Amethyst Sterling Silver

Square table clock with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 11.8 x 11.8. Silver weight gr. 449. Swiss mechanical movement with 8-day charge and alarm. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1976 inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects, in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C. 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...

Elegant, classic Art Deco period sterling silver, enamel and cabochon amethyst large pill box. Of streamlined geometric design, cylinder form, engraved and black enamel line motif with a natural cabochon amethyst clasp...

Victorian silver Gothic Chalice with gem stones Antique gilded silver religious chalice decorated with 6 large amethysts. Material: Silver, Gold pla...

A collection of four Mexican modern silver box with inset amethyst cabochon top by William Spratling (1900-1967), all variously hallmarked and dated to circa 1940-1946. The small collection includes three pill boxes and an operable lipstick holder, each with a round amethyst cabochon top that display slightly different color and inclusion. The sizes of the pill boxes are approximately 1.25"dia x 0.8"h, 0.75"dia x 1"h and 0.5"dia x 1.5"h. The size of the lipstick holder is 0.75"dia x 2.2"h. Spratling is an American designer and silversmith who designed and studio-made modernistic silver...

Artfully decorated silver gilded table clock by a Viennese master: Flat, rectangular corpus containing the musical mechanism, standing on four elaborately decorated volute feet attached to the corners, rectangular elevation in the middle at the top, covered with three oval, framed malachite...

Fantastic snake necklace designed and stamped by Gustavo Martínez in silver with turquoise, amethyst and coral. Mexico, 1960s.

This is a superb Austrian neoclassical Revival Amethyst, Ebonised lady's walking stick, hallmarked George Adam Schied, Vienna, and dated 1900. This decorative walking cane features a tapering handle surmounted with a large amethyst pommel. The sides are chased with laureate garlands and engine-turned with a pinstriped and geometric field. The ebonised tapering shaft has it's original brass ferrule. A truly beautiful piece that would make a fine addition to any antique collection. Condition: In really excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 91 x Width 3 x Depth 3 Dimensions in inches: Height 3 feet x Width 1 inch x Depth 1 inch Georg Adam Scheid history And heritage The imposing building shown above was once the premises of Georg Adam Scheid. The premises located at 85 Gumpendorfer Straße, Vienna, were built in 1808 by Jakob Hainz. In 1830 expansion of this building took place followed by a complete redesign by Johann Philipp Theiss and Johann Sturany which lasted from 1881 - 1884, transforming the place into a palace - a Baroque palace with a gabled central projection, baroque window decor and an elaborate wrought-iron balcony. Georg Adam Scheid was born on July 28 1838 in Schönau Baden, Germany. When he was sixteen years old he began an apprenticeship. During this time he worked in both Pforzheim and Stuttgart. Pforzheim is famous as a center of jewellery making - so much so that it is known colloquially as Goldstadt (Golden City). In 1858 he travelled to Vienna to work for the goldsmith Michael Markowitsch. Markowitsch was impressed enough to partner with Scheid in 1862, when the firm was renamed Markowitsch & Scheid. Scheid also married one of Michael’s daughters. In recognition of the partnership a new mark was struck, as shown above. When Markowitsch and Scheid ended their partnership it was convenient for the Markowitsch family to keep this mark, as it was ideal for Michael Markowitsch & Son. His son, Adolf, followed him into business. Adolf was to go on to own the firm Markowitsch & Scheid. The company ceased trading in 1898. On leaving the partnership Scheid moved next door to 85 Gumpendorfer Straße. His firm was known as G. A. Scheid. The venture was so successful that up to three hundred workers were employed at their manufacturing premises. An enamel, silver gilt and rock crystal seal...

Jewelry Pendant attributed to Levinger & Bissinger ca. 1905 Art Nouveau Austria green white rosé 925 silver with gradient window enamel, dalmatite and amethyst marked From 1904 on, jewelery designer Karl Bissinger...

Arts & Crafts, sterling silver bowl inset with cabochon cut, bezel set amethysts, The Watson Silver Co., Attleboro, Mass., circa 1920s. Graceful cur...

A Southwest American Indian Navajo bracelet offers pierced and scrolled sterling silver links each having central cabochon cut amethyst, 20th century ***DELIVERY NOTICE – Due to COV...

This is a beautifully crafted 20th century Black, Starr and Frost sterling silver decorative box accented by a carved amethyst cat. The box has been professionally polished and is in...

Mario Buccellati, an exceptional Italian silver parrot on amethyst, circa 1970 Made in Milan Italy. Very fine quality and workmanship. Measure...