Enamel Decorative Boxes

Beautiful midcentury enameled silver decorative box, Spain, 1960.

Cylindrical jewellery box made of elm burl treated with bergamot oil. The stopper, concave on one side and convex on the other, is made of enamelled copper. It can be flipped and it ...

Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dimensions cm. 5.5 x 7 x 1.8. Weight gr. 105. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1975 in Art Deco style and executed in numerous specimens, at the specific request of the firm Tiffany & Co., in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for sustaining numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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...

Exceedingly Rare and Fine French enamel covered bombiniere signed by Gamet for A La Marquise de Sevigne (finest Paris Chocolatier). Signed "Gamet" on top lid. Commissioned for "A ...

Art Deco enamel box in the style of Paul Laszlo and Maria Rott Austrian Art Deco enamel box, a circular piece with a lid depicting a hand-painted scene. The central image depicts a h...

Just in time for Father’s Day we are offering this sterling silver and enamel pillbox. Made in England, there are two kittens painted on the enamel cover. For that feline lover, male...

Silver and enamel box, E.F. Caldwell, New York, circa 1920. Depicting the golfer Bobby Jones.

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Silver 800 and enamel music box signed Fallaci Firenze. Italy, circa 1930. Marked silver 800. Machine signed "Thorens Switzerland".   

French silver and enamel box, circa 1920.

A wonderful 18th century Battersea box depicting a hunting scene with hunters on horseback with dogs, deer and boar depicted against a wood...

Antique 19th Jewellery hand painted porcelain box with hunting horse scene aprox 1880 hand painted in yellow porcelaine Perfect gift for decoration or kee...

Offered is a sleek and elegant decorative box made of enamelized wood with inlaid exotic wood on the lid. The interior and bottom surface are glossy black. The box measures 15.75" ...

A gorgeous Antique Silver mounted Viennese Enamel Trinket Box in the shape of a Renaissance style cup and cover. The entire exterior and interior of this object are covered in richly coloured and detailed enamelled imaged and patterns. The exterior Body, Foot & Lid of the object features individual classical scenes set within oval cartouches surrounded by scroll floral patterning. Made in Vienna, Austrian circa 1880. Approx. Height - 21.2cm Approx. Diameter at rim - 7.6cm. Signed/Inscribed: Austrian Hallmarks. This Viennese Enamel Box...

A 19th century English Battersea box depicting gentlemen on hobbyhorses.

Contemporary blue and gold enamel box with lid. Condition: Excellent, minor wear consistent with age and use. Width: 7.5” Depth: 6” Height: 5.25”

Three 19th century French porcelain plaque with enamel. One is hand-painted. Boxes measure: 6" x 5.5" x 1.75" // 7" x 4.5" x 2" // 6" x 5" x 2".