Peruvian Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Beautiful modernist enamel on copper pedestal bowl/dish done by Joseph Trippetti and dates from the 1950s-1960s. The enamel design features birds and flowers. Wonderful color and des...

Large conical silver plate bowl decorated to the interior with a deep aubergine purple enamel. Manufactured and designed in Denmark during the late 1950s by DGS (Danish Silver- & Gol...

Set up a stylish spot for your keys, cards and other trinkets with Calipso catch-all tray. Sitting atop four tiny feet in chromed brass, this elegant vide-po...

Set of 2 silver plated metal decorative objects: a "leave" bowl and an "apple" box from the '60s. Pretty good condition: the bowl show light defect on one side as showed in the pictu...

Vintage Bronze Monkey Paddling A Boat Ashtray or Catchall Dish. A decorative bronze art form tray of a monkey rowing a boat in metal bronze verdigris finish. Nice on its own as a dec...

Large Brutalist Centerpiece in Patinated and Silver Plated Sand Cast Brass, Europe, 1960s. This is truly a very special and wonderful brutalist centerpiece with mesmerizing colors a...

Blue Catch all Tray Modern design Blue fabric (stretchy) on metal frame 2.25 h x 5 x 5 Original vintage Refer to images

Large Limoges porcelain dist in a rectangular shape featuring a beautiful Butterfly design. Made in France. Amazing midcentury Limoges hand-painted...

Vintage Asian square porcelain dish, ashtray or catchall. Chinese Wanli Wucai style porcelain square dish with dragons and floral decoration. Asian th...

Vintage collectible dish ashtray from the famous "Jimmy's Restaurant in Beverly Hills" restaurant once located 201 South Moreno Drive in Beverly Hills California. The restaurant clos...

Beautiful set of Hermès jewelry dishes. Hermès stamped on the side or base of each piece. Silver plated hallmarks throughout. Different designs ...

A bespoken sterling silver necklace with five roundel bell shape of gradual sizes linked by joint chains, designed and made by Graziella Laffi (1923-2009), Lima, Peru, circa 1965. The subtly hammered roundels evoke a sense of history with the form found in pre-Columbian culture, yet the necklace appears beyond ethnic, it exuberates a confident and bold modernism. The necklace with Peruvian Cultural Ministry label to verso. Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...