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Material: Gold Plate
Pre-Hispanic Style Artifact Paperweight, Marble Base, Columbia, Circa 1980's
Located in Chatham, ON
GALERIA MUSEO DE ORO - Vintage museum reproduction Pre-Hispanic artifact - gold plated bronze - marble plinth - original presentation box - signed...
Category
Late 20th Century Colombian Pre-Columbian Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Metal, Gold Plate
Pair of Sophisticated Gilt Bronze Candlesticks, Directoire circa 1795
Located in Knivsta, SE
A pair of sophisticated and elegant gilt bronze Candlesticks, Probably made in Paris, France. Directoire circa 1795. Beautifully decorated with leaves.
Wear consistent with age an...
Category
1790s French Directoire Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Frame for Oval Photo Borders in Louis XVI French Empire Style Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and with various ornamen...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Pair Sophisticated Carrara Marble and Gilt Bronze Candlesticks from the 1780s
Located in Knivsta, SE
A pair sophisticated carrara marble and gilt bronze Candlesticks. Made in France during the 1780s. Louis XVI.
Beautiful contrast between the white Carrara marble and the gilded de...
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble, Gold Plate, Bronze
Frame for 2 Photographs Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped frame for 2 photographs in sterling Silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniatures. Viennese Art Nouveau style seco...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Atmos by Jaeger Le Coultre Classic Model Plated in Rose Gold
Located in Milano, MI
Atmos table clock by Jaeger Le Coultre, Rose Gold plated Classic model.
Ø cm 16 Ø cm 23,5 h cm 20
The Atmos is a perpetual motion clock, the f...
Category
1940s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Beautiful Classic Table Lamp in Matte Gold from the 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful classic table lamp in matte gold with polished edges in gold. Originally a kerosene lamp from the late 19th century that was converted int...
Category
Late 19th Century European Classical Roman Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Heart-Shaped Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped rounded frame with oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè. With hinged silver-gilt foot engraved in Empire style. ...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enameled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Appliques in Gilt Bronze, Rococo, Mid-18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
A beautiful pair of Appliques in gilt bronze, Rococo from mid-18th century.
Some wear on the original gilding (see pictures), but the overall impression of these 270 years old app...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Rococo Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular tabletop jewelery box with inward corners in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides and finished with fine hand engraving. In the center, a beautiful rectangular miniature cm. 4 x 5.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable ivory plate by Roberto Masi depicting the portrait of Madame Boucard by Tamara De Lempicka (1931). Size cm. 14 x 19 x 3.2. Weight gr. 1,248. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1998 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens with different subjects and colours, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous glazing firings at high heat about 800°C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature...
Category
1990s Italian Art Deco Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Monumental Important Art Deco Silver & Gilt Bronze Goddess G. Lavaroff
Located in New York City, NY
An exceptionally large and rare French Art Deco original bronze sculpture circa 1927 by a well known artist Georges Lavaroff (1895-1991)
It's quite uncommon to find this very large size and notably featuring the silver and parcel gilt finish.
The artwork features a majestic female nude, adorned with a stylized cloak in alternating stripes of gold and silver, which showcases a pyramid shape. The Egyptian goddess is depicted as an undraped figure with arms outstretched above her head, holding a crescent moon. She wears a north star headdress that adds to her regal appearance. The cloak is embellished with stars and a comet, and the female figure rests on a bed of stylized clouds. The sculpture is presented on its original black and gold marble base.
All of these attributes add to the uniqueness and value of the artwork, making it even more remarkable and sought after by collectors and art enthusiasts.
Water bottle shown for scale.
Documentation :
Les bronzes Art Deco de Georges Lavaroff, sculpteur Russe a Paris 1930
Kastelyn et Mazzucotelli.
Georges Lavaroff was born in Sibera in 1895. He studied medicine and painting. After the revolution of 1917 he moved to Moscow and became a member of the Russian artists association where he began to exhibit his work and take part in shows as a member of the Association of artists of Revolutionary Russia.
He then worked in France from 1927 until 1935. This period was the richest point of his profession where he produced his most famous works of Art Deco figures...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Bronze
Luxury Modern Shisha Hookah Nargile Swarovski Crystals and pure gold plated bowl
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
This Shisha is a truly a piece of technological and esthetic perfection. It is made of finest materials such as blown glass coated with pure Gold, Jet-aluminum anodized in Gold, 228 Swarovski Crystals, Crystal Glass-Smoke-Column
Jet-aluminum anodized in Gold Smoke-Column, 360° SteamClick Closed Chamber connection-system, Swarovski Crystal Mouthpieces, Hand-stitched leather hoses, Tobacco Cutting Diffusor, LED Lightning System, Exclusive Vase Coating and a high-tech smoking experience. It comes in a luxurious box.
What is included?
One gold plated bowl
One gold plated Jet-aluminum-Smoke-Column
One blown Crystal Glass-Smoke-Column
Two hand crafted real leather hoses
The Shisha STEAMULATION EXCLUSIVE - THE TIGER is a masterpiece of German engineering and has the world's fastest rotary locking system, the SteamClick 360°, including integrated valve technology, the Advanced Closed Chamber System. It is protected by a patent and registered...
Category
2010s German Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Gold Plate
Golden Swirls and Mum Sculpture by Art Flower Maker
Located in Geneve, CH
Golden swirls and mum by Art Flower Maker
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 59 x H 33 cm.
Materials: 24 K gold plated brass.
The artistic eye of The Art Flower Maker combined with Italian artisanal metalwork has brought to life these unique pieces which can serve as a focal point in a private domestic space as well as have tremendous visual impact in a grander setting.
Every sculpture is intentionally created to be a unique piece, each with its own distinctive details. The materials from which these pieces are built by their nature have slight natural variances in tone and finish giving each sculpture special and remarkable properties.
The photo depicts the correct proportion and finishing possibilities that can also be personalized upon request.
Born in Sicily, Marcella Trimarchi moves to Milano in 1985 to pursue a degree in Fashion.
In 1989 she is hired by Gianni Versace as a designer, working closely with Gianni until 1997. Tom Ford then brings her into his Team in 1998, prior to honing her skills further for Valentino & Moncler Gamme Rouge working with Alessandra Facchinetti who she meets at Gucci. In 2012 she moves to New York City and works for Calvin Klein Collection as VP Creative Product Development.
She decides in 2018 to reconnect with her creative side. She was drawn to the bold arrangement of flowers combining her remarkable eye for beauty and her uncanny attention to details now highly refined from her work for Couture collections. Marcella is inspired to explore more enduring ways embody and embolden fresh arrangements, and reinvents herself as The Art Flower Maker, where her ephemeral creations are permanently captured through both photography and sculpture.
During her daily walks in the New York City’s flower...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Swirls and Mum Sculptureby Art Flower Maker
Located in Geneve, CH
Swirls and mum by Art Flower Maker.
Unique Piece.
Dimensions: Ø 39 x H 32 cm.
Materials: 24 K gold plated brass, green guatemala marble.
The artistic eye of The Art Flower Make...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Gold Plate, Brass
Photo Frame Butterfly-Shaped Fired Enamel on Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterl
Located in Firenze, FI
Butterfly-shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent polychrome fired enamels on hand engraving that imitates the veins of the wings. External dimens...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Inkwell, Baccarat Déposé, Gilded Brass, Late 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptional inkwell with pen tray made of BACCARAT crystal. The rectangular pen tray has a cube-shaped inkwell holder in the center, closed with a gild...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Photo Frame Two-Tone Fired Enamel on Guillochè Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver S
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamel on guillochè and with various ornaments in Louis XVI French Empire style and 4...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Mosko Eklektik Bowl by Nów
Located in Geneve, CH
Mosko Eklektik bowl by Nów
Designed by Mosko
Dimensions: D 33 x W 28 x H 20 cm
Materials: porcelain, platinum (or gold on demand)
Monika’s fascination for work with ceramic be...
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Pair of Gold Plated Fighting Cockerel Ornaments, Italy, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning pair of gold plated fighting cockerel ornaments. These beautiful sculptures were produced in Italy in the 1960s.
An iconic set from the 1960s that is incredibly rare to be found gold plated. These animated roosters hand-crafted sculptures feaures incredible details, perfect example of midcentury Italian manufacture.
A fantastic eye-catching set, that will be the perfect addition for enriching a desk or a midcentury hallway entrance...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Brass
Photo Frame Fired Enamel with Two-Tone Stripes on Guillochè and Hand Engravings
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular frame with oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel with two-tone stripes on guillochè and hand engravings. External dimensions cm...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pierre Forsell Shot Glasse Plated in 24k Gold for Skultuna Sweden 1960 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Midcentury Scandinavian shot glasses ''Supkopp'' in 24 karats gold plating designed by Pierre Forssell for Skultuna, made in sweden around 1960
8 pieces in original boxes price for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Table Box Hand-Engraved and Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with a beautiful hand-engraved and fire-enamelled frame and in the center a beautiful hand painted miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres "Odalisque with slave". Dimensions cm. 9.5 x 12.3 x 3.3. Weight gr. 671. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1979 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Square Table Frame White and Blue Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table frame for round photos diameter cm. 7, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè, with bord...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Small Empire Inkwell in Gilded and Dark Patinated Bronze from the 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
A small and beautiful inkwell in gilded and dark patinated bronze with cups in porcelain. French Empire from the 1820s.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
1820s French Empire Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Elegant Pair of Empire Appliques in Gilt Bronze from Early 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
An elegant pair of Empire Appliques in gilt bronze. Made in France during the early 19th century. Very beautiful original gilding.
Wear consisten...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Black Oval Photo Frame Baroque Style Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval photograph frame, shaped edge in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand engraving, interspersed with black fired enamel in Baroque style. External cm. 7.4 x 11.3. W...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Simone Dainelli inspired by the paintings of Boris Vallejo, in fantastic contemporary style, with hand-engraved frame. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Pendule Gold Clock
Located in Paris, FR
Clock Pendule Gold with structure
in brass in gold plated finish.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Table Box Fired Enamel on Guillochè Arab-Style Ornament Sterling Silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with hand-engraved and enamelled Arab-style ornament. Dimensio...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Golden Junghans Hollywood Regency Gilt and Crystals Wall Clock, Germany, 1970s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful round wall clock, executed in the 1970s by Junghans, Germany, in the style of Gaetano Sciolari or Palwa. The clocksface is made of mirror ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Hollywood Regency Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Gold Plate
Beautiful Pair of Gilt Bronze Empire Appliques from the 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
A beautiful and rare pair of gilt bronze Empire Appliques. Made in France during the 1820s. Some wear on the gilding exists, but also carries a beutif...
Category
1820s French Empire Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Swiza 8 Day Rare Gilt Sphere Clock with Smoked Lucite Base, Box and Guarantee
By Swiza
Located in Roma, IT
In 1975, the prestigious Swiss watch company Swiza chose this watch as the solitary protagonist of its magazine advertising campaign. You can see why. Modern and very unique, it features a nicely weighty gilt ball clock, an 8 day power with an alarm, that sits cradled on a very modern lucite base. The clock can stand without the lucite base, although you probably won't want to separate this duo.
The sphere clock...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Egg on Tripod Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, Russian Empire style inspired by Carl Fabergè eggs ...
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
One Minute Sculpture, by Marcel Wanders, Hand-Sculpted Unique, Gold, #102837/35
Located in Amsterdam, NL
One-Minute-Sculpture. the name says it all!.
The one-minute-sculpture is made of clay, coated with a gold luster.
From inspiration during playtime with Marcel’s daughter, Joy, ...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
One Minute Sculpture, by Marcel Wanders, Hand-Sculpted Unique, Gold
Located in Amsterdam, NL
One-minute-sculpture. The name says it all!
The one-minute-sculpture is made of clay, coated with a gold luster.
From inspiration during playtime with Marcel’s daughter, Joy, c...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Sandai Candle
Located in Paris, FR
Candle Sandai made in porcelain with lapis
stone on the lid. In blue finish porcelain in
24-karat gold-plated. Include paraffin wax
with single wick. Delivered in a luxury gift...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Pair of Early 19th Century Candlesticks in Gilt Bronze, French Empire
Located in Knivsta, SE
Excellent pair of early 19th century candlesticks in gilt bronze. These neoclassical Empire Candlesticks are made in France, circa 1820. Un...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Artifacts of Disharmony Red Pillow Sculpture by Tero Kuitunen
Located in Geneve, CH
Artifacts of Disharmony red pillow Sculpture by Tero Kuitunen
Material: Handbuild ceramic, gold plating.
Dimensions: D39 x W 39 x H29cm
Unique piece, part of the museum exhibiti...
Category
2010s Finnish Post-Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Pair of Gilt-Metal and Enamel 'Fleurs Des Siècles' Flower Baskets by Gorham
Located in London, GB
Pair of gilt-metal and enamel 'Fleurs des Siècles' flower baskets by Gorham
American, circa 1975
Measures: height 15cm, width 17cm, depth 13cm
D...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Gold and Lucite Twisted Pretzel Candlestick Holder/Candelabra by Dorothy Thorpe
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
A single Lucite and gold-plated brass candlestick holder/candelabrum by American designer Dorothy Thorpe, circa 1940s. With its use of a single piece bent and twisted acrylic to form...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Pair of Pink and White Opaline Glass Urns Gilded and Painted with Flowers
By Baccarat
Located in Queens Village, NY
Bring a touch of vintage charm to your living space by bringing home this remarkable pair of opaline glass vases! These translucent drop-sh...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Opal, Gold, Gold Plate, Enamel, Gold Leaf
Gilt Over Bronze Seahorse Door Stop or Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Decorative Sculpture of a seahorse - Gold over bronze. A stunning piece for the centerpiece of a table or room, or an addition to a seaside story in the garden or living space. Th...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Orange Square Table Framel French Empire Napoleon III Style Sterling Silver Enam
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with edges in French Empire Napoleon III style. External cm. 18 x 18, internal c...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Love Potion, under Pressure by Mark Sturkenboom
Located in Geneve, CH
Love Potion - Under pressure by Mark Sturkenboom
Size: aprox 58 x 25 x 20 cm, aprox 6 kg
Material: mouth blown glass, 18-karat gold-plated brass,
crystal, pressure cage, facetted ...
Category
2010s Dutch Organic Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
One Minute Sculpture, by Marcel Wanders, Hand-Sculpted Unique, Gold, #102836/26
Located in Amsterdam, NL
One-minute-sculpture the name says it all!
The one-minute-sculpture is made of clay, coated with a gold luster.
From inspiration during playtime with Marcel’s daughter, Joy, co...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
One Minute Sculpture, by Marcel Wanders, Handsculpted Unique, Gold, #102837/28
Located in Amsterdam, NL
One-minute-sculpture the name says it all!
The one-minute-sculpture is made of clay, coated with a gold luster.
From inspiration during playtime with Marcel’s daughter, Joy, co...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Animalier Pattern Frame hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fired enamel spotted tiger fur type in a modern contemporary style. External measurements cm. 14 x 17.5, i...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Table Cigar Lighter Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table cigar lighter in the shape of a four-leaf clover with frames in 925/1000 sterling silvergold plated and real malachite stone. Piezoelectric m...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of beautiful 1950's gilded metal Florentine candle holders wall decoration
Located in München, DE
Pair of large beautiful 1950's gilded metal Florentine candle holders and wall decoration.
Beautiful design with many details.
The candle holders have a slightly different design. Yo...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Enamel Egg with Tripod Sterling Silver Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg with tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to create...
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Table Box Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone and Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table box in the shape of a four-leaf clover in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated and real malachite stone petals. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5 . Silver weight gr. 340. Designed b...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of French Directoire Candlesticks, circa 1790
Located in Knivsta, SE
A pair of rare and beautiful French Directoire candlesticks in gilt bronze from the late 18th century.
In very good antique condition.
Marked in the lower part of the foot with "13...
Category
1790s French Directoire Antique Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Gold Elephant White Candle Box
Located in Paris, FR
Candle box gold elephant white made in
porcelain with elephant on the lid. In white
finish porcelain in 24-karat gold-plated.
Include paraffin wax with si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
Gold Elephant Black Candle Box
Located in Paris, FR
Candle box gold elephant black made in
porcelain with elephant on the lid. In black
finish porcelain in 24-karat gold-plated.
Include paraffin wax with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Gold Plate Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
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