Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
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Technique: Hand-Crafted
20th Cebtury Italian Big Sterling Silver Letter Opener
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large, completely handmade, sterling silver letter opener.
Perfect for a prestigious desk.
The blade is smooth while the hand is embossed by hand on both sides with scrolls and fl...
Category
1990s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Viennese Silver Historicism Splendour Clock With Musical Movement, Around 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Artfully decorated silver gilded table clock by a Viennese master:
Flat, rectangular corpus containing the musical mechanism, standing on four elaborately decorated volute feet attac...
Category
1880s Austrian Other Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Amethyst, Malachite, Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver photo frame.
The frame was made in Italy by the Argenteria Raddi of Florence.
The design is typically Libeerty with the characteristic flowers, festoons and ribbons...
Category
1990s Italian Art Nouveau Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver German Shepherd Dog Sculpture
Located in VALENZA, IT
German Shepherd dog sculpture in sterling silver.
The sculpture of the German Shepherd dog was made with the 925 sterling silver casting method and masterfully finished with chisel ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Octagonal Baluster Sugar Caster Hallmarked:- London, 1903
Located in York, GB
Sterling silver generous sized octagonal baluster shaped.
Sugar caster
Made in Birmingham in 1903, by Stokes & Ireland Ltd.,
Great Hampton Street, Birmingham.
An excellent set...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Tapio Wirkkala Finnish Silver Leaf Shape Handled Bon Bon Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning mid-century Finnish silver leaf shaped handled bon bon dish designed by Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) dated 1965. The dish is of a simple leaf shaped design formed like a hea...
Category
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Glass Decanters French Victorian Tableware Neoclassical a pair
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
A pair of antique sterling silver and glass decanters
Style: Louis XVI, Neoclassical, Victorian, French, 19th century, Antique, Georgian
Origin France, Paris, 1880
A pair sterling s...
Category
19th Century Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Cigar Box with Fine Fine Miniature Alphons Mucha's "Amethyst" Poster Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular rounded cigar box with vertical opening in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine miniature hand-painted in tempera on vegetable iv...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1 of 4 King George Auguseue Frederick Arms Gilt Sterling Silver Plated Trays
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale 1 of 4 Gold gilt Sterling Silver plated, fully hallmarked for Sheffield 1919 Serving trays with engraved Armorial coat of arms crest for King George IV “His Royal Highness George Auguseue Frederick”
These are truly exquisite trays, the armorial coat of arms is for King George IV, a brief history as below, these are the old set in gold gilt I have seen, they have each been fitted with a hanging tag so they are for display not use
The trays are very decorative and expertly made, the Armorial coat of arms must have cost quite a pretty penny to have the press made. Each tray is fully hallmarked for the sideways facing Lion for Sterling Silver, the Queens Crown for Sheffield made and the date letter A for 1919
The condition of each tray is good, some have more wear and light discolouration than others as you would expect from 100+ year old pieces, there will be normal honest patina front and back, none have any chips or damage
Dimensions
Height:- 50cm
Width:- 50cm
Depth:- 3cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later.
He had already been serving as Prince Regent since 5 February 1811, during his father's final mental illness. George IV was the eldest child of King George III and Queen Charlotte.
He led an extravagant lifestyle that contributed to the fashions of the Regency era. He was a patron of new forms of leisure, style and taste. He commissioned John Nash to build the Royal Pavilion in Brighton and remodel Buckingham Palace, and commissioned Jeffry Wyatville to rebuild Windsor Castle.
George's charm and culture earned him the title "the first gentleman of England", but his dissolute way of life and poor relationships with his parents and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick, earned him the contempt of the people and dimmed the prestige of the monarchy.
He excluded Caroline from his coronation and asked the government to introduce the unpopular Pains and Penalties Bill in an unsuccessful attempt to divorce her.
Despite presiding over the British Empire's emergence as a global hegemon, his rule was tarnished by scandal and financial extravagance. His ministers found his behaviour selfish, unreliable and irresponsible, and he was strongly influenced by favourites.
During most of George's regency and reign, Lord Liverpool controlled the government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Liverpool's government presided over Britain's ultimate victory over Napoleon and negotiated a peace settlement with the French.
After Liverpool's retirement, George IV was forced to accept Catholic emancipation...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Finely Cut Glass Decanter With Silver Mount, Wilkens & Sons Germany, 1909
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant large carafe made of clear glass with a conical body, glass wall vertically cut with regular jagged facets on the outside, jagged ridges rounded off by a delicate lenticular ...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Revival Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Large Silver Jardinière With Glass Liner, Enrico Goretta For Mossa, Italy, c1970
Located in Vienna, AT
Large silver vessel with an elongated octagonal ground plan on a stepped, slightly recessed stand, bulbous, smooth walls with surrounding grooves and canopy-like decoration on the up...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pocket Photos holder Enamel hand carved Napoleon III Style Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket photos holder in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels on guillochè, with hand-engraved edges. Empire style Napoleon III. Octagonal hing...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Tea Set 3-Piece Sterling Silver Fine Quality, Sheffield England, 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Sterling Silver, Art Deco period, 3-piece tea set consisting of teapot, milk jug and Sugar Bowl, made by Cooper Brothers...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Indian Antique Silver Anthropomorphic Design Bowl with Animals
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An interesting antique Indian silver pedestal bowl decorated with animals and anthropomorphic hunter figures dating from the 19th century. The bow...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Box with fired enamels and fine horse racing miniature Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche and large fire enamelled rectangular miniature hand painted by the painter ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Animalier Zebra Pattern Frame hand painted Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, hand-painted with spotted zebra fur type in a modern contemporary style. External measurements cm. ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Animalier leopard Pattern Frame hand painted Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with fired enamel, hand-painted with spotted leopard fur type, in a modern contemporary style. External measurements c...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Early Bezalel Jerusalem Solid Silver Filigree Jewish Spice Container Havdalah
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
extremely rare one of a kind spice container made for the Havdalah ceremony, or maybe a snuff box, This chest shaped box is small but its adorned with the most amazing filigree work ...
Category
1910s Asian Arts and Crafts Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Box with green enamel on fine hand engraving of a landscape with ruins Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with concave corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on fine hand engraving of a landscape with ruins. Contemporary modern...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière With Cut Glass Liner, Wolfers Frères, Brussels
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant silver jardinière in elliptical basic form on four feet with rocaille decoration, straight vertical wall with regular openings in the form of curved bands in the upper area, ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Cactus Silverware Service
Located in Hellerup, DK
An extensive 141 piece Georg Jensen sterling silver Cactus silverware service for twelve persons. It was created by sculptor Gundorph Albertus in 1930. The lines are simple and stron...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Old Danish “Dobbeltriflet” Silverware Service for Eight
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage Georg Jensen Old Danish sterling silverware service for 8 persons, each setting of 10pcs plus serving pieces, The Old Danish design was designed by Harald Nielsen in 1947, ...
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Russian Art Nouveau silver punch set, with The Three Bogatyrs, best quality
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Comprising a punch bowl, ladle and six cups each cast with armed bogatyr with Weapons and inscription through coniferous mountain landscapes the punch bucket is sitting on owl shaped...
Category
1920s Russian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Pyramid Sterling Silver Service For Eight
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage art deco Georg Jensen sterling silverware service in the Pyramid pattern, designed by Harald Nielsen in 1926. Featuring 8 settings, each comprising 10 pieces and including ...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Champagne Cooler In Tulip Shape, Wilkens & Sons Germany, 1919
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant silver vessel in the shape of a tulip with a wide opening on a stepped stand, the wall and foot with curved triple folds, the rim profiled and turned outwards, two raised han...
Category
1910s German Rococo Revival Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Sterling Silver Italian Gilded and Enameled Table Box
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round haped silver gilded 925/1000 table box with translucent enamels on guilloche with hand-painted floral miniatures and gold paillons
Made in Italy
1.400 grams
The Miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Sterling Silver Striped Paillons in pure Gold and flowers Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine floral miniature fired enamelled by the painter Ren...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Box with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and horse racing Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and with fired enameled oval miniature, hand painted by the painter Renato...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enameled engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature in 18th century French Empire style. Dimension...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Sterling Silver Box Tower Shape with Rooster at the Top
Located in VALENZA, IT
Tower shaped box in solid sterling silver round shape.
Made entirely by hand, with a chisel reproducing the bricks on the body and the windows are embossed and chiseled in the lantern. The tower is smooth, surmounted by a rooster.
Ideal for offering cigars, or for holding scrolls or diplomas.
By Poli...
Category
1990s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid 20th Century Silver Kiddush, Eliyahu Hanavi cup by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Important Handmade sterling silver Kiddush (eliyahu hanavi cup) goblet by Bezalel School, Jerusalem, circa 1948. On round base decorated with silver filigree and Cabouchon shaped o...
Category
1940s Israeli Aesthetic Movement Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Agate, Silver
Antique Gorham Sterling Silver Bowl with Ornate Chased Floral Decoration
By Gorham
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique bowl was made by the renowed Gorham Company of the United States and dates to approximately 1900 and done in a Victorian style. The bowl is composed of sterling silver a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Antique 925 Silver "Arbol de la Vida" Bell
Located in Mérida, YU
This is a very nice "Arbol de la Vida" Bell.
Handmade of solid .925 Silver that Weights 1,240 grams.
Exceptional craft and in very good condition.
Every single pice and detail is ori...
Category
1980s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Pair of sterling silver holy water fonts
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antique Pair of sterling silver holy water fonts
This splendid pair of embossed silver basins from the 19th century are true masterpieces of craftsma...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame in pure Florentine Renaissance style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with painted fire enamels like lapis lazuli stone. Shaping taken from the tiles of the North Door of the Baptistery of the F...
Category
1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Picture Frame floral engraving and hand-painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular shaped frame for oval photos cm. 7.8 x 10.4 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with very fine fire-enameled floral engraving and hand-painted by the painter Renato D...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 silver with geometric design and fire-enameled with Chinese influence style. External cm. Internal 11.6 x 14.6 cm. 6 x 9. Weight gr. 194. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with high thickness plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enamelling firings at approximately 750° < 800° C.
It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include:
manufacturer's mark: 391FI
metal mark fineness:925
Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif".
With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe.
Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style.
Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai).
Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations.
Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag.
About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair Of 5-Flame Art Nouveau Silver Candelabras, Tétard Frères Paris France c1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Two festive five-flame candelabras on a round, centrally raised foot, segmented by four applied pilasters with volute ends protruding over the rim, ring-shaped and radial relief band...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Victorian Chiseled And Engraved Sterling Silver Basket With Handle
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our items.
Beauti...
Category
Late 19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame for oval photos enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for oval photos cm. 3 x 4 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel, plum purple, on guilloche, with French Empire Louis XVI style...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Green and pink enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table photo frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with translucent two-tone striped enamels fired on guilloche and hand-engraved ornaments. Late Empire Napoleon ...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Red enamel Empire Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large octagonal table frame for round photos diameter cm. 7, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on sunburst guilloche, with Napoleon III French Empire style borders and ornaments. External cm. 17 x 17. Weight gr. 483. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1978 on the inspiration of previous artefacts from the early 1900s and manufactured in Florence at the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enameling firings at approximately 750 < 800° C.
It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include:
manufacturer's mark: 391FI
metal mark fineness:925
Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif".
With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe.
Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style.
Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai).
Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations.
Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag.
About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
WILLIAM ELEY - George III Sterling Silver Tea/Dessert Spoon - U.K. - Circa 1813
Located in Chatham, ON
WILLIAM ELEY WILLIAM FEARN WILLIAM CHAWNER - George III sterling silver tea or dessert spoon - hallmarked - United Kingdom (London) - circa 1813.
Excellent antique condition - no ...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame Green with concave corner for oval photo Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame with concave corners for oval photo cm. 5.5 x 8.5 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche, with French Empire Napo...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Cactus Silverware Service
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen sterling silver Cactus silverware service for twelve persons. It was created by sculptor Gundorph Albertus in 1930. The lines are simple and strong and his sensitivity...
Category
1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Centerpiece, Jardinière With Glass Insert, Vienna Circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Simple, elegant silver centerpiece in elongated form with vertical walls on four flared feet, the straight long sides slightly protruding and the semi-circular sides overhanging, cir...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
German 1925 Art Deco Enameled Gala Purse Bag In .935 Sterling With Gemstones
By Theodor Fahrner
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco gala purse with gemstones.
An exceptional and colorful purse, created in Europe during the art deco period, back in the 1925, most pro...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver Jardiniere With Artfully Cut Glass Insert, Wilkens & Sons Germany, 1894
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant, festive silver vessel in an oval shape on a stepped base with projecting, pierced rocaille elements, pierced decoration also on the upper rim of the wall with irregular edges, front and back panels surrounded by volutes and rocailles, the narrow sides with towering and intertwined volutes forming two handles, gilded interior.
Matching glass insert with upper edge adapted to the silver vessel, cut stone and fan decoration, lens cut, star base.
- Crescent + Crown - German official hallmark from 1888
- 800 - fineness
- Screw press - Manufacture brand for M. H. Wilkens & Sons, Bremen-Hemelingen, Germany
Founded in Bremen in 1810 by goldsmith Martin Heinrich Wilkens, handicraft production and repairs, after the eldest sons Diedrich and Carl joined the company from about 1830 mint company, sales of semi-finished goods and silverware beyond Bremen, production of medals and coins on behalf of the Bremen state, from 1851, supply to world exhibitions, from 1857, steam engine to drive the presses and spinning benches, from 1859, enlargement and expansion of the company to become one of the three most important German silverware manufacturers, still a well-known supplier of high-quality silver and stainless steel tableware today
- WILKENS sticker
- 96921 - Order number, Year 1894 (order numbers 94541-99839)
Made 1894 - Historicism 'Second Rococo...
Category
1890s German Rococo Revival Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Ornamental Lobster Picks 086
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A set twelve Georg Jensen sterling silver lobster picks/forks, featuring the ornamental Pattern #86 crafted by Georg Jensen in 1930. Handmade at the Georg Jensen silver smithy in Den...
Category
1950s European Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Extensive Georg Jensen Rope Sterling Silverware Service
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
An extensive sterling silverware service for twelve in the Rope/Perle pattern by Georg Jensen. Originally designed in 1916 by Georg Jensen himself, the Rope/Perle pattern is a rare f...
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Cutlery Set For 12 People In Original Case, Austria-Hungary
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant cutlery set made of solid silver for twelve people consisting of 95 parts in original wooden box.
Dateing: circa 1900
Material: Massive silver '800'
Form type: Elegant, s...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Swann Silver Salt Shaker A Pair of Antique Salt & Pepper Shaker Swann Wings Tray
Located in Hampshire, GB
Silver Swan Vintage Salt and Pepper, Set of 2 with Tray
Antique valuable silver salt and pepper shaker or Decorative tableware pressed, cast and chased pair of swann. Oval, domed bod...
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1940s European Hollywood Regency Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Leaf, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver
Silver Flower Basket by Mappin & Webb with Green Glass Liner
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful and large silver flower basket.
The vase is made by Mappin & Webb London. The silver has been richly worked and ajour sawn. The glass interior is original and made from gr...
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1910s English Romantic Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen & Tray for Desk Set enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with hand-painted fired enamel like turquoise stone, cm. 9.5 x 18. For fountain pen (4577-5210) with 18 carat gold n...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen and tray for a Desk Set green enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
4640-5320 - Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, cm. 9 x 17.5. For fountain pen (4568-5201) with two-tone st...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Whisky Carafe With Silver Mount And Stopper, by Topázio, Portugal, 20th Century
By Topazio
Located in Vienna, AT
Simple, elegant carafe made of clear glass in the shape of a cube on a square base, pyramid-shaped raised wall at the top and ending in a round neck, encased in a smooth silver mount...
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Late 20th Century Portuguese Art Deco Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Vintage Italian Set of Salt and Pepper Silver Grinder Mills
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of Salt and Pepper Grinder Mills from Italy Made in Sterling Silver and Lacquered Wood.
The set is marked Sterling Silver and Made in Italy
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Set of 6 Modern Pattern Spoons +Tongs Hallmarked:-Sheffield 1934
By Emile Viner
Located in York, GB
Sterling silver box of 6 Modern teaspoons + tongs
Made in England and with the maker`s mark - EV, for Emile Viner, for
Viners Ltd., bath street, Sheffield.
A full set of English h...
Category
1930s English Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
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