Martyn Pugh

Claret jug representing an owl in green glass and sterling silver 925 silver hallmark Height: 27 cm

Pair of sterling silver, Victorian style grape shears, Sheffield, England, 1938. "Fox and Grapes" motif on each handle. One of the cutting "blades" has ...

Dutch Pheasant Sterling Silver Shaker made in a very realistic way. Fine chiseled details are reproducing the plumage and the bird anatomical fe...

Cigarette case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Opening with spring button.. Measure cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr.210. Created in the Art Deco style...

Powder case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and red fired enamel. Opening with spring button. Ground mirror and retina inside. Measure cm. 7.3 x 7.3 x 1.5. Weight gr.250. Created in the Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by designs by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<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...

A stylish vintage English silverplated six slice toast rack. No maker's mark. This fine quality silver toast rack is well made with a lovely Art Deco style trefoil design and charmin...

An exceptional and early example of Tiffany & Co.'s fine silver craftsmanship, this elegant toast rack dates to the 1870s. Crafted in the United States in solid sterling silver, the ...

Ballpoint Pen cylindrical for large Desk. Ballpoint Pen in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24carats. Ballpoint Pen with translucent fired enamels on guilloché Modern Contemporar...

English Sterling Letter or Toast Rack, London, 1900, Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst This exquisite English sterling silver letter or toast rack was crafted by the esteemed Johnson, Wal...

Heading : Sterling Silver Toast Rack Date : Hallmarked in Birmingham 1926 For Alexander Clark Period : George V Origin : Birmingham England Decoration : Seven bar, omega handle. Cast...

Large sterling mounted cut-glass claret jug, with hinged top, on a cylinder cut-glass diamond pattern handled jug. Measures: Standing 12.5" high, 6" w...

Frances Sterling Silver Box with Enamel Design This rectangular sterling silver box with rounded corners features vibrant cobalt blue enamel. The lid is decorated with a central desi...