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Material: Shell
Vintage Sailors Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty vintage sailors valentine handcrafted with exotic organic seashells ambitiously composed with a heart and flowers inside geometric borders. Presen...
Category
20th Century American Romantic Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell
Vintage Large Shellwork Sailor's Valentine
Located in Downingtown, PA
Vintage Sailor's Valentine,
Shellwork,
20th Century.
The impressive Valentine shellwork has a cover which is now displayed separately. The valentine is in an octagonal mahogany box...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell
Antique Anglo-Indian Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Cabinet for Wall or Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an early Anglo-Indian with elaborate mother-of-pearl inlay and carved and pierced details. The wood is most likely teak. I think it could work well from wall to table.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Anglo-Indian Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Teak
19thc Antique French Hand-Painted Double Sided Fan with Gilded Mother of Pearl
Located in Savannah, GA
This splendid highly decorative, colorful double sided fan is beautifully hand-painted and on the front side features stunning figures dressed in French Court attire. The background ...
Category
1810s French Rococo Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
Group of Three Antique Anchor Form Sailors Valentines, Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique group of three sailors valentines from the West Indies in an unusual anchor form, hand decorated in exotic seashells and featuring pincushions, giving function to form. Price...
Category
Early 20th Century English British Colonial Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Felt
Sea Life and Shell Diorama /Shadow Box
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-715 Beautiful sea life diorama including sea shells various crustaceans ,seahorse starfish encased in a walnut frame under glass.
Brass hanging ring
Category
1950s Vintage Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell
Vintage Set Of Wall Panels, Chinese, Lacquer, Mother of Pearl, Oriental Display
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage set of decorative wall panels. A Chinese, lacquer and Mother of Pearl inlaid Oriental display panel, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Striking colour ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Antique Pair of Large Mother of Pearl Serving Spoons Shadow Box Framed Art 20"
Located in Dayton, OH
Beautiful pair of antique mother of pearl shell servings spoons with silverplate handles. The spoons are neatly framed in a shadowbox b...
Category
Early 20th Century Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Antique Star Form Sailors Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alluring antique sailors valentine crafted in a star form and ambitiously hand decorated with exotic seashells inside and out, around a picture of sailboats in a bay as seen through ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Glass
Vintage Sailors Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty vintage sailors valentine handcrafted with exotic organic seashells ambitiously composed with a heart and flowers inside geometric borders. Presen...
Category
20th Century American Romantic Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell
Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells with Heart and Star Designs
Located in Downingtown, PA
Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells,
Barbados, West Indies,
Circa 1885
A double sailor's valentine with Spanish Cedar box with two sides. The right side is centered with a heart within within a ring of pink shells with beds of different colored sea shells at the border The left side has a star in the center and also with a circular ring of shells with alternating panels around the border
Dimensions: Open: 18 1/2 inches wide x 9 inches x1 1/2 inches deep; Closed: 9 inches wide x 9 inches high x 3 inches deep
See an article from the Seaport Museum, New York City, about the story and history of valentines.
From Wikipedia
A sailor's valentine is a form of shellcraft, a type of mostly antique souvenir...
Category
1880s Bajan Folk Art Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell
Wall Plaque Pagoda with Mother of Pearl & Lacquer Vietnamese 1970's
Located in Fulton, CA
Vietnamese carved Mother-of Pearl and lacquer wall plaque. Featuring a Pagoda at center with flora, water and women in boat. Circa. 1970's.
19.5 inches high.
31.5 inches wide.
.5 in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
English Shellwork Pictures in Original Giltwood Frames, Set of Three, circa 1840
Located in Kinderhook, NY
An exquisite set of three English circa 1840 shellwork pictures in original giltwood frames composed of various Caribbean or West Indian seashells depicting fanciful designs of a fol...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Blown Glass, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sexe modesty apron (pikuran), Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
These colorful cache-sexe were worn for celebrations, rit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Beads
Pair Early 20th Century Moroccan Wall Shelves
Located in Houston, TX
Pair 1920s or earlier Moroccan wood and mother of pearly inlay wall shelves. These wonderful Múdejar design shelves feature abstract geometry, horseshoe and multifoil arches, and honeycombed vaults called muqarnas supported by miniature columns.
Category
Early 20th Century Moorish Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Oriental Style Shelf, France, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Oriental style corner wall shelf in carved wood with moucharabieh decoration and mother-of-pearl pastilles on the edge of the shelf.
Category
1890s French Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
18th Century Italian Gilt Tabernacle Door with Turquoise Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold gilded tabernacle door adorned with naturally forming baroque pearls. This door once belonged on a tabernacle which housed the eucharist in a church. In the...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Chinese wall panel Asia black lacquered mother of pearl
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Japanese wall panel black lacquered mother of pearl
Verry good condition
Category
1960s Vintage Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Vintage Coastal Artisan Shell Brackets - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
A stunning pair of vintage Coastal decorative wall brackets. Artisan made shell finish using beautiful vintage shells. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century American Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Wood
Chinese Panel Art Depicting Birds and Branches in Raised Mother of Pearl Pieces
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese panel art featuring a raised bird perched on a flowering tree branch detailed in pieces of mother of pearl against a burgundy and brown floral bordered background in a carved...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Large Abstract Sculptural Collage Signed Krasner
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large captivating abstract abstract mixed on board, showcasing a stunning fusion of metal, shells, plaster and paint in a mesmerizing 3D relief. The bottom half of the artwork is ado...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Painted Paper and Mother of Pearl Fan
Located in Brea, CA
19th century French painted paper and mother of pearl fan, shadow-box framed antique ladies fan, made of mother of pearl with a hand embellished re...
Category
1850s French French Provincial Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Pair of Dutch Verre Églomisé Paintings, Original Giltwood Frames, 19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Fine and rare pair of antique Dutch Verre Églomisé reverse oil paintings on glass panels - featuring moody landscapes with a castle and church, having ...
Category
19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Italian Grotto Style Framed Seashell Arrangement or Valentine
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty antique Italian bisected seashell arrangement ambitiously composed in a floral motif. Presented under a convex lens in a distressed ceramic round frame.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Hardwood
19th Century French Painted Silk of Mother of Pearl Fan with Frame Case
Located in Brea, CA
19th Century French painted silk of mother of pearl fan, shadow-box framed antique ladies fan, made of mother of pearl with gold leaf on the outer ...
Category
1850s French French Provincial Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century Japanese Shibayama Lacquered Inlay Charger, Meiji Period
Located in London, GB
19th Century Shibayama Lacquered Inlay Charger, Meiji Period, Japan
A decorative 19th Century Japanese charger beautifully depicting herons and pi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
French Set of Six Mother of Pearl Miniature Portraits
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of six beautiful hand-painted miniature portraits with mother of pearl details, having bronze framing and velvet cover in the back. Three of the six are signed. Made in France, l...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Incredible Set of 4 Red Chinoiserie Panels with Mother of Pearl Relief
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Incredible Asian artwork consisting of 4 rectangular vertical panels having meticulous mother of pearl relief against a fabulous red painted background. ...
Category
1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Tony (Kiss) Lithograph by Elizabeth Peyton, 2000
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
*Tony (Kiss)* (2000), a color lithograph by Elizabeth Peyton, exemplifies her intimate and emotionally resonant approach to portraiture. Depicting Tony Just,...
Category
20th Century Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Abalone
Lovely Cast Stone & Shell Wall Bracket
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Vintage cast stone wall bracket adorned with natural seashells.
Category
1930s American Vintage Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Cast Stone
3 Syrian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Wall Shelves
Located in Dallas, TX
Group of three Syrian mother of pearl inlaid wooden wall shelves. The intricately carved wood of each is inlaid with designs in mother of pearl wit...
Category
20th Century Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Antique Italian Mixed Media Grotto Style Collage with Seashells
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming neoclassic yet naive mixed media collage using a sea fan and seashells as a bouquet in a watercolor classical urn with scholastic style notes. Presented under glass in a wor...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Coral
Yoruba Beaded Sash, c. 1950
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately-constructed colorful train was painstakingly created by Yoruba artisans in Nigeria in the mid-20th century. Recent designs such as this were based upon sashes that s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Beads
Antique Miniature Portrait of Konig Ludwig II with Mother of Pearl Frame 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Miniature Portrait of Konig Ludwig II with Mother of Pearl Frame, Signed 19thC
Measures - 3.75"H x 3.25"W x .5"D
Category
19th Century Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Set of 4 black Asian wall panels with mother-of-pearl inlays
Located in Berlin, DE
4 black Asian wall panels with mother-of-pearl inlays
Solid wood oval-shaped wall panels with elaborate mother-of-pearl inlays depicting cranes and ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Shell and white branch coral necklaces mounted in a custom shadowbox
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Threaded cluster of shell and white branch coral necklaces mounted on a green linen backing in a shadow box frame.
Category
20th Century Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Coral
Pair of 18th Century Irish Georgian Wall Brackets with Agate Coral and Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Irish Georgian sconces with agate coral and coordinating gold leaf baroque pearls.
Fossil agate coral is Florida's state stone and is known for its unique formation that can take place over 20 million years. It's a natural gemstone that is created when Prehistoric coral is gradually replaced with agate.
The pair is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the pieces and the period shows that the pair of Irish Georgian wall brackets are originally 18th century.
The pairs of Georgian sconces...
Category
18th Century Irish Rococo Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century Antique Jerusalem Mother of Pearl Shell Carved Plaques
Located in London, GB
A beautiful collection of five shells engraved from the Holy Land depicts a religion scenes, three of them depicts the last supper in Jerusalem, the other two depicts scenes from the...
Category
Late 19th Century Israeli Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Beautiful Antique Oval Shell Shadow Box Diorama
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely Nantucket 19th century oval shell diorama having artistically arranged collection of natural shells against pale blue background. The old world f...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Glass, Wood
Antique English "Victorian” Framed Seashell Shadow Box, Circa 1860-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English "Victorian” Framed Seashell Shadow Box, Circa 1860-1870.
Exotic Shell Collection
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Wood
English paper mache face screen with inset abalone, 1830-40
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Black paper mache face screen with inlaid abalone and highlighted in gilt with an overall floral spray. These screens were used by women to shield th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Abalone, Rosewood, Paper
Robert Natkin- Rare Original 1966 Work in Charcoal 9657
Located in Ukiah, CA
Robert Natkin- Rare Original 1966 Work in Charcoal 9657 ( 21"W x 26"H - Art: 12.75"W x 17.75"H ) There were a number of Works done in this style in the mid-60s, but this is the only...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Abalone, Acrylic
Pair of Large Moroccan Inlaid Wall Shelves or Brackets
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable Moroccan wall shelves handcrafted in mahogany featuring parapet tops, architectural nooks, finials, balustrades, stick and ball panels, elaborate geometric inlays...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Mahogany
Antique Sailors Valentine with Steam Ship
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming antique sailors valentine handcrafted and ambitiously decorated with exotic seashells inside and out around a picture of a steamship as seen through the convex glass lens.
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Glass
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sex Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sex modesty apron (Pikuran),
Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
These colorful cache-sex were worn for celebrations, rituals...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Beads
Organic Modern Coastal 3 S Sea Shells In Shadow Box Frames
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage Sea Shells mounted in shadow box frames. Elegant modern coastal design. 20” by 20” shadow box frames.
Category
1990s American Organic Modern Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell
Vintage Seashell Wall Hanging
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage handmade seashell wall sculpture. A beautiful addition to any room. A very dramatic over door piece.
Category
20th Century American Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell
Persian Engraved Ghalam-Zani Brass Islamic Vases with Wooden Wall Brackets
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful pair of Persian engraved Ghalam-zani Islamic brass vases on Middle Eastern Syrian Moorish style wooden wall decorative brackets.
The small Moorish brass vases are finely hand-chased with elaborate designs and presented on hand crafted wooden Arabian brackets inlaid with shell and Syrian fretwork decor.
Engraving (Ghalam-zani) is a term, for artistic metalworking, it is one of the original Persian handicraft, the art of engraving and embossing, hammering, repousse and chasing elaborate designs, patterns and shapes on metals such as copper, silver, gold, and brass to form minute detailed reliefs or small engraved patterns.
Art engraving has a long history in Iran and in the Middle East back to more than several thousand years ago.
Wooden wall brackets...
Category
19th Century Egyptian Moorish Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
Tapestry Nenka Wall Hanging Ukrainian Wall Decor Art Hand-Crafted by RUDA Studio
By Olexandra Rudenko
Located in Warsaw, PL
A tapestry represents the power and glory of Ukrainian earth. We've been exploring our past to recover Ukrainian craft techniques and bring back protec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Arts and Crafts Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass, Copper, Wire
Ottoman Mother-of-Pearl and Ebony Inlaid Wall Bracket
Located in London, GB
Ottoman Mother-of-Pearl and Ebony Inlaid Wall Bracket
Syrian, 19th Century
Height 103cm, width 39cm, depth 21cm
Inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ebony in intricate geometric and foliate parquetry patterns, this beautiful piece was made in Syria in the nineteenth century during the time of the Ottoman Empire. With a central latticed rectangular panel at the back of the central shelf, with canted corners, it is flanked on each side by pillars with isometric triangular shaped cresting. The upper section, like the lower part, features foliate rather than geometric designs, and the surmount with a crescent finial features a large central roundel enclosing a mother-of-pearl inlaid tughra.
All in all, the ebony and mother of pearl dance beautifully throughout various patterns and motifs, creating a fine decorative piece, and an excellent antique ware...
Category
19th Century Syrian Islamic Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony
Roy Lichtenstein - Silkscreen on cardboard plate 1969
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Roy Lichtenstein - Silkscreen on cardboard plate
1969
Dimensions : ø26cm
Ref : PM/5
Price : €590.
Category
1960s Vintage Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Abalone, Paper
Contemporary Asian Lacquer on Panel Japanese Style Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
Subtil and refined construction for this Japanese Style laquer.
Full of peace and action as well
Measure: 15" X 15’’ with the frame.
Category
1970s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Abalone, Wood
Silk and Metallic Threads Embroidered Tapestry in Black Wood Frame with Pearls
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Silk and Metallic Threads Embroidered Tapestry in Black Wood Frame with Pearls
Large Modern Decorative Art in Erotic Style
Silk, Silver Metallic Threads, Mother of Pearl, Black woo...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Round Wood Mirror with Fossil Clam Shells and Crystal Points
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Round mirror decorated with fossil clam shells with golden honey calcite from Rucks Pit, Florida and crystal points on a wood frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Tribal Beaded Cache-Sexe Modesty Apron, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal beaded cache-sexe modesty apron (pikuran), Bana Guili people, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
An unusual cache-sexe made of blue and yellow beads so scattered ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell, Beads
Victorian Mother of Pearl Crystoleum Venetian Gondola
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Mother of Pearl Crystoleum of Venetian Gondola
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Hand-Painted Mother-of-Pearl Fan Screen Shadow Box, Circa 1840.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Hand-Painted Mother-of-Pearl Fan Screen Shadow Box, Circa 1840.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Victorian Mother of Pearl Crystoleum Venetian Rialto
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Victorian Mother of Pearl Crystoleum Venetian Rialto
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Shell Wall Decorations
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
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