Antique French Tortoise Shell Necessaire or Tortoiseshell Aide d' Memoire complete with silver pen. Tortoiseshell on both front and back, superb colors in a caramelized brown and tan, this beauty is a gorgeous piece of tortoiseshell that has been lavishly decorated with a gold pique ...

An important antique missal or prayer book. The cover is of tortoise shell beautifully embellished with gold and sterling silver pique inlays. The front and back cover and the curved spine are all of highly polished. The gold-edged pages intact, and are firmly attached in ...

Antique French Tortoise Shell Necessaire, an important necessity in the Victorian period. Tortoiseshell on both front and back, this beauty is a gorgeous piece of tortoiseshell that has been lavishly decorated with a silver pique inlay scene depicting a long tailed tropical bird amongst the flora. Interior is ...

An authentic Tortoise Shell mounted on a wood base used as a lamp. Rare to find tortoise shell in such fine condition. The tortoiseshell has deep beautiful variations of natural tones in browns and strong highlights of gold to the shell with a saw-like appearance ...

Antique Tortoise Shell Prayer Book, French Missal with its rich hues and distinctive transucent quality with gold-edged pages. The beautiful old tortoise shell is of in pristine condition, thick and fully intact. Decorated on the front with a gold, silver and abalone decore with a ...

Fine Regency Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy. Two compartments with ivory trim and feet, red velvet lined interior and hinged top. Measurements 7" length x 4" x 5" height.