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Giant Shell Fountain 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Giant shell fountain the structure is in iron and the springs are in authentic giant shell
Category

20th Century Spanish Modern Fountains

Materials

Iron

Giant Shell Fountain 20th Century
Giant Shell Fountain 20th Century
H 76.78 in Dm 23.63 in
Giant Shell Pink Glass Chandelier, Murano
By Venini
Located in Budapest, HU
glass in the shape of shells. The special feature of these glasses is that they change color as soon as
Category

Late 20th Century European Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Metal

Wrought Iron Sculptures Of Life Size Flamingos
Located in Madrid, ES
2 FLAMINGOS. HOT WORKED WROUGHT IRON AND GIANT SHELL BODY. THE EYES ARE IN TRANSLUCENT VIOLET
Category

Vintage 1940s Animal Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Wrought Iron Sculptures Of Life Size Flamingos
Wrought Iron Sculptures Of Life Size Flamingos
H 43.31 in W 15.75 in D 11.82 in
Giant Natural Clam Shell
By Tony Duquette
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Giant natural clam shell.
Category

Vintage 1950s Philippine Hollywood Regency Nautical Objects

Materials

Shell

Giant Natural Clam Shell
Giant Natural Clam Shell
H 11 in W 29 in D 18 in
Giant Banded Turbo Shells, Priced Individually
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout group of three organic turbo Marmoratus shells rare and unusual for their giant size
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Hugely Impressive Antique Giant Clam Shell
Located in Portlaoise, IE
Purchased from a private Parisian collection this wonderful example of a giant clam shell (tridacna
Category

Antique Early 18th Century French Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Hugely Impressive Antique Giant Clam Shell
Hugely Impressive Antique Giant Clam Shell
H 11.23 in W 20.48 in D 15.75 in
Giant Clam Shell with Glass Beads
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A large natural clamshell we found in a local estate. We’re selling it as we found it filled with blue glass. It is large over 22 inches wide and very heavy. This is too heavy to s...
Category

Antique 19th Century Unknown Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Shell

Giant Clam Shell with Glass Beads
Giant Clam Shell with Glass Beads
H 11 in W 22.5 in D 15.5 in
Giant 18 Inch Natural Clam Shell Specimen
Located in Bradenton, FL
Authentic giant clam shell specimen with its iconic sculptural form and sea inspired colors and
Category

20th Century Asian Organic Modern Nautical Objects

Materials

Shell

South Pacific Natural Giant Clam Shell Specimen
Located in North Miami, FL
This giant Pacific clam shell is all natural and with wonderful details. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND
Category

Antique 19th Century Pacific Islands Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Extra Large Sculptural Giant South Pacific Clam Shell
Located in San Diego, CA
An extra large sculptural giant south Pacific Ocean clam shell (Tridacna gigas), circa 1980s. This
Category

Late 20th Century Indonesian Hollywood Regency Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

A Vintage Natural South Pacific Giant Clam Shell
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Vintage Natural South Pacific Giant Clam Shell The giant clams are the members of the clam genus
Category

Vintage 1950s Australian Decorative Bowls

Materials

Shell

A Vintage Natural South Pacific Giant Clam Shell
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Vintage Natural South Pacific Giant Clam Shell The giant clams are the members of the clam genus
Category

Vintage 1950s Australian Decorative Bowls

Materials

Shell

A Vintage Large Natural South Pacific Giant Clam Shell
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Vintage Large Natural South Pacific Giant Clam Shell The giant clams are the members of the clam
Category

Vintage 1950s Australian Decorative Bowls

Materials

Shell

Giant Faux Shell Tabletop Sculpture Centerpiece
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Artisan made very realistic faux clam shell sculpture in a monumental scale.
Category

20th Century American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Large Natural South Pacific Tridacna Gigas Giant Clam Shell Specimen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Giant natural scalloped South Pacific Tridacna Gigas clam shell The giant clams are the members of
Category

Early 20th Century Pacific Islands Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Mid 20th Century Giant Faux Clam Shell
Located in Elkhart, IN
A large mid 20th century cast resin faux clam shell.  
Category

Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Composition

Mid 20th Century Giant Faux Clam Shell
Mid 20th Century Giant Faux Clam Shell
H 5.25 in W 21.25 in D 13 in
Natural Matching Pair Whole Complete Giant Clam Sea Shell Tridacna Gugas 10"
Located in Dayton, OH
Beautiful complete natural specimen, Tridacna Gigantas / Giant Clam shell / fossil featuring
Category

Late 20th Century Nautical Objects

Materials

Shell

Silver Plate Life Size Giant Clam Shell Sculpture
By D'argenta
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking life size giant clam shell sculpture or object of art having the iconic form and texture
Category

20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Silver Plate

Massive MCM Italian Silver Giant Clam Shell Centerpiece
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular, very large MCM Italian silver giant clam shell centerpiece. Fabulous for serving
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Organic Modern Centerpieces

Materials

Silver

Vintage Collection Of Dusky Pink Giant Barnacles, Shell Specimens, Mid-20th C.
Located in Bristol, GB
VINTAGE SHELL COLLECTION Consisting of five separate colonies of large pink barnacle shells
Category

Mid-20th Century Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Massive Faux Sculptural Giant South Pacific Clam Shell / Planter
Located in San Diego, CA
A massive faux sculptural giant south Pacific Ocean clam shell (Tridacna gigas), circa 1990s. This
Category

Late 20th Century Asian Hollywood Regency Natural Specimens

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Coastal Julia Knight Enameled Cast Aluminum Giant Clam Shell
Located in west palm beach, FL
Make a statement with this vintage coastal Julia Knight enameled cast aluminum giant clam shell. A
Category

Late 20th Century American Decorative Bowls

Materials

Aluminum

Giant Brass Nautical Clam Shell Seashell on Starfish Base Planter Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Giant Brass Nautical Clam Shell seashell on starfish base planter or sculpture. 13" wide x 10.5
Category

Vintage 1960s Hollywood Regency Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Vintage Plaster and Resin Giant Tridacna Clam Shell Centerpiece/Vide Poche
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Faux giant Tridacna clam shell in cast/modeled plaster and resin (ca. 1940s/50s, USA). Striking
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Resin, Plaster

Giant Clam Shell Ceramic Lamp by Studio Smania Milano, Iltaly, 1970s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare ceramic lamp by Studio Smania. Large clam-shell shaped table or floor lamp.
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Brutus Armchair in Solid Walnut with Leather Seat Designed by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
silhouette of the back suggests a giant shell that has been machined to create a striking squared-off hole in
Category

2010s Italian Modern Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Brutus Armchair in Walnut Black Oil with Leather Seat Designed by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
silhouette of the back suggests a giant shell that has been machined to create a striking squared-off hole in
Category

2010s Italian Modern Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Brutus Armchair in Solid Wood with Cane Seat Designed by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
silhouette of the back suggests a giant shell that has been machined to create a striking squared-off hole in
Category

2010s Italian Modern Armchairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

Brutus Armless Chair in Solid Wood with Cane Seat Designed by Craig Bassam
By BassamFellows
Located in Ridgefield, CT
silhouette of the back suggests a giant shell that has been machined to create a striking squared-off hole in
Category

2010s Italian Modern Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

Tridacna Gigas Giant Clamshell, Polished and Sealed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Tridacna Gigas Giant Clamshell is a breathtaking natural specimen, expertly polished, sealed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nautical Objects

Materials

Shell

Giant Victorian Taxidermy Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An extremely rare giant Victorian taxidermy Loggerhead sea turtle England, 19th century The
Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Taxidermy

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Animal Skin, Epoxy Resin, Paint

Giant Victorian Taxidermy Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Giant Victorian Taxidermy Loggerhead Sea Turtle
H 17.72 in W 47.25 in D 66.93 in
Oyster Shell Looking Glass Mirror
Located in London, GB
-pearl troca shells. A giant black South African limpet to the base. Littorina littorina. Tectus pyramis
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Wall Mirrors

Materials

Shell

Oyster Shell Looking Glass Mirror
Oyster Shell Looking Glass Mirror
H 38.98 in W 26.97 in D 3.94 in
Italian Giant Clamshell Swan by Gabriella Binazzi
By Gabriella Binazzi
Located in Voorburg, NL
original and unique objects using strange materials such as ostrich eggs from stock farms and exotic shells
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Silver Plate

Shell Plaque (Barava) from Solomon Islands, 19th Century
Located in NICE, FR
Objects crafted from the shell of the giant Tridacna clam, also known as the fossilized giant clam
Category

Antique 19th Century Solomon Islands Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Shell

Mid-Century Modern Conch Shell Lamp
Located in Antwerp, BE
Space Age Postmodern conch shell lamp with light fixture inside. Giant conch shell mounted on a
Category

Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Shell

Pearlescent Acrylic Shell Lamp
Located in Hanover, MA
Phantasmagorical acrylic giant clam shell design table lamp possibly by the Canadian firm Rougier
Category

Vintage 1970s Canadian Table Lamps

Materials

Acrylic

Pearlescent Acrylic Shell Lamp
H 28.5 in W 18 in D 13 in
Antique Italian Grotto Carved Shell
Located in London, England
Late 18th Century Italian giant clam shell in carved pine wood. Likely orginating from Venice. A
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine, Paint

Antique Italian Grotto Carved Shell
Antique Italian Grotto Carved Shell
H 4.73 in W 13.39 in D 7.88 in
MURANO Art Glass Sculpted SHELL
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A large-scale Italian mauve and deep black coloured art glass in the form of a giant clam shell
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Art Glass

MURANO Art Glass Sculpted SHELL
MURANO Art Glass Sculpted SHELL
H 14.2 in W 7 in D 8 in
Life Size Painted Plaster Gigas Tridacna Clam Shell
By Serge Roche
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
convincingly mimics an authentic giant clam shell. This vintage shell serves as an environmentally friendly
Category

20th Century French Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Plaster

A colonial tortoiseshell veneered casket with silver mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
is derived from the outer layer of the sea turtle's shell, primarily the giant Green (Chelonia mydas
Category

Antique 17th Century Mexican Antiquities

Materials

Silver

Sea Collection Of Four Decorative Specimens Of Maritime Natural Formations
Located in Miami, FL
composed by the following; a double mollusk nacre shell, a giant oyster white shell, a white stony white
Category

Early 20th Century South Asian Mid-Century Modern Taxidermy

Materials

Shell

Vintage Coastal Arthur Court Pewter Clamshell
Located in west palm beach, FL
natural ripples and ridges of a giant clam shell, rendered in gleaming, high-polish pewter. The dramatic
Category

Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Nautical Objects

Materials

Pewter

Swedish Art Deco Bookends in Bronze by Oscar Andersson for Ystad Metall
By Ystad-Metall
Located in Stockholm, SE
. Made in Sweden, 1920s. The Birth of the nude Venus in a giant scallop shell. Both stamped O. A. (Oscar
Category

Vintage 1920s Swedish Art Deco Bookcases

Materials

Bronze

Sam Son Armchair in White by Konstantin Grcic for MAGIS
By Konstantin Grcic, Magis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
armchair features a softly suspended seat shell between a giant, horseshoe-shaped element, the chair’s
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Sam Son Armchair in Red by Konstantin Grcic for MAGIS
By Magis, Konstantin Hable
Located in Brooklyn, NY
armchair features a softly suspended seat shell between a giant, horseshoe-shaped element, the chair’s
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Sam Son Armchair in Petrol Blue by Konstantin Grcic for MAGIS
By Magis, Konstantin Hable
Located in Brooklyn, NY
armchair features a softly suspended seat shell between a giant, horseshoe-shaped element, the chair’s
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Sam Son Armchair in Grey Anthracite by Konstantin Grcic for MAGIS
By Magis, Konstantin Hable
Located in Brooklyn, NY
armchair features a softly suspended seat shell between a giant, horseshoe-shaped element, the chair’s
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Sam Son Armchair in Curry by Konstantin Grcic for MAGIS
By Magis, Konstantin Hable
Located in Brooklyn, NY
armchair features a softly suspended seat shell between a giant, horseshoe-shaped element, the chair’s
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Single Yua Wenga Currency from the Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
currency piece from Papua New Guinea has been carved from a giant clam shell, with pieces of bamboo. Yua
Category

Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

Pair of Arthur Court Tortoise Table Lamps, 1971
Located in Canaan, CT
condition. The giant shells throw off a wonderful back light to any wall and look wonderful on or off.
Category

20th Century American Carts and Bar Carts

Materials

Aluminum

Giant Clam Shell
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful piece of natural art. It is now illegal to poach these amazing creatures so this is one of a few that are left available in the U.S.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects

Giant Clam Shell
Giant Clam Shell
H 13.5 in W 34.5 in D 22 in
A pair of Old Giant Clam shells Tridacna gigas.
Located in London, GB
This pair of giant clam shells are approximately 200 years old. One shell is slightly larger
Category

Antique 19th Century Decorative Objects

Materials

Shell

1920's Giant Clam Shell
Located in Chicago, IL
Amazing 1920's giant clam shell.
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Bowls and Baskets

1920's Giant Clam Shell
1920's Giant Clam Shell
H 17.5 in W 35 in D 22 in
Giant Artillery Shell Practice Round
Located in New York, NY
This enormous and sculptural wood and brass artillery shell practice round, made from richly
Category

Vintage 1970s English Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Giant Hand-Painted Fiberglass Clam Shell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderfully unusual and beautifully hand-pained fiberglass clam shell. Fantastic scale and
Category

Vintage 1970s American Animal Sculptures

Materials

Fiberglass

Pair of Rare Giant Natural Clam Shells
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful antique giant Tridacna Gigas clam shells, unpolished, in their natural state. Rare and
Category

Antique 1810s Pacific Islands Nautical Objects

Very Large Carved Wooden Shell
Located in US
Giant Hand Carved Wooden Shell. Great Detail.
Category

20th Century Unknown Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Art Nouveau Royal Dux Porcelain Double Comport / Centrepiece
By Royal Dux
Located in Brighton, GB
fisherwoman that has caught a fish in her net, flanked by two giant clam shells. Designed by Alois Hampel
Category

Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Giant Clam Shell Basin Natural Specimen with Wonderful Patina and Ageing
Located in Tetbury, GB
A wonderful example of a giant clam shell basin. These are becoming increasingly popular in the
Category

20th Century Unknown Natural Specimens

Materials

Shell

Fine Old Solomon Islands Cap Cap Ornament
Located in London, GB
A fine Solomon Islands cap cap ornament The cap cap carved from giant clam shell with intricate
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Solomon Islands Tribal Art

Materials

Shell

Fine Old Solomon Islands Cap Cap Ornament
Fine Old Solomon Islands Cap Cap Ornament
H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.4 in
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Giant Shell For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the giant shell you’re looking for. Frequently made of shell, metal and stone, every giant shell was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a giant shell — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A giant shell, designed in the Modern, Hollywood Regency or Folk Art style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made giant shell over the years, but those crafted by Gabriella Binazzi, Serge Roche and Verner Panton are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Giant Shell?

The average selling price for a giant shell at 1stDibs is $1,975, while they’re typically $450 on the low end and $20,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Giant Shell
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    In nature, you can find giant clam shells along the shorelines of the Philippines and in the Sabah coral reefs in Malaysian Borneo. To purchase giant clam shells, check out reputable online platforms, auction houses and antique stores. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of giant clam shells.