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Material: Tortoise Shell
Singing Bird Box by Rochat in Tortoiseshell, Gold and enamel
Located in London, GB
An early Rochat singing bird box with fusee automaton movement numbered 316 and with stamped three tulip mark in the top plate of the movement. The tortoiseshell case with hinged snuff ( or key) compartment to the rear of the box. The gold lid is finely hand painted in enamel with an excellent alpine scene with a mountain in the background, a lake in the forground. The bezel surrounding the grille through which the bird pops up and down is also of gold. The underside of the lid is also beautifully painted with a posie of flowers on a light blue background. The bird, typically for Rochat, is of a large size for a singing bird box and the grille is typical of Rochat's work rather than Bruguier's. The top of the case with a fine border made from gold. The key wound chain driven fusee movement working the bellows & driving multiple cams that on sliding the operating lever to the front, the lid opens and the bird pops up, sings its head off and 1/ turns its head from left to right, 2/ flaps the wings and finally 3/ pirouettes left and right. On completion of his 20 second performance he drops through the superbly pierced silver gilt grille and the lid closes after him. All fusee movements allow the bird a longer performance than the later spring barrel movements but more importantly one extra manipulation, the movement of the head from left to right. Frères Rochat...
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1820s Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Three Antique Turtle Shell Bellows, Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here is an unusual and rare trio of functioning antique bellows crafted in wood leather and turtle shells with a rustic form and beautiful aged patina....
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Giant Victorian Taxidermy Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An extremely rare giant Victorian taxidermy Loggerhead sea turtle
England, 19th century
The extremely large animal with a nice patina, with some parts professionally restored and...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Animal Skin, Epoxy Resin, Paint
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...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Turtleshell hair comb-diadem with chain motif, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Tiara hair comb, in tortoiseshell, topped by an element, also in tortoiseshell, decorated with a sculpted chain motif sloping down from the center towards t...
Category
Early 20th Century French Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Turtleshell hair comb with butterfly in cutnsteel, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Hairdressing comb with blonde tortoiseshell prongs and cut steel decoration depicting a butterfly. France circa 1900. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
Category
Early 20th Century French Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Turtleshell hair comb-diadem, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Tortoiseshell tiara comb for hair surmounted by an element decorated with tortoiseshell volutes. France circa 1900. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
Category
Early 20th Century French Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
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 Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver
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-...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Gold
Jewel walking stick: a head of a child, signed Manolo-Arnould, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: sculpted tortoiseshell knob depicting the head of a child with silver chain around the neck with a four-leaf clover-shaped pendant in silver and green enamel. Silver g...
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Early 20th Century French Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel
Antique Body Ornament Made of Himalayan Shells Secured to a Brass Buckle
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique body ornament from India, Nepal or Tibet, made of strands of old Himalayan shells secured to a brass circular buckle with pierced motifs. Embar...
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19th Century Asian Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Asian Water Pipe Yellow Copper, Tortoiseshell Scale, Tobacco Collectible
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique Chinese Water Pipe in Yellow Copper, decorated with Tortoiseshell Scales. The Rectangular Base gives this Object its Elegance.
French Private...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Copper
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...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Agate, Gold
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer Set by Gleizes
Located in London, GB
Gilt-bronze and Tortoiseshell Clock and Barometer set by Gleizes
French, 19th Century
Height 115cm, width 30cm, depth 7cm
In the Louis XV style, t...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ormolu
French Metamorphic Opera Glasses, 18K Gold
Located in New Orleans, LA
These unique 18K metamorphic gold French opera glasses are the epitome of both elegance and luxury. Exquisitely engraved with delicate floral motifs, these glasses fold up perfectly ...
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19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Gold and ivory snuffbox depicting Mars, Venus and Cupid, France 1750.
Located in Milan, IT
Ivory and tortoiseshell snuffbox with 18 K gold rim. A grisaille miniature depicting Mars, Venus and Cupid. France second half of 18th Century. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Gold snuffbox with miniature, France 1810.
Located in Milan, IT
Snuffbox, Musky Agate and 18 K gold. Miniaute watercoulor on ivory depicting a white dressed woman. Tortoise shell gold piquet framed. France, circa 1810. ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Gold snuffbox, guache, tortoiseshell, France 1784.
Located in Milan, IT
Round snuffbox 18 K gold, tortoiseshell and gouache technique depicting two childs and a landscape. France 1784. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
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Late 18th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Tortoiseshell and gold snuffbox with miniature, Paris 1820.
Located in Milan, IT
18 K gold and tortoiseshell snuffbox with oval miniature painted on ivory, depicting a woman bust in a square gold frame. Maker marks: Pierre Andrè M...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
Gold tortoiseshell snuffbox with miniature depicting Venus and Cupid France 1800
Located in Milan, IT
Round 18 K gold and tortoiseshell snuffbox with a miniature in gold ‘fixé’ technique, depicting Venus and Cupid. France, 1809. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
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Early 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
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