Shell Engraving

The set includes 18 silver knives and 18 forks, with richly ornamented handles, featuring delicate floral, vegetal and shell engravings, typical of Victorian or classical styles.

The image size is ca. 7.5 x 12 inch. Medium: Engraving and etching on a vellin type hand laid paper.

The image size is ca. 7.1 x 11.8 inch. Medium: Engraving and etching on a vellin type hand laid paper.

Boschetti's had an atelier in via Condotti, in the center of Rome and was specialized in a variety of marble works, candelabras, mosaic table-tops and shell engravings. For example, ...

Wood engraving of a single beautiful shell, printed on wove japanese paper, full margins.

18th century Italian engravings of shells by the famous engraver `Gaultirios`.

George Perry, 1811. Containing 260 engravings of univalves and bivalves, this work was in part based on shells in Wood’s own cabinets.

George Perry, 1811. Containing 260 engravings of univalves and bivalves, this work was in part based on shells in Wood’s own cabinets.

George Perry, 1811. Containing 260 engravings of univalves and bivalves, this work was in part based on shells in Wood’s own cabinets.

George Perry, 1811. Containing 260 engravings of univalves and bivalves, this work was in part based on shells in Wood’s own cabinets.

George Perry, 1811. Containing 260 engravings of univalves and bivalves, this work was in part based on shells in Wood’s own cabinets.

The image size is ca. 7.9 x 12.6 inch. Medium: Engraving and etching on a vellin type hand laid paper.

Four prints of shells by George Perry from Conchology, or, The natural history of shells...

The collar is composed of knot-mounted flat jasper stones, representing shells by their shape and engravings. It is embellished in the center with a large shell pendant, smoother and...

The hallmarks were stamped before 'CLARET' was added and therefore are slightly hidden in parts but leaving them totally legible. The effect of the engraving on the shell together ...

A delightful and incredibly large early 19th century shaped circular salver decorated with elegant shell and foliate engraving. The salver sits on four ornate feet and the centre fro...

Hand painted engraving of a snail shell. Engraving is framed in a green wooden frame with a white matte.

Hand painted shell engraving of various cowry shells. engraving is framed is in a silver frame with an orange matte.

Hand painted shell engraving of a triton style shell. Engraving in framed in a black wooden frame with a mustard yellow matte.

Conch shell engravings hand painted and engraved by George Perry who used John Clarke's original drawings.

Barnacle and shell engraving most likely from a book from page 16.

Small clam shell engraving with green and pink tones. Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner.

Pair of Painted Faux Wood Framed 18th Century Shell Engravings with Marbleized Matting & later hand coloring

Engraving of shells from the book "Delights for the Eyes and the Spirit, or a General Collection of the Different Species of Shells That the Sea Contains," first published in 1764 - ...

Clamshell engravings, hand-painted and engraved by George Perry who used John Clarke's original drawings.

18th century hand colored shell prints framed with museum glass. Some foxing due to age.

18th c. Hand Colored Shell Prints framed with Museum Glass. Some foxing due to age.

18th c. Hand Colored Engravings framed with Museum Glass. Some foxing due to age.

Pair of 19th C hand colored copper engravings originally from a book. Newly framed in a beaded gilt and cream wood finish.

Pair of 19th c. hand colored copper engravings originally from a book. Newly framed in a beaded gilt and cream wood finish. Framed with museum glass.

Pair of 19th c. hand colored copper engravings originally from a book. Newly framed in a beaded gilt and cream wood finish. Framed with museum glass.

Pair of 19th c. hand colored copper engravings originally from a book. Newly framed in a beaded gilt and cream wood finish. Framed with museum glass.

Title: The Patterns of Nature: Tapes and Cytheraea Shell Engravings Description: This compilation features two beautiful engravings titled "Tapes Pl.

Set of nine original 18th century Dutch monochrome engravings of shells by Georg Eberhard Rumphius. These engravings are originally from the Thesaurus Imaginum Piscium Testaceorum, ...

Set of three hand colored shell prints framed & Matted.

The texted was first published in 1813 in London, by G. Kearsley. Engraving is of various shells called Bulla Resiliens or Elastic Bulla and Bulla Pallida or Pale or Cylindric Bulla.

Two engravings from the book "Le Regne Animal," that was first printed in 1817.

Hand painted engraving of scallops and conch shells. Engraving is plate 6 and page 33 from a book.

Shell engravings for the book titled, “Naturalist’s Repository of Exotic Natural History” Volume 1 out of 5, published in 1823 by Edward Donovan.

Engraving of shells from the book "Delights for the Eyes and the Spirit, or a General Collection of the Different Species of Shells That the Sea Contains," first published in 1764 - ...

The full name of the publication is: Conchology, or The Natural History of Shells......: Containing A New Arrangement of The Genera and Species, Illustrated by Coloured Engravings ...

By Frederick Martini. Plates from one of the original books on shells.

A pair of Napoleonice engravings in a tortoise shell frame. Each of these highly decorative engravings are custom framed and matted in a tortoise shell form frame.

Set of four beautifully hand-colored 18th century engravings of shells after Rumphius. These are framed in new rusticated frames with very nice mattes.

18th-Century Hand-colored Engravings of Sea Shells, Niccolo Gualtieri (1688-1744), A Set of Six Framed Engravings, Circa 1742 The set of six hand-colored engravings displa...

A very rare set of 10 French hand-colored engravings of shells from "la Conchyliologie" or "Histoire Naturelle des Coquilles de Mer" by Dezallier d'Argenville (published in Paris, Ci...

Pair of framed hand-colored Engravings of Sea Shell, France, circa 1850. These prints are from the major 19th century reference work on shells, Illustrations Conchyliologiques by Jea...

Pair of framed large 18th Century black and white engraving of sea shells by Lister. These very rare copper engravings are from Martin Lister's work Historiae sive synopsis methodic...

Artisans of the 18th century employed various techniques to create these intricate scenes on the nautilus shell. They used fine engraving tools, microscopes, and meticulous precision...

Pair of Framed Large Black and White Engraving of Sea Shells by Lister. These very rare copper engravings are from Martin Lister's work Historiae sive synopsis methodicae conchylioru...

Framed Large Black and White Plate Engraving of a Sea Shell by Lister. Edges of engraving are visible.

Framed Large Black and White Plate Engraving of a Sea Shell by Lister. Edges of engraving are visible.

The beautiful engraving Shells is an artwork that inspires to contemporary still lifes by the great painter Giorgio Morandi.