when first encountered, is amongst the mos...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Namibian Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
Green tortoiseshell tea caddy from England. With two interior covers raised on four silver ball feet. Circa 1870.
Category
Antique 1870s English Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
17th Century Spanish Burled Walnut Vargueno or Collectors Cabinet
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a diminutive burled walnut vargueno, collector or valuables cabinet, with molded cornice and drop front, opening to a multi-drawer interior with two fitted upper dr...
Category
Antique 17th Century Spanish Moorish Cabinets
Materials
Wrought Iron, Brass
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Tortoise Shell Mexican For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the tortoise shell Mexican you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of bone, tortoise shell and wood, every tortoise shell Mexican was constructed with great care. There are 5 variations of the antique or vintage tortoise shell Mexican you’re looking for, while we also have 3 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a tortoise shell Mexican — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right tortoise shell Mexican, those designed in Baroque styles are of considerable interest. Alfonso Marina and Pietra Gallery each produced at least one beautiful tortoise shell Mexican that is worth considering.
How Much is a Tortoise Shell Mexican?
A tortoise shell Mexican can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $8,637, while the lowest priced sells for $150 and the highest can go for as much as $55,000.