Tortoise Antique

Tortoise and ebony mirror

Pair Of Antique Chinese Decorative Tortoise Shell Overlay Boxes With Embossed Floral/Fruit Motif.

A very appealing pale 19th century tortoise carapace that is on a turned mahogany stand of the same period.

Hilkinson silver handled magnifying glass with tortoise shell inset Measuring: 8" L, 3 ½" D lens, with a silver handle with a tortoise shell inset, repousse collar, mark...

19th century, Blonde color, English tea caddy with original lids small repaint on top right corner. Please note of wear consistent with age.

Collection of Tortoise with Ivory and Silver items. They are sold individually.

Elegant French tortoise shell and gilded metal ladies Etui, fitted with a pair of scent bottles (one stopper replaced), bone note pad, pencil, pocket knife, ear cleaner tool, and a t...

A charming faux painted tortoise and ebony, William and Mary style mirror, circa 1920.

Tortoise shell tea caddy with ivory feet. Red velvet lined top.

English sewing box tortoise with tufted blue silk lining. 19th century Sewing Accoutrements Missing.

Round tortoise shell box with stamped silver plate surrounds and feet.

17th C. Amberes cabinet with Interior decorated with mirrors and chess floor in perspective and pyro engraved.

A rare tortoise shell pill box with gold ferrule. The lid features a micromosaic depicting the ruins of Caecilia Metella's tomb outside Rome.

Fine inkwell in typical André-Charles Boulle style with an ebonized wood frame covered by brass and tortoise shell inlays. Adorned with bronzes representing the Sun King (Louis XIV) ...

Exotic wood, tortoise shell and mother-of-peal tabernacle.

Slight cracking on the tortoise shell right side panel.

Now a banned material, Antique tortoise shell jewelry has become very collectable.

The fall-front with a decoration of a horseman, the two doors below each show a figure, possibly Democritus and Heraclitus on a simulated tortoise-shell ground within gold bands simu...

Incredible Empire obelisk in tortoise shell with application of semi-precious stones.

Theater Costume with long tailed tortoises. Edo period.

A fine Whieldon school brown tortoise glaze teapot on three lion's head and paw feet and raised grape and vine pattern

Tortoise shell pill box with gold ferrule. The lid features a micromosaic depicting two doves on an olive branch.

Tortoise shell pill box with gold ferrule. The micromosaic depicts Temple of Vesta in Rome.

Tortoise shell pill box with gold ferrule. The lid features a micromosaic depicting a dog sitting on a dark blue/ green background.

A richly-toned faux tortoise finish and nicely laquered side table in pristine condition.

Rectangular snuff box in tortoise shell with gold and enamel framing. From the Vatican school “Reverenda Fabrica Sancti Petri,” Rome, late 18th century.

Circular tortoise shell fan, handle detailed on both sides with fine foliate motif.

Early 20th century circa 1919 English tortoiseshell and sterling silver hair brush by Deakin & Francis, hallmarked.

Tortoiseshell ink blottter book with cartouche paneling and silver mounts. Tortoise shell business card stand and silver and tortoiseshell letter opener.

Gold snuff box, with micromosaic depicting Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. By the Vatican "Reverenda Fabrica Sancti Petri”, Rome, late 18th century.   

Snuff box in tortoise shell, with refined gold framing. Micromosaic by Michelangelo Barberi, St Petersburg, early 19th century.

Tortoise strapwork box on carved paw feet.

Dutch style black and faux tortoise Dutch mirror.

An exquisite 19th century, French tortoise shell sarcophagus-form sewing box with lion-mask ring handles, the cover with bone and silver stringing and silver cartouche monogrammed “M.

Finely fashioned with a decorated 8 sided lacquer top as well a lacquer appointed cross stretcher style bottom shelf. Nice eye catching appeal

Boulle work charger, 1880

It is exceptionally well detailed with unusual bamboo handles and desirable " tortoise shell " finish.

The hinged top revealing a fitted interior, the exterior in yew wood and tortoise.

Victorian tortoise shell bamboo stand or pedestal with brass decorations.

French Tortoise and Leather Box. Probably used for sewing.

Carved Burlwood Figure of a Crawling Tortoise

Exquisite tortoise shell and sterling with crystal inkwell on footed stand.

Set with 2 small and bright Burma Rubies, a pear shape and a round Columbian Emerald and 8 Indian Rose Diamonds, all mounted on a repousse work Gold carapace. The reverse of the Tort...

Flawless tortoise shell vanity lidded box; think outside the "box": perfect as an extra special way to present a smaller gift.

Tortoise shell combs, one with gold-wash filigree decoration.

Pair Sterling, Tortoise & Cut Crystal Pique Vanity Accessory, London 1913.

French 19th century boule and red tortoise table with finely chased bronze dore mounts.

A very good quality French red tortoiseshell serpentine shaped mantel clock in the Louis XV style with scroll leaf design ormolu mounts and moulds. The clock has a decorative gilt br...

A beautiful and high-sheen English tortoise shell cased sewing set, c. 18870-1900m late Victorian to earliest Edwardian era, from Mappin & Webb, a very highly respected name in Londo...

Beautifully scaled and detailed. The table is fashioned with a " Canterbury " like base for books and magazines and appointed with a decorated lacquer top

Gorgeous Antique Tortoise Like Ornate mantilla Decorative Hair Comb.

A rare and fine English creamware pottery teapot with flower knop and double strap handles and decorated in gray tortoise glazes

And all of the English sterling and tortoise shell pique-worked vanity items are there, including the completely undamaged tortoise shell comb.

A large and magnificent Chinese famille verte enameled porcelain large dish or charger, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662 - 1722), circa 1700, China. The shallow, shaped dish of fo...

A large Chinese Qing dynasty porcelain wucai (five color) glazed bowl painted in underglaze blue and overglaze red, green, and yellow upon a pure white ground, and featuring a design...

Chinese white jade openwork plaque late Qing Dynasty depicting birds and flowers. Very fine and detailed work. Small loss on the back side of the plaque.

Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone mounted ebonized wooden casket English, 19th Century Height 41cm, width 72cm, depth 52cm Exceptionally fine and richly adorned, this beau...

Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...

An English Black Lacquered Chinoiserie Bureau Cabinet, 18th Century Description: The upper section with a breakfront arched pedimental cornice flanked by a pair of urn finials, over...

Antique 19th century Napoleon III era French Marquetry Boulle box. Red and black tortoiseshell with foliate brass inlay. Decoration on top includes the monogram LS. Rectangular form ...

An oval footed trinket box which is bearing the Faberge Imperial Russian silver hallmark Cyrillic characters, and made in the St. Petersburg workshop. During the late 1800s, there we...

Chinese hand carved Jade on wooden stand. The Jade disc measures approximately 12 inches in diameter. Height including a wooden stand is approximately 18 inches.

A beautiful German oval porcelain jewelry box, in the Regency design style, circa mid-20th century, Germany. Boxes' lid features outdoor nature scene with couple in a park sounded by...

A fine Regency period rectangular tea caddy, veneered in panels divided by fine metal stringing. Silver metal escutcheon and key. Complete with an initialled plaque on the lid and ro...

Incredible hand-painted scenes inspired by Rococo master Antoine Watteau cover this magnificent Meissen porcelain box. Displaying romantic courtship scenes on each side, the casket i...