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Material: Tortoise Shell
Antique Tortoise Mother of Pearl Veneer Table Lamp, Original Finial
Located in Lomita, CA
An antique tortoise shell lamp with mother of pearl is rare and beautiful. This lamp is a wonderful example of the end of the art nouveau and start of the art deco period with its curved elliptical design and organic palette. The lamp is trimmed in brass at the top and has a black painted oval base. The tortoise shell and mother of pearl veneer are outstanding, and the finial is original.. Of oval section with an oval shaped brass neck, clad in bricked tiles...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Pair of Large Tortoise Shell Candleholders by Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of large tortoiseshell candle holders by Maitland Smith, circa 1970s, both pieces are 6.375" in diameter and have a concaved metal top for candle placement. The larger...
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Mid-20th Century Philippine Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Metal

George IV Tortoiseshell and Ebonized Mahogany Tilt-Top Table
Located in New York, NY
The octagonal top inlaid with tortoiseshell and flame mahogany secured by metal studs; raised on an ebonized chamfered columnar support on a quadripartite base on turned feet.
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Mahogany

Silver and Tortoiseshell Pique inlaid photo Frame by Henry Matthews
Located in London, GB
A fine silver pique work and tortoiseshell inlaid photo frame by Henry Matthews. Silver hall marks for Henry Matthews, Birmingham, 1916. With silver, hallmarked strut backing.
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1910s English Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Pair of Tortoise Sphinx's by Anthony Redmile
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of reclining sphinx's with tortoise and brass inlay's by Anthony Redmile.
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20th Century English Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

17th century and later simulated tortoiseshell, gilt decorated strong box
Located in London, GB
An outstanding 17th century and later simulated tortoiseshell, gilt decorated, and iron bound strong box. With Chinoiserie decoration, the hinged top enclosing void interior with iro...
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17th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Iron

Pondichery Chair in Hand-Painted Tortoise by Laura Gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Inspired by Punjabi wedding chairs, the tortoise Pondichery chair is made with a hand-carved wooden base and features a hand-painted tortoiseshel...
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2010s French Anglo-Indian Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Wood, Tortoise Shell, Paint, Fabric, Lacquer

Italian Early 18th Century Baroque Period Ten-Drawer, One Door Specimen Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning Italian early 18th century Baroque period ebonized fruit wood, tortoiseshell and bone ten drawer, one door specimen cabinet. The cabinet is raised by claw and ball feet below a mottled border. Each drawer displays two exquisite central tortoiseshell reserves framed within an etched bone foliate border and a mottled border with a fine pierced brass foliate keyhole escutcheon. Each drawer is separated by charming and detailed pierced brass rosettes. Leading up each side are intricately etched bone inlayed plaques with masks and foliate garlands. The central door displays a sensational bone inlay on rosewood, of a striking monument with grand columns and a superbly detailed horse and rider spearing a dragon. The door opens to reveal an additional drawer with two detailed charming scenes. The beautiful finished interior, with the original mirror plates in the background, is framed within impressive columns and a unique and most decorative bone and ebonized fruit wood checkered floor...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Bone, Tortoise Shell, Fruitwood

Pair of Korean Lacquer Wood Stacking Nong Cabinets with Striking Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of two-tier stacking cabinets, known as Nong in Korean, circa early 20th century (Korean Empire to Japanese Colonial Period). The square cabinet each is fitted with a pai...
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Early 20th Century Korean Other Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

French Louis XV Style Boulle Mantel Clock with Ormolu Mounts and Cherub Finial
By Ecole Boulle
Located in Dallas, TX
.Decorate a study or formal living room with this exquisite vintage Boulle clock. Crafted in France circa 1950, the tall mantel timepiece stands on its original shaped base over bronze scrolled feet and decorative foliate mounts. The bombe-shaped case, richly inlaid with red tortoiseshell and intricate brass marquetry, features an arched pediment surmounted by a finely cast gilt bronze cherub blowing a trumpet. The ornate front showcases a gilt-bronze dial with raised floral and foliate motifs, blue and white enamel Roman numerals, and delicate hands. The glass door reveals the pendulum and inner ornamentation, including a sunburst motif centered by a mascaron face. This elegant mid-century interpretation of an 18th-century Louis XV Boulle clock...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Enamel

Rare Asprey London Sterling Silver 1917 Jewelry Box Charles & Richard Comyns
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Asprey London 1917 solid sterling silver Jewellery box with a faux tortoiseshell top made by the amazing Charles and Richard...
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1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Rare 19th Century Louis XIV Style 'Boulle' Marquetry Console Table
Located in London, GB
A Louis XIV Style Brass-Inlaid Marquetry Console Table After the design by André-Charles Boulle Constructed from ebony, with excellent hand-chased and gilded bronze mounts, the shap...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Small 19th Century French Boulle Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality small late 19th century French Boulle inlaid bureau plat, having an inset leather top, brass inlay and tortoiseshell to the top, frieze and legs, gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer with a Bramah lock...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

Continental 19th Century Ebonized Fruitwood And Tortoiseshell Cabinet Vitrine
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome and elegant Continental 19th century ebonized Fruitwood and Tortoiseshell cabinet vitrine. This beautiful freestanding vitrine is raised by four slender square tapere...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Fruitwood

Monumental 19th Century Boulle Vitrine
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very large and impressive 19th century French boulle inlaid and ormolu-mounted vitrine. Having a pair of glassed doors, bearded monopodia ormolu ...
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1860s French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Ormolu

An Indo-Portuguese colonial tortoiseshell veneered wooden casket
Located in Amsterdam, NL
India, probably made in Gujarat for Portuguese Goa, late 17th/early 18th century The tortoiseshell laid over gold foil, and the interior with red lacquer and possibly later added re...
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Late 17th Century Indian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

A rare pair of painted armorial Green Sea Turtle shells (Chelonia mydas)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, late 19th century Each large carapace is intricately painted with heraldic emblems. The first shell bears the coat-of-arms of the Tyerman family, while the second depicts t...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Regency Bronze Hound Dog Sculpture on Tortoiseshell Base
Located in New York, NY
Regency bronze hound dog sculpture on tortoiseshell base. English bronze hunting dog sculpture on original low sculpted plinth base sheathed in t...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Wood

Table Cabinet, Mid-17th Century, Flemish Baroque, Ebonized and Tortoishell
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
This cabinet was made in Flanders in the mid-17th century as a prestigious item for an affluent member of the professional classes. The significant amount of tortoishell employed dem...
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Mid-17th Century European Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

1860s French Boulle Writing Desk
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1860s French boulle writing desk. No shelves.
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1860s Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Dutch antique tortoiseshell hanging wall mirror
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
Dutch tortoiseshell mirror Ebonised ripple moulded frame of concave form, the old mirror plate with blemishes. Dutch, late 19th Century 56.5cm H, 48.5cm W, 6cm D.
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Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Fine and Unusual Napoleon III period antique French Boulle marquetry cabinet
Located in London, GB
Fine and Unusual Napoleon III period antique French Boulle marquetry cabinet French, c.1870 Height 165cm, width 174cm, depth 51cm This piece is a splendid, ebonised wood antique cabinet...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Ormolu, Brass

Inlaid Italian Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Carved wood table inlaid with tortoiseshell and bone with scenes of time in Italy. Circa 1860.
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1860s Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Bone, Tortoise Shell, Wood

Late Nineteenth Century Tortoiseshell Mirror
Located in London, GB
A fine wall mirror with arched pediment, the frame with reeded border and veneered with vibrant tortoiseshell surrounding the two part bevelled...
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1890s British Dutch Colonial Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Ebony

Early 20th Century Antique Crystal Dresser Jar with a Tortoise & Sterling Lid
Located in Stamford, CT
Early 20th century English cut crystal dresser jar with a tortoise shell and sterling silver lid with inlay. This is a beautiful and hard to find piece from a private collector who t...
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Early 20th Century Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Louis XVI Boulle mantel clock, 19th Century.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French Louis XVI style Boulle mantel clock, having Father Time perched above the brass inlaid dome, scrolling foliate ormolu mounts, white enamel Rom...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

Indo-Portuguese Mughal Bar with Faux Tortoiseshell Decore, Bone, Ebony & Iron
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Iron

Boulle Writing Desk
Located in New York, NY
Well-proportioned French black lacquer and Boulle writing desk with metal gallery raised back. Writing surface covered in leather, and drawers with...
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19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Commode Style Boulle of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
This stunning 19th-century Boulle-style cabinet is a remarkable example of fine craftsmanship and opulent design. Its intricate marquetry, inspired by the legendary André-Charles Bou...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A lovely bow front tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with mother of pearl flowers and topped with a silver badge. English, circa 1870.
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1870s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Early 20th Century Tortoise Shell Letter opener with a Sterling Silver Handle
Located in Stamford, CT
Simply amazing Tortoise Shell letter opener with a sterling silver handle one of the best I have seen. Its a very beautiful looking piece and in one of the photos shows the tortoise ...
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Early 20th Century English Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Erotic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A scintillating Sapphic scene adorns the cover of this rare erotic snuff box. Set into the top of this burlwood and tortoiseshell container, this high...
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19th Century European Other Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Glass

Antique French Gilt Bronze and Boulle Marquetry Jardinière
Located in London, GB
Antique French gilt bronze and Boulle marquetry jardinière French, Late 19th Century Height 38cm, width 78cm, depth 45cm This superb jardinière is crafted using several complex tec...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Vitrine Cabinet, Signed Pretot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most unique French 19th century Napoleon III Period ebony, ormolu, tortoiseshell, brass, pewter, Lapis Lazuli, mother of pearl, and black Belgian marble vitrine cabinet, signed Pretot. The four door buffet is raised by a beautiful scalloped shaped base with most elegant scrolled movements. The base is adorned with striking richly chased ormolu mounts of lovely rosettes, foliate Rinceaux designs, and a most impressive central mask of a bearded man amidst large acanthus leaves, all set on an ebony background with fine brass fillets. The two central doors are decorated with stunning masterfully executed scrolled foliate brass designs with intricately detailed maiden's faces, birds, and central pewter and colorful pietra dura urns above an exceptional lattice design with a Lapis Lazuli background and a bottom mother of pearl palmette all set on a superb tortoiseshell background. Each outer door retains its original glass pane set within a foliate ormolu band and a sensational inlaid frame with additional brass designs of interlocking geometric patterns, lovely scrolled foliate movements, finely detailed palmettes at each corner, and striking most charming pietra dura inlaid floral reserves. All four doors display foliate ormolu keyhole escutcheons and open to reveal two adjustable upholstered shelves...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Lapis Lazuli, Belgian Black Marble, Brass, Ormolu, Pewter

19th Century French Boulle Inlaid Side Cabinet or Credenza
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century French Boulle serpentine fronted credenza, having shaped glazed doors to either end with shelves within. The central door with classical scrolling fo...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

Italian Tortoiseshell Cabinet With Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
A late 18th century Italian tortoiseshell inlaid cabinet with multiple drawers, a compartment on the top, a mirror, a center niche and a pullout shelf or writing desk at the bottom. ...
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1780s Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Wood, Paint

Pair of 19th Century French Boulle Inlaid Side Cabinets
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of French late 19th century French Louis XVI style Boulle side cabinets, each with their original white marble tops, red ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Continental 19th century Baroque st. Tortoiseshell and Ebonized Fruitwood mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative Continental early 19th century Baroque st. Tortoiseshell and Ebonized Fruitwood mirror. This wonderful rectangular mirror retains its original beveled ...
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19th Century Unknown Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Fruitwood

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.
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1870s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Antique Pictorial enamel and underbelly-cut tortoiseshell singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A fine antique pictorial enamel and underbelly-cut tortoiseshell singing bird box, Circa 1910, Going-barrel movement, Soft streaks of light throughout this fabulous case... When wound and start/stop slide moved to the right, the bird emerges through the pierced and tooled gilt grille, moving bone beak, wings and body from side-to-side to continuous synchronized birdsong. With the bird displaying...
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1890s Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Flemish Tortoiseshell Frame with Red and Black Marbling
Located in Dallas, TX
A striking and rare Flemish frame dating from circa 1800–1820, crafted in genuine tortoiseshell with richly saturated red and black coloring. The natural marbling of the shell gives ...
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Early 1800s Finnish Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Mounted Boulle Style Cabinet & Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A mid-late 19th century monumental Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted ebony, red tortoiseshell and designed brass Boulle style cabinet and mirror Each Boulle style marquetry panel wit...
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Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Bronze

Memento mori: a snuffbox in blonde tortoiseshell, gold, white agate. France 1820
Located in Milan, IT
Round Cylindrical snuffbox, regular, consisting of a base and a removable interlocking lid. On the lid a ring in smooth pink gold, which stops a glass lens. Inside a rare Memento mori decoration painted in oil on a white agate table...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Agate, Gold

Antique Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box, Most Probably by Bontems
Located in London, GB
A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, most probably by Bontems, Going barrel movement, Gilt metal two-tone brilliance... When wound and start/stop slide moved to the right, the bird pops up through foliate chased gilt grille, then proceeds to move bone beak, wings and body from side-to-side to good complex continuous synchronized birdsong. The bird with streaked feathered plumage in brown, yellow, turquoise and red, lime green and purple iridescent highlights, highly polished lid interior for full bird reflection, in plain polished tortoiseshell case, twinned laurel leaf engraved bird lid border with the bird lid engraved with love birds and rose united beneath leaf swag arch, accentuated with gilt on silvered ground, hidden key...
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1880s French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Fine 17th Century Dutch Colonial Armorial Tortoiseshell & Silver Box, Dated 1691
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A dutch tortoiseshell box with two engraved silver plaques Amsterdam, 1691, with maker's mark of Steven des Rousseaux (1654-1733) H. 5 cm Diam. 12.5 cm Note: Steven des ...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Sterling Silver

English Georgian Tortoise Shell Sewing Box with Silver Winged Paw Feet, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Georgian Tortoise shell hinged sewing box with a gadrooned molded edge lid, fitted tufted interior, and resting on the original silver plate winged paw feet. Early 19th Century
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1810s English Georgian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Gold and Amber Faux Bamboo Cane Top Console Table
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern tortoise finish faux bamboo console table.      
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Faux Bamboo

Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large faux tortoiseshell tea caddy from England. Lovely shape and sterling plate on top this hasn't been monogramed. Sitting on ball feet, circa 1860.
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1860s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Turtle Shell Lamp ca. 1970s
Located in Geneva, CH
Beautiful Tortoise turtle shell mounted on a brass and acrylic base. In the style of Willy Daro or Maison Jansen creations. Very good condition. H 72 x W 55 x D 30 cm Standard bulb E...
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1970s European Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

French Tortoiseshell Boulle Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
French Tortoiseshell Boulle clock with ormolu mounts surmounted by an ornate central finial. Gilded dial with segmented blue enamel Roman numer...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Large gilt bronze mounted ebonized wood and Boulle work antique vitrine cabinet
Located in London, GB
The stunning cabinet in the Napoleon III style and of the sam period, featuring inlaid Boulle work panels of brass and fine scarlet tortoise shell, with cast ormolu mounts depicting ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

A rare Indonesian tortoiseshell sirih casket with gold mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Batavia (Jakarta), 19th century, apparently unmarked H. 5 x W. 18 x D. 13 cm Before settling down to business in the former Dutch East Indies, sirih had to be offered in the most e...
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19th Century Indonesian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Gold

French Napoleon III Period Boulle Inlaid fliptop Games Table
Located in Forney, TX
A fine French Napoleon III Second Empire Period (1852-1870) fliptop card game table. Make a statement with this striking example of high-quality Parisian craftsmanship. Exquisitel...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Bronze

Coral and Onyx Turtleshell Hair Comb-Diadem, United States, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Rare hair comb, diadem, turtleshell, surmounted by a gilt silver element decorated with volutes in an entourage of natural Mediterranean coral pearls (Rubrum Corallium) of an orange-...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Coral, Gold

Tortoise Shell Decorative Box with Paw Feet. Tortoise Shell With Bun Feet.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Tortoise shell decorative box with bun feet. We have other tortoise boxes similar in form that would be a lovely collection. Feel free to call or email with questions. Priced per b...
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19th Century English Anglo-Indian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Tortoise Shell mirror ripple frame
Located in MILL, NL
Fantastic Tortoise shell ripple frame mirror. Dutch/Flemish, mid 20th century.
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

A large Edwardian shaped rectangular silver and tortoiseshell piqué box
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Edwardian shaped rectangular silver and tortoiseshell piqué box, the hinged lid with a dainty basket suspended from a bow with long ribbons entwined with flowering tendrils, ...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Silver

Tortoise Shell Sewing Box on Stand, circa 1860
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This wonderful example of a 19th century tortoise shell sewing box on stand opens to original fabric lined interior of compartments with a central ...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

19th Century Napoleon III Boulle Style Console and Game Table
Located in Germantown, MD
This 19th century serpentine front fold top console and games table captures the essence of André Charles Boulle’s work perfectly; with classical designs in brass inlay to the top, ...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Antique 18th Century Boulle Bracket Clock by Brezagez and Marchand
Located in London, GB
Antique 18th century Boulle bracket clock by Brezagez and Marchand French, circa 1740 Measures: Clock: Height 87cm, width 47cm, depth 21cm Bracket: Height 40cm, width 53cm, depth 24cm Total: Height 127cm This beautiful 18th century French bracket clock...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Ormolu

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