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19th Century English Silver Plated Ostrich Egg Box Attributed to Elkington & Co.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century English silver plated ostrich egg box, attributed to Elkington & Co.
In three parts, the silver plated lid with Acanthus leaf handle, the silver rimed egg, and the grap...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Mint C. and Large Antique Display Shell Box w. Beveled Glass Top & Silver Spoons
Located in Lisse, NL
Fine quality and condition, 1860s box with perfect working silver lock and key.
This handcrafted spoon box is another one of our recent great finds. It comes with beautifully shaped...
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Biedermeier Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuff Box Venetian landscape miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Snuff Box Venetian landscape is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24 carats..
Snuff Box Snuff Box Venetian landscape has translucent fired enamel on guilloche and min...
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1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill Box shaped Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted striped Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent 2-color striped fire enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings in Viennese Art Nouveau style, second half...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1890s Antique French Silver Mussel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French silver vesta case in the form of a mussel; an addition to our diverse smoking related silverware collection
This exceptional antique French silver vesta case has an elongated asymmetrical form, realistically modelled in the form of a mussel shell.
The anterior and posterior surfaces of the vesta are embellished with engraved decoration replicating the contours of the natural shell.
This fine antique silver vesta...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Moroccan Silver Plated Tea Caddy Footed Candy Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1920s Antique Moroccan Silver Plated Footed Tea Caddy with hinged lid.
This authentic Moroccan brass silver plated box has a beautiful etched geometri...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Antique English Rosewood Inlaid Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Inlaid with floral sprays of engraved mother of pearl and brass
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this William IV Rosewood Inlaid Sewing Box. The Sewing Box ...
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Faberge Style Guilloche Enamel Sterling Silver Decorative Box/Cigarettes Case
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is Faberge style rectangular patinated 925 silver metal decorative box/cigarette case. It depicts a heavy hinged box very well ornamented. The top of the lid is covered by an octagonal shaped emerald green translucent guilloche enamel in the center. Over it, the Russian Double Headed Eagle...
Category
20th Century Unknown Belle Époque Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
WMF Art Nouveau Germany Silver Plate Jewelery Box, 1900s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Jewelery box, WMF - Germany, early 20th century
Rectangular shape with scroll decorations, surmounted by a crown, internal fabric compartments, four curled feet, brand under the bas...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
European Collection of 7 Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A curated collection of seven small antique boxes in variation of different metals.
The collection includes:
- One pewter box illustrating a doubl...
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Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Pewter
Art Noveade German Silver Jewelry Box 800
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Art Noveade 800 German Silver Jewelry Box
A Box with an intricate pattern engraved on its surface. The pattern consists of swirls and floral ...
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20th Century German Art Nouveau Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Pillbox white fire enamel hand painted dog's head miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square rounded pill box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fire enamel, above and below, with miniature dog's head hand painted by the painter Roma...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rectangular French Silver Light Blue Guilloché Enamel and Crystal Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rectangular French Silver Light Blue Guilloché Enamel and Crystal Table Box
Hallmarked with French Minerva on the silver rim
This exquisite rectan...
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20th Century French Art Deco Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$768 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Sterling Silver Italian Gilded and Enameled Table Box
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round haped silver gilded 925/1000 table box with translucent enamels on guilloche with hand-painted floral miniatures and gold paillons
Made in Italy
1.400 grams
The Miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
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1980s Italian Other Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$16,690 Sale Price
20% Off
Swiss Silver card case by A.D.A.R., 1920s
Located in Delft, NL
Swiss Silver card case by A.D.A.R., 1920s
A silver card case by A.D.A.R. (Ateliers d'Art decoratif Réunies SA) Switzerland. A rectangular case with a motif of ribbon on each corner ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
German Pforzheim 1920 Guilloche Blue Enamel Round Box In .935 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A guilloche enameled round box.
Fabulous German early 20th century enamel box, created in Pforzheim Germany, circa 1920. This beautiful box was carefu...
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1920s German Edwardian Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italian Sterling Silver round box with sunflowers
Located in VALENZA, IT
The rounded bottom has been left smooth with a raised plate to allow the lid to fit perfectly.
The lid is embossed and finely chiseled with a sunflower motif.
Made by the artisanal ...
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2010s Italian Other Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Japanese Meiji Art Nouveau Silver Box with Iris Flowers
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian Classical sterling silver cann, 1864. Baluster bowl with leaf-capped double-scroll handle and raised and beaded foot. Four scroll frames with leaf and bead surround...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Table Box Enamel two-tone ruby red and emerald green Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent fired enamel stripes on guilloche, two-tone ruby red and emerald green, in a modern contemporary style....
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Austrian Art Deco Silver Plate & Cut Glass Casket or Table Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Austrian casket or table box.
With a silver plate mount, a beveled glass insert top, and with a mold blown and cut body with a facete...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Table Box shaped tiles of the Baptistery of Florence Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with painted fire enamels like lapis lazuli stone and beautiful miniature hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing ...
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1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Egg style Faberge Blue Sapphire Enamel Medium Size Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, Russian Empire style inspired by Carl Fabergè eggs late 1800s, early 1900s. Measurem...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
LEVI & SALAMAN 1902 Birmingham Desk Chest With Mirror In .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Decorative chest with mirror designed by Levi & Salaman.
This is a beautiful and very decorative miniature chest created in Birmingham England by the silversmiths of Lévi & Salaman,...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pill Box Art Deco style fire-enamelled stripes Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Indulge in the allure of vintage artistry with this rounded rectangular pill box, exquisitely crafted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. Adorned with intricate hand-engraved ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Cigarette Case enamel and hand-engraved in Napoleon III style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché with hand-engraved engravings in the Frenc...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Portuguese Silver Filigree and Enamel Box with Gold Wash
Located in Stamford, CT
A silver trinket box with exquisite filigree work throughout, including the bottom and the feet. With white and red enamel decoration on the top and deep blue on the side. The delica...
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Early 20th Century Portuguese Art Nouveau Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
One-Off Winsor & Newton Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Sterling Silver 1977 Artist Box
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely one of a kind Winsor & Newton 1977 Queen Elizabeth Jubilee presentation with sterling silver ...
Category
20th Century English Early Victorian Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver, Lidded Porcelain Trinket or Snuff Box
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming little sterling silver-lidded porcelain box, possibly used for snoring snuff, or for general trinkets. The silver top is decorated in Louis XVI style, and bears the Minerv...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
LOUIS KUPPENHEIM 1925 Trompe L'œil Malachite Enameled Box In .935 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco Trompe L'œil enameled box by Louis Kuppenheim.
This is a beautiful decorative box, created in Germany during the art deco period, back in the 1925. This superb elegant box ...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Vienna Secession Metal Box by Josef Hoffmann and Wiener Werkstätte, Austria
Located in North Miami, FL
1920s Vienna Secession silvered metal box with wooden interior by Josef Hoffmann and Wiener Werkstätte, Austria
By: Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Material: metal, silver plate, ...
Category
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Sterling Silver Big Oval Jewel Box Baroque Style, with Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Jewel box Baroque style, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated.
Jewel Box has fine hand engravings around fired enameled spaces with lapis lazuli type painting.
Jewel Box Baroqu...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Baroque Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 10.4 x 13.4 x 3.2. Weight gr. 530. Designed by Giorgio Sali...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Classic Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Box by Poole
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by Poole in Taunton, Mass. Rectangular with straight sides and lobed bracket feet applied at corners. Cover hinged and curved. Box interio...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Spanish Wooden Box with Silver & Enamel Lid
By Gio Ponti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Spanish table or glove box.
In .915 fine (plata de ley) solid silver.
The wooden box with a silver lid with an enameled Moderist depiction of a recumbent woman with ...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Wordley Allsopp & Bliss 1930 Art Deco Lacquered Box In 14Kt Gold And Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco lacquer box designed by Wordley Allsopp & Bliss.
A beautiful colorful art deco box, created at the 33 East Kinney Street, in Newark New Jersey by the Wordley Allsopp & Bliss Company, back in the 1930. This rectangular box was carefully crafted in solid sterling silver .925/.999 with accents in 14 karats yellow gold. The complete outer parts are embellished with geometric patterns made up in green malachite and black lacquer. The inside are finished with high polish and gilding.
Weight: 82.95 Grams, (53.17 Dwt).
Measurements: 75 mm by 58 mm by 22 mm (2.95 x 2.28 x 0.87 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the assay of the metals and signed, "WAB STERLING & 14K".
Wordley Allsopp & Bliss
Wordley, Allsopp and Bliss (WAB) was founded in 1909 in Newark, New Jersey yet can trace its roots back to before 1885 when Henry Allsopp became a jeweler and registered his mark by 1891. Henry had partnered with George and the subsequently became known as George A H Allsopp Inc. The partnership did well together and they changed to Allsopp brothers...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Fabergé Glass Box
By Peter Carl Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully rare, this superb silver-mounted cut glass toilette box was crafted by legendary Russian jeweler and artisan Peter Carl Fabergé. The rou...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$9,850
Vintage Danish Bog Oak Box with 'The Little Mermaid' in Silver, by AS 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare and Beautiful handmade Box by Andersen and Søhoel. It is made of danish Bog Oak 400 to 1000 years old. The Lid has a silver henge and mechanism and is inlayed with a motif of ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$445 Sale Price
20% Off
Snuff Box fine hand engraving, fire enamelled, in “Rococo” style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving, fire enamelled, in “Rococo” style from the early 19th century. Measurements cm. 4.5 x 7.7 x 2. ...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Tiger Eye Lidded Semi Precious Stone Box
Located in New York, NY
Tiger eye lidded semi precious stone box. Gold, brown and yellow richly changing colour hardstone box with gold-wash silver hinge attributed ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Silver
Franco Lapini Silver Plated Rabbit Serving Plate Italy 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
The Unique Franco Lapini exquisite rabbit serving platter is made entirely of silver plated brass. The large deep oval plate is perfect for presented a luxury meal on your dining tab...
Category
1970s Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
"Fantastical Bird, " Mid Century Box by Ottaviani in Silver, Enamel and Rosewood
By Ottaviani
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully crafted of hammered silver -- now with a soft, old silver patina -- enamel and rosewood, this exceptional decorative box depicts a wildly imaginative crane-like bird with...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Russian Silver Spice Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Russian silver box; an addition to our Russian silverware collection
This exceptional antique Russian silver spice box...
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Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Modernist lucite and silver-plate set of boxes, Mellerio Paris, France 1970s
By Mellerio
Located in Firenze, IT
Modernist lucite and silver-plate set of boxes
Mellerio Paris, France 1970s
silver-plated metal, lucite
Marked underside: "Mellerio - A. Paris"
H 19.5 cm - 15.5 cm diam
H 10 cm ...
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1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Coco De Mer Nut Sculptural Box by Antony Redmile, London
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a rare and magnificent object fashioned from a rare coco de mer nut and Ostrich egg by Antony Redmile. The box is secured to a wooden base with a silvered stand, holding both sides of the coconut. The coconut is a rich dark chocolate brown and appears to be warmly polished. The top of the box is silvered and adorned with beautiful malachite specimens. 2 small cast resin boar's teeth set with malachite are present on either side of the box, much like handles. Decorative silvered fittings hold ostrich eggs that serve as the lids to the box. Finally, a silvered fitting holds an oval malachite finial...
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1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Silver Plate
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Pill Box with Sailboat, Art Nouveau, 1900s
Located in Firenze, FI
Square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature depicting a sailboat. English Art Nouveau style, early 1900s. Dimensions: 3 x 3 x 1.2 cm. Weight:...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Puiforcat, Art Deco, Sterling Silver Crystal Jadeite Box, Paris, circa 1925
By Puiforcat
Located in Lausanne, CH
Art Deco period Puiforcat, a square covered biscuit box, cut crystal, sterling silver lid, jadeite handle. The piece is fully stamped and hall marked. The craftmanship is exquisite, ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Jade, Sterling Silver
Table Box miniature fire-enameled Aleksej Nikolaevic Romanov Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with inward corners in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche and a fine round miniature in the centre, diameter cm. 4....
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1970s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Lino Sabattini Made in Italy Decorative Box in Silver Metal, 1960s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern design cylindrical container for breadsticks or decorative box in silver metal designed by Lino Sabattini, engraved Sabattini Made in Italy under the base,...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
$684 Sale Price
20% Off
English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box 1957
Located in New York, NY
English Art Deco sterling silver box, 1957. Rectangular with plain sides. Cover hinged and tabbed with flat top and chamfered edges; allover engine-turned ornament. Cedar-lined inter...
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1950s British Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Casket Tortoiseshell Calling Cards Regency Grand Tour 1837
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Ladies Silk Lined Casket containing its original contents of Sterling Silver mounted Silk lined Tortoiseshell Card Cases of museum quality. Slightly dome shaped...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Reitsma Sr., Sneek
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch 19th century silver Lodderein or scent box by Reitsma Sr. S.T., Sneek
A Lodderein box or a snuff box in the shape of a bucket with floral motif ...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Anglo-Indian Silver Box with Hand Chased and Repousse Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This silver trinket or jewelry box dates to the late 19th century and is presumed have been made in India. The silver tests to between .850 and 900 and as such, is slightly below .92...
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Enamelled and Cloisonné Silver Box, Jade Inlay, China, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century.
Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century.
H: 6cm, W: 11cm, D: 7cm
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19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Fred Zimbalist Thorens Silver Plated Music Box
By Fred Zimbalist
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Fred Zimbalist Thorens silver music box shaped as an old phonograph with trumpet horn. All the silver panels that make the box and the hor...
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20th Century American Anglo-Indian Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Small American Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by Poole in Taunton, Mass. Rectangular with straight sides; cover hinged with curved top. Box interior cedar-lined; underside leather-line...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Antique English Biscuit Box - 28 lb Weight c.1870
By Jonas & George Bowen
Located in Bath, GB
Always highly sought-after, these novelty "weight" biscuit boxes came in two sizes; this one is the smaller box which is the harder to find; it would look perfect next to it's larger...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,270 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver Swan Sugar Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Silver Swan Sugar Bowl. Italian neoclassical sterling silver lidded sugar bowl with swan/goose finial and lion head ring handles. Italian sterling ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,450
19th Century Dutch Ebony Box With Silver Mounts and Hinges
Located in Stamford, CT
Dutch Colonial ebony box with silver mounts, large silver hinges and the original steel lock and key. This rare box was likely made in the Dutch East India possession of Sri Lanka, o...
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Early 19th Century Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Steel
Modernist Extra-Long and Flat Silver Plate Box, circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning French Modernist Silver-Plated Box, circa 1960
This exceptional modernist box, expertly crafted in France around 1960, is a rare and refined example of mid-century design. M...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
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...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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