Shell Vitrines

Chinese Black Lacquer Round Hexagon Pagoda Top Mother of Pearl Showcase Lighted Two Doors Display Cabinet Shelves MINT!

This breathtaking late-19th-century German vitrine, signed by the distinguished cabinetmaker J. Groschkus, represents one of the finest examples of Continental craftsmanship from the...

This extremely rare Moroccan inlaid mirrored vitrine bookcase, circa 1890, is an extraordinary example of 19th-century Moorish craftsmanship and...

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This wonderful display cabinet is designed in a ‘Japonisme’ (Japanese) style, which was popular in Europe in the mid-late 19th century. This craze was kick-started by Japan reopening to trade with the West, and exporting Japanese goods—including furniture and decorative art—to Europe. One craftsmen by the name of Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906) established a name for himself in France producing Chinese and Japanese style furniture...

Two gorgeous vitrines in carved wood, with numerous incrustations of mother of pearl engraved and re-ornamented. The design of the central p...

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...

A pair of gorgeous vitrines in carved wood, with numerous incrustations of mother-of-pearl engraved and re-ornamented. The design of the central panels of each showcase are differen...

Elegant 19th-century French display case made of precious wood finely marquetry with exotic geometric motifs, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and richly adorned with gilded bronze. The...

Very unique display cabinet. Features 3 lighted display sections across the top & 2 cupboard doors on the base. Tessellated Horn, Tessellated Mother-of-Pearl, & Brass Inlay over Woo...