| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Central Panama, (Sitio Conte?), Conte Style, 5th century | 1951.154 | gold and shell | Overall: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.) | Thirty-fifth anniversary gift in recognition of work done by Dr. Samuel K. Lothrop, The Norweb Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Peru, South Coast, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700) | 1950.567 | Spondylus shell with shell, stone, and gold inlay | Overall: 7.5 x 7.4 cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.) | In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen | CCCC0 | |
 | Charles Conder (British, 1868–1909) | 1962.398 | watercolor, gouache, and shell gold with graphite on silk | Fabric: 20.3 x 39.7 cm (8 x 15 5/8 in.) | In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King | CCCC0 | |
 | Italy, Naples (?), 18th century | 1969.297 | tortoise shell and gold | Overall: 9.9 x 20.2 x 14.6 cm (3 7/8 x 7 15/16 x 5 3/4 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | John William North (British, 1842–1924) | 2013.239 | watercolor and gouache with scratch-away and touches of shell gold | Sheet: 40.5 x 56.3 cm (15 15/16 x 22 3/16 in.) | Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz | CCCC0 | |
France, 18th century | 1988.48 | tortoise shell decorated in red lacquer with inlays of gold, brass, and silver; contains a portrait miniature | Diameter: 2.3 x 6.3 cm (7/8 x 2 1/2 in.) | In memory of Ruth Probala | CCCC0 | ||
Austria, Vienna(?) | 1967.157 | gold and mother-of-pearl | Overall: 9.3 x 12.1 x 9.6 cm (3 11/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.) | Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry | CCCC0 | ||
 | Isaac Oliver (French, c. 1565–1617) | 2011.2 | gouache and watercolor, heightened with gum arabic, with shell gold framing lines, on vellum, mounted on paper, vellum, and wood | Framed: 27.5 x 20.5 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1916.866 | Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e) and gold-foil-and-shell inlay (Somada style) | Overall: 9.9 x 4.8 cm (3 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.) | Gift of D. Z. Norton | CCCC0 | |
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770) | 1916.356.a | gold or gilt metal mounts; sides and bottom enamel over gilt engine turned design; interior lined in tortoiseshell | Overall: 2.6 x 10.5 cm (1 x 4 1/8 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | ||
 | Germany | 2009.51 | goldmounted agate and mother-of-pearl and shell, original sharkskin case | Overall: 7 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm (2 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/8 in.) | Gift of Howard F. Stirn | CCCC0 | |
 | Anonymous | 2010.294 | watercolor and pen and black ink heightened with white, shell gold, and touches of other opaque colors and with traces of graphite | Sheet: 30.4 x 42.6 cm (11 15/16 x 16 3/4 in.); Mounted: 40.4 x 49.9 cm (15 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.) | Bequest of Muriel Butkin | CCCC0 |