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Material: 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

Antique Dutch Colonial VOC Batavian Tortoise Shell Silver Sirih Casket 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A rare, Dutch Colonial, Batavian (now Jakarta) Dutch East Indies silver and tortoise shell Sirih casket, circa 1750. The casket was used for storing highly prized betel nut, which was chewed ritually by high ranking Indonesian officials and adopted by settlers from the Dutch East Indies Company...
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1750s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

1905 Edwardian Leather, Tortoiseshell and Silver Mounted Letter Box
Located in Morristown, NJ
1905, England, Unusual and striking Edwardian letter box with leather sides. The curved top and base are mounted with scrolling sterling silver. T...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Chandelier from Charles Aznavour's Collection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ebony, ormolu Tortoiseshell and brass inlaid chandelier from the collection of Charles Aznavour...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

Pair of Small Walnut Tables with Boulle-Work Tops by Pillinini
By Pillinini
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of small walnut tables with Boulle-work tops by Pillinini, each with a circular top decorated with brass and pewter marquetry, embellished with black penwork, inlaid into a to...
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1950s French Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Pewter

Antique Sterling Silver & Tortoiseshell Picture Frame by J B Carrington, 1905
By John Bodman Carrington
Located in London, GB
Presenting an exquisite Antique Sterling Silver & Tortoiseshell Photo Frame, crafted in London in 1905 by John Bodman Carrington. This beaut...
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Early 20th Century British Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tortoise Shell and Brass Inlaid Boulle Centre Table
Located in Lincoln, GB
Gilt bronze mounted tortoise shell and brass inlaid Boulle centre table. Late 19th Century early 20th century. Exquisitely detailed Jean-Jacques Boulle centre table with gilt bronze ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

Tortoise Hand Mirror, Table Mriror, Folding Mirror, 2 Faces Mirror, France 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This mirror is an table mirror, an hand mirror. In faux tortoise plastic. Double face mirror. It has been made in France circa 1970.
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1970s French Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Plastic, Tortoise Shell

Flemish Baroque Tortoiseshell Mirro
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental 17th-century Flemish mirror is crafted in the grand Baroque style. The magnificent frame is veneered in exquisite tortoiseshell with wave-moulded bands of ebony providing a flawless accent. Tortoiseshell and ebony were both among the most precious and coveted materials of the 17th century, and are used to their utmost effect in this exceptionally rare looking glass. Flemish glassworkers enjoyed a reputation of excellence beginning in the 16th century. These skillful craftsmen are credited with the invention of the tin-mercury method of mirror-making, a process that made polished metal mirrors obsolete. They employed and excelled in a number of decorative techniques in creating the frames, including marquetry, japanning (Dutch and Flemish japanning was of the highest quality, surpassing even the English), and the use of tortoiseshell veneering...
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17th Century Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Ebony

18th century Spanish Tortoise Shell Vargueno from McNair Family Collection
Located in Charleston, SC
Early 18th century Spanish vargueno from the McNair family collection. Very good quality and detail, this collectors cabinet is made of rosewood, tortoise shell, and bone and was pho...
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Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Rosewood

Nineteenth Century Dutch Tortoise and Brass Embossed Cushion Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique Baroque style Dutch Cushion mirror with tortoise shell interior panels and framed with bronze repoussé. Large elaborate cresting board with...
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Early 19th Century European Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

Unique Italian Cabinet Vitrine Tortoise Shells by Ottini Milano 1973
Located in Paris, IDF
This unique Mid-century vitrine cabinet, made from solid oak covered by real tortoise shells fully varnished, was made in Milano by a small design studio called Ottini in 1973. It features three transparent glass doors, with glass shelves inside. Ottini were making pieces of furniture to order...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Oak

Bronze and Tortoiseshell Blotter
Located in Tampa, FL
An 1890s English blotter. Bronze, tortoiseshell inside with a leather bottom. In very good condition especially the tortoiseshell.
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1890s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

Faux Tessellated Tortoiseshell Mother-of-Pearl Jewelry Box by Maitland-Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage jewelry box in faux tessellated tortoise shell with mother-of-pearl and Abolone shell edge, circa 1970s. Simple, elegant and unique. Bin #N Jj
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

Portrait on Ivory of a Lady in a Hat in a Brass and Tortoiseshell Frame
Located in Tampa, FL
Portrait on ivory of a lady in a hat in a brass and tortoise shell frame. French paper on back. Circa 1880s, France.
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1880s French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

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

Stunning Late 17th Century Spanish Tortoiseshell Cabinet
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A superb late 17th century Spanish tortoiseshell and ormolu mounted cabinet on stand. The central architectural door opens to reveal a mirrored theatre. The stand a 19th century one ...
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Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Ormolu

Italian Ebonized Frame, Tortoiseshell and Engraved Bone, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian ebonized frame, tortoiseshell and engraved bone, 19th century. Measures: 52 x 41cm 39.5 x 29.5cm Very good conditions.
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bone, Tortoise Shell, Wood

Tortoise Glossy Hand Painted Wooden Chair by Laura Gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Glossy tortoise lacquered wooden chair, seat in Schumacher Palermo mohair velvet. Large selection of Schumacher fabric. The chair is hand-painted in Paris.
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2010s French Anglo-Indian Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Wood, Tortoise Shell, Paint

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

Silver and Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Singing bird box by bontems of Paris, Circa 1900. Tortoisesheel embellished with sterling silver, with silver and enamel lid.
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Early 1900s French Late Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Mirror Tortoishell Cushion Moulded 17thc Original Plate/Back Small
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, mid-17th century, Tortoishell, small, cushion framed, mirror with the original plate & back, length 14 ½” height 16”, depth 2½” The tortoishell is striking and was highly prize...
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1650s English Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

19th Century Boulle Louis XVI style Inlaid Centre Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French 19th century boulle inlaid centre table, having gilded ormolu mounts, a single frieze drawer and raised on a four splay out swept base.
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19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

Faux Tortoiseshell Small Early 20th Century Layered Folding Jewelry Box w/Clasp
Located in Larkspur, CA
This is a multi layered folding faux tortoise jewelry box with vertical clasps. It’s originally from London, and is meant for compartmentalizing jewe...
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Early 20th Century European Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

English Blond Tortoiseshell Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
A very fine quality English blond tortoiseshell dome topped mantel clock of the Edwardian period. Ivory Stringing to front. Set upon four bun feet the clock has a stepped base and is...
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Early 1900s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Pair of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Boulle Cabinet Vitrines
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and most impressive pair of French 19th century Napoleon III period Ebony, Tortoiseshell, brass, ormolu, and black Belgian marble Boulle cabinet vitrines. Each vitrine is ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Marble, Brass, Ormolu

French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock. c.1860
Located in Norwich, GB
French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock c.1860 Waisted case veneered with red tortoiseshell with finely figured brass and ormolu mounts, surmounted w...
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1860s French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Very Rare French Boulle Marquetry Inlay Cheval Mirror
Located in London, GB
An extraordinary Boulle Marquetry inlaid cheval mirror in the Louis XIV Manner Constructed from bois noirci and dressed with fire gilded bronze mounts throughout, the surfaces de...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

17th-18th Century Spanish Colonial Box With Domed Top
Located in Dallas, TX
Spanish Colonial inlaid bone and faux tortoiseshell domed top box. Original hammered iron hinges. Circa 1680-1740. Excellent condition and very rare.
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1690s Spanish Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Iron

Antique Victorian Silver Card Case Trinket and Snuff Box Regency Grand Tour 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Ladies Well Figure Tortoise Shell Silver Framed Hinged Lid Card Case of generous proportions, made during the first half of the Nineteenth Century. The rectangular hinged cover with lavish silver inlay depicting a trailing branch of flowers and foliage. Condition: Good condition for such an early piece with no losses to inlays, nice surface patination to tortoiseshell. The case closes firmly. Width: (at widest, just over) 5.5" (14cm). Depth: 3” (8cm). ----------------------------------- An oval well figured horn trinket box with separate lid, late Nineteenth Century Condition: Perfect condition, lid closes firmly Width: 4.5” (11.5cms). Depth: 2.25” (5.5cms). ------------------------------------ Rectangular well figured Tortoiseshell hinged lid trinket or snuff box, possibly Regency period Condition: Tiny loss at one corner, otherwise excellent. Width: (just under) 3.5” (8.5cms). ------------------------------------ Rectangular horn and Tortoiseshell Snuff Box...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Tortoiseshell Mantel Clock with Silver Inlay and Stringing
Located in London, GB
Antique English tortoiseshell mantel clock with silver inlay, mouldings and stringing.T he balloon waisted case with arch top. Most unusually with gold leaf laid under tortoiseshell...
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1890s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Ultra Glossy Turtoise Lacquered Wooden Armchair Designed by Laura Gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Ultra glossy turtoise lacquered wooden armchairs designed by Laura Gonzalez for 2022 Spring furniture exhibition. Hand painted in Paris, fabric by...
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2010s French Modern Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Wood, Paint

John Widdicomb for John Stuart Mid-Century Modern Faux Tortoise Wall Mirror
Located in Plainview, NY
A Mid-Century Modern faux tortoise wall or console mirror designed by John Widdicomb for and manufactured by John Stuart. The beautiful mirror features fine curvy design and the faux tortoise in light and dark brown surface patten is gorgeous. The mirror can be placed in many ways, as a wall mirror in a dressing room, in a hallway or as console mirror as we well...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Commode Style Boulle of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
A sensational and extremely high quality French 19th century Napoleon III Period ebony, brass and ormolu.
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

Simple and Modern Wood Zaragoza Console with Bone Inlays
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.  
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Wood, Bone, Tortoise Shell

Late 19th Century Tortoise Shell Needle Case with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century tortoise shell needle case with a mother of pearl inlay. A knife box shape with a hinged lid and a package of the original needles in the original packaging marked ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

French Green Tortoiseshell Boule Religeuse Style Clock
Located in London, GB
A very attractive antique French green stained tortoiseshell boulle mantle clock in the French XVIIth century Religeuse style. Beautifully inlaid with brass & pewter. Velvet covered ...
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1890s French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Pewter

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

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Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Ebony

18th Century Italian Giltwood Element Fish Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique 18th century giltwood element fish sculpture. This piece includes antique fragments along with a tortoise shell and sea shells. A real conversation piece.
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18th Century Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Shell, Wood

French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Boulle Boîte À Bijouax, Signed Tahan
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XIV st. Boulle Boîte à Bijoux, signed "Tahan - Fournisseur du Roi" (Royal cabinetmake...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

Pair of Flemish Early 19th Century Baroque St. Tortoiseshell Mirrors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning pair of Flemish early 19th century Baroque st. Tortoiseshell mirrors. Each mirror retains its original beveled mirror plates set within a beautiful unique wave like design...
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19th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mirror

Commode Style Boulle of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
Perfect condition, renovated according to the museum's procedures. Distinguished by beautiful ornaments, Boulle-style furniture is nowadays valuable items on the antiques market. The creator of this style is the court artist of Louis XIV, Charles Boulle, who made furniture for many of the Versailles chambers.The Boulle style is a characteristic marquetry technique consisting in decorating the base wood with other types of wood and metals such as silver, bronze, tin, brass, as well as ivory and tortoiseshell (material obtained from the horn mass of turtle carapaces...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

Austrian Tortoise Shell Silver Box
Located in Delft, NL
Austrian Tortoise shell Silver box Austrian Tortoise shell Silver box in the shape of an envelope with a flap. The flap is with a spring. The box is marked with the Austrian Silve...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Wall Clock 18th Century Boulle
Located in Warsaw, PL
This magnificent cantilever clock was made in France in the 18th century during the reign of Louis XV. The clock exhibits many decorative elements and features from the reign of Loui...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

Antique French Inlaid Brass, Tortoise, and Mother of Pearl Cave À Liqueur
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French inlaid brass, Tortoise, and Mother of pearl cave À Liqueur with Baccarat crystal glassware.
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19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Crystal, Brass

Rare 17th Century Neapolitan Ebony Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Cabinet
Located in Benington, Herts
Rare 17th Century Neapolitan Ebony Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Cabinet From the Perego Collection in Monza, an important 17th Century Italian arch...
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17th Century Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony

French Bureau Plat of Ebony and Brass Inlay with Ormolu Mounts, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Fine Bureau Plat in the Manner of André-Charles Boulle Constructed in ebony with arabesque foliate cut brass inlays, with premiere-partie panels set with tortoiseshell grounds and brass inlay work, and having extensive fine quality ormolu mounts; rising from animal paw sabots, mounted with female masks at the shoulders; the apron housing three drawers, with faux drawers to the obverse, the central drawers set with a Bacchic mask issuing foliates, the platform of serpentine form, having a brass guard edge, and inset with a gilt tooled morocco leather. Stamped to the carcass ‘BF’ and ‘Gros’. French, Circa 1870 Denise Ledoux-Lebard’s ‘Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siecle’. Published by les Editions de l’Amateur, 2000, lists a Benjamin Gros, whose enterprise amalgamated with the noted ebeniste Winckelsen in 1871; Gros had received an honourable mention for his ‘Boulle’ furniture in the Exposition Universelle in 1855. Literature; Le Mobilier Francais (qv) Seymour de Ricci, Batsford 1929 ‘Louis XIV and Regence Furniture...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass, Ormolu

19th Century French Boulle Louis XVI Style Mazarin / Desk
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century French Boulle Mazarin desk, having wonderful classical scrolling decoration and subjects inlaid in brass and tortoiseshell t...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

Cabinet 19th Century, Napoleon III Period, Style Boulle
Located in Warsaw, PL
This Napoleon III Style cabinet is made of black polished wood, mounted with gilt bronze, inlaid with brass and resting on top is a plate of Belgian black marble. The Napoleon III st...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

Antique 19thc French 8 Day Bell Striking Red Shell & Inlaid Boulle Mantle Clock
Located in London, GB
A superb quality French boulle tortoishell mantel clock. Red ground with fretted brass boulle inlay. The front glazed panel with a visible Louis IV pendulum. ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

French 18th Century Louis XV Period Tortoiseshell and Ormolu Boulle Cartel Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large and important French 18th century Louis XV period Tortoiseshell and ormolu Boulle cartel clock signed Le Faucheur, A Paris. The clock is ra...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Ormolu

Boulle Opening Game Table in Ebony Tortoise Shell and Leather
Located in Cesena, FC
Game table, openable, Boulle. The beautiful side table, from the 1800s, can be opened by making a rotation of the top. High quality, veneered in ebony, tortoiseshell and leather....
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

French Early 18th Century Louis XV Period Tortoise Shell and Ormolu Cartel Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French early 18th century Louis XV period tortoise shell and ormolu mounted Cartel clock. The impressive clock rests on its original wall mou...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Ormolu

Commode Style Boulle of French 19th Century Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
French antique Boulle cabinet. Boulle one of France’s leading cabinetmakers, whose fashion of inlaying, called boulle, or buhl, work, swept Europe and was heavily imitated during th...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

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

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Crystal, Sterling Silver

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

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Tortoise Shell

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

19th Century Tortoiseshell / Ormolu Westminster Chiming Mantle Clock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and fine quality late 19th Century English bracket / mantel clock. Veneered in red Tortoiseshell and having wonderful gilded ormolu mounts and mouldings. Having fla...
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Late 19th Century English Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Ormolu

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