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Creator: Franco Salimbeni
Box shaped enamel hand painted, engraved and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped enamel is in 925/1000 sterling. Box shaped enamel has handpainted fired enamels miniature. Box shaped enamel is engraved and fire-enamelled ornaments. Box shaped enamel is...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Perfume holder Art Deco style enamel black and white Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This exclusive handbag perfume holder is in 925/1000 sterling silver. it has a fine geometric manual engraving with rhombuses and white and black in Art Deco for the fire enameled su...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This awesome Table Box Baroque style is in 925/1000 sterling silver. it has a Rectangular shape with hand-engraved intricate design Black and Green color fire enameled. Table Box Bar...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Handbag Perfume Holder Baroque style Blue Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Ovalized Handbag Perfume Holder is in 925/1000 Sterling Silver. Handbag Perfume Holder with Screwed cap. Handbag Perfume Holder with very fine Baroque Style manual Engraving with d...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Perfume holder Empire style ornaments enamel like wood Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This excellent handbag perfume holder is in 925/1000 sterling silver. it has a fine manual engraving of Napoleon III Empire style ornaments with wood-like grain, with translucent bro...
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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame Napoleon III French Empire style laurel ornament Sterling Silver.
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This exquisite Picture Frame Napoleon III is in 925/1000 sterling silver. it has a Squared Shape and sky colour for the fire enameled surface on guilloche. Picture Frame Napoleon III...
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1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Perfume holder pendant in the shape of a cruet Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Perfume holder pendant in the shape of a cruet in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with screwed cap and branch with ivy leaves engraved and fire enameled on both sides. Art Nouve...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel

Perfume holder pendant blue enamel cruet shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Perfume Holder Pendant in the shape of a cruet in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with screwed cap and translucent enamel fired on guilloche. Art Nouveau style from the early 19...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigarette Case Baroque style hand engraving enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cigarette Case rectangular with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with Baroque style hand engraving and hand-painted fired enamel such as malachite stone. Meas...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Perfume holder manual engraving peach blossom shoots Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical handbag perfume holder in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with screwed cap and fine manual engraving of peach blossom shoots, fire enamelled with various colours, in...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Photo Frame Bordeaux Enamel Empire style ornaments Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External dimensions cm. 13.5 x...
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1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Squared Green Enamel with oval miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on sunburst guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External measurements cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 636- Fine oval miniature cm. 3.2 x 4.2 hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory plate by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproducing a portrait of a Flemish lady...
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1990s Italian Louis XVI Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Sterling Silver Striped Paillons in pure Gold and flowers Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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...
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1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Table Box Green in French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table Box Green in French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni. Table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel inserted in a very fine ha...
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1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box reproducing the painting of a Roman glimpse late 1800s Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuffbox Rectangular for table with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli repro...
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1990s Italian Baroque Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel

Photo Frame Large two-tone striped enamel Black and Yellow Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on two-tone striped guillochè. In a contemporary style. Ground glass and velvet panel. ...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame large size Red Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photograph frame in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with borders and laurel frieze in Louis XVI French Empire style. Exte...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Photograph Frame Large Imperial Style White Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver shaped photograph frame with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and rich friezes in Louis XVI French Empire style. External measurements...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Photo Frame Large Imperial Style White and Green enamel on Sterling Silver Salim
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped frame for photographs in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and rich friezes in the French Empire Louis XVI style ...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box for Cigarettes in Sterling Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box for cigarettes in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with hand-engraved design in Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels. Measure cm. 6.5 x 10.2 x 2. Weigh...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Enamel on guillochè with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle S
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterlin silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine fired enamelled miniature with hand-painted floral i...
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1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Table Box Fired Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine hand-engraving Baroque style on the lid, fire-enamelled in 2 colours. In the center an ancient oval plate...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Travel Photo Frame Fire Enamel Stripes Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular travel photo frame with hinged booklet for 2 photos in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled stripes in Art Deco style. Measureme...
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1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Photo Frame Empire Style Squared Shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Gold-plated 925/1000 silver square photo frame with fire-enamelled Empire-style leaves on a rounded edge. External dimensions cm. 9 x 9, internal cm. 7.7 x 7.7. Weight gr. 87. Design...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Photo Frame Yellow Enamel and Flower Garlands Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photograph frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower garlands in the late 19th century...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Photo Frame baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal notched photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. External dimensions cm. 14.2 x 17.8, internal oval cm. 8 x 12....
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigarette Case Two-Tone Striped Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone striped fired enamel on guillochè and hand-engraved ornament. Late Empire Napoleon III style. ...
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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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...
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1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Table Box Art Deco Style Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular Table Box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire Enamel Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 9 x 11 x 2.8. Weight gr. 324. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Photo Frame Enamel and Guilloche Striped Border Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and internal striped border with French Empire Louis XVI style interweavin...
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1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box in Malachite with Hinged Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table box in malachite with hinged frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated. The malachite is a large single whole slab on the lid and the stone design becomes...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Malachite, Sterling Silver

Photo Frame Red Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on sunburst guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External dimensions c...
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1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Baroque Style Green Table Box with Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Baroque style shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving interspersed with spaces with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and a beautiful h...
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1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Frame for 2 Photographs Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Black Oval Photo Frame Baroque Style Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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...
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1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on a fine hand-engraved mountain landscape. Contemporary m...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Frame for Oval Photo Borders in Louis XVI French Empire Style Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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...
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1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
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...
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1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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 Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Photo Frame Two-Tone Fired Enamel on Guillochè Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver S
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
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...
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1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
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...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Louis XVI White Photo Frame Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of a garland of flowers with oval border interna...
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1970s Italian Empire Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Orange Square Table Framel French Empire Napoleon III Style Sterling Silver Enam
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
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...
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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Snuffbox Pocket Sterling Silver Gold Paillons Lilies of France Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular oval shape pocket snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of p...
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1960s Italian Louis XIV Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Russian Empire Fabergè style Rectangular photo frame with 2 oval borders and orn
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with 2 oval borders internal size cm. 4 x 5.2 and ornaments with festoons a...
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Animalier Pattern Frame hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Round Photo Frame Miniature of garlands of flowers Art Nouveau style Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of garlands of flowers in t...
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Octagonal Light Blue Fired Enamel and Miniature Madame Drouais on Sali
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and beautiful hand-painted enamelled miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the portrait of Madame Drouais painted by her husband Francois Hubert in 1785 and conserved in the Louvre Museum. Fine hand-engravings on the sides. French Empire style. Measure cm. 8x8x3.7. Weight gr. 285. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1989 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous eamelled firings at high heat 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...
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1980s Italian Other Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled stripes and fine oval enameled miniature in center cm. 3 x 4 hand-painted by ...
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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine miniature fired enamelled with an image of “fox hunti...
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1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Photo Frame Blue Enamel and pure Gold "Paillons" Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture frame with square exterior and oval ornament interior in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue enamel on guillochè and various pure gold "paillons" sandw...
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1990s Italian Louis XVI Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff box perforated, embossed and hand-engraved lid and miniature Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated, embossed and hand-engraved lid, with fine oval miniature cm. 3.2 x 4.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable i...
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1970s Italian Rococo Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box White Fire Enamel with Miniature of Bird Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of stylized blue bird, late 19th-century Viennese Art Nou...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Guilloche Frame Blu Enamel Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame 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 t...
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1960s Italian Other Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff box Enamel Double opening Sterling Silver flower bouquet Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with two slightly domed sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower bouquet, late 1...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Franco Salimbeni Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Franco Salimbeni serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.

Franco Salimbeni serveware, ceramics, silver and glass are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of sterling silver and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Franco Salimbeni serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 52 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 1 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original serveware, ceramics, silver and glass by Franco Salimbeni were created in the Baroque style in italy during the 20th century. Prices for Franco Salimbeni serveware, ceramics, silver and glass can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $360 and can go as high as $14,212, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,251.

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