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Material: Sterling Silver
20th Century English Art Nouveau Solid Silver Presentation Cigar Box, circa 1916
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century English Art Nouveau solid silver large presentation cigar box, rectangular-shaped, beautifully handcrafted, applied with garland wreaths, acanthus leaf cor...
Category
20th Century English Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Val St Lambert Cranberry Acid Etched Cameo Crystal Powder Jar Sterling Top
Located in Roslyn, NY
A rare Val St Lambert cranberry and green acid etched cameo crystal with gold over tones powder jar with sterling top.
Category
20th Century Belgian Belle Époque Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Danish Modern Classical Sterling Silver Box
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Danish Modern Classical sterling silver box. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Rectangular with straight sides; short inset foot with engraved egg-and-dart. Cover hinged with open ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
19th Century Sterling Silver Match Box Holder and Ashtray Stand by Tiffany & Co
Located in North Miami, FL
Presenting an exquisite early 19th-century treasure: a Sterling Silver Match Box Holder thoughtfully integrated into an Ashtray Stand by the renowned ...
Category
19th Century American Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$5,473 Sale Price / set
44% Off
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Pill Box with Buccioni Miniature, Louis XVI Style
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with a hand-painted miniature with fired enamel by the painter Romano Buccioni in Louis XVI style from the second half of ...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Sterling Silver & Leather Miniature Knife Holder Styled Playing Card Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver and leather playing card box was made in London, England is 1885 by an unknown maker, in a period Victorian style. The box is styled as a miniature knife...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Sterling Silver Pill Box Decorated with Jockey on Horseback
Located in Middleburg, VA
20th Century Sterling Silver Pill Box Decorated with Jockey on Horseback
A sterling silver pill box of rectangular form, embellished with an enamel decorated motif on lid depicting a...
Category
20th Century Unknown Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Georg Jensen Danish Modern Classical Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Danish Modern sterling silver box. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Long and rectangular with straight sides; square corner supports. Cover flat and hinged with cutout stepped tab...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bliss Brothers 1925 Art Deco Guilloche Yellow Enamel Round Box In .925 Sterling
By Bliss
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box made by Bliss Brothers.
Beautiful enamel round box, created during the art deco period, back in the 1925. This beautif...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Finnigans 1932 London Art Deco Enamel Case Box With Racing Car In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco Enamel case designed by Finnigans Limited.
This extraordinary and beautiful cased-box, was created in London England during the Art Deco period. Has a great provenance and was designed by the famous silversmiths and retail store of Finnigans Limited, back in the 1932. The thematic of this box is rare and very popular. Has been crafted in solid .925/.999 sterling silver standard with gilded interiors. The case has been made in a cushioned compact shape with eight barrels hinge and a push pressure thumb. The main panel on top is illustrated with a landscape scene and a Formula-1 racing red car, with the number L6, all realized with polychrome enamels. The reverse is embellished with engine turned guilloche decorations. This fine piece is masterfully worked with extreme details and is a very especial example for any collector, or a wonderful gift for someone special. It is in perfect preserved condition.
Weight: 135.98 Grams, (87.16 Dwt).
Measurements: 85 mm by 111.3 mm by 8 mm (3.35 x 4.38 x 0.11 Inches).
Hallmarks: Both parts are Stamped with British marks; the mark of the lion for the city of London, the maker's mark Fs.Ld associated to Finnigans Limited, the Gothic letter R for the production year 1932, and signed, "FINNIGANS LTD. LONDON".
Finnigans Limited
The House of Finnigans was founded by Brian Finnigan in 1830. Brian Finnigan established the house as a sole proprietor and opened a workshop in Newton...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Wonderful Alfonse La Paglia Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Modernist Box Handle
Located in Roslyn, NY
Alphonse La Paglia sterling silver modern covered box with unusual handle on the lid.
Lovely vintage condition.
Measures: 4" H x 3" W x ...
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1940s Danish Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Design Style English Sterling Silver Box by Anthony Gordon Elson
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver box/canister, in the design style, an addition to our diverse silver boxes collection.
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II sterling silver canister/box has a plain cylindrical form.
The surface of the body is plain and unembellished.
This canister is fitted with the original hallmarked hinged cover embellished with a gilded applied textured panel, in the design style.
The sides of the cover are plain and unembellished, apart from the part hallmarks and plain rounded thumbpiece.
This impressive vintage silver canister retains the original gilt interior.
Condition
This vintage sterling silver canister is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. The box has been professionally polished and is in presentation condition. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the box and part hallmarks to the surface of the cover are all very clear.
Dimensions
Diameter 7.7cm/3"
Height 10cm/3.9"
Weight
8.6 troy ounces/268g
Maker: Anthony Elson...
Category
1960s British Elizabethan Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Pillbox
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer this sterling silver English pillbox. The lid is made of sterling and has an enamel cameo design. Two hounds are seen next to each...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$325
John Prip Sterling Silver and Granite River Stone Lidded Box
By John Prip
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sublime box handcrafted by American silversmith, John Prip, comprising a hollowed and polished granite river stone inset with rim and finished with a handwrought lid, both in sterl...
Category
20th Century American Organic Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Granite, Sterling Silver
Edwardian 1910 Pforzheim Guilloche Enameled Round Box In .900 Sterling Silver
By Pegau/Pforzheim Silberwarenfabrik
Located in Miami, FL
A guilloche and enameled bombe round box.
This is a superb and fabulous enameled box, created in the city of Pforzheim Germany in the early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Edwardian Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver Box by Emilie Langlois Gilded inside made in France, around 1940 Stamped
Located in Paris, FR
Sterling silver box by Emile Langlois, France, 1888-1924. Weight 170 g.
Border around rim of lid, wavy decoration with dots. Decoration of cabochon-cut purple stone. Gilt interior. L...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare circa 1900 Sterling Silver Diamond & Enamel Powder Compact with Lipstick
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning circa 1900 French or Italian Sterling silver Diamond & Enamel powder compact with lipstick
A very good...
Category
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$2,409 Sale Price
30% Off
VIctorian Era Sterling Silver Humidor Box
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is an elegant rectangular Victorian-era forged sterling silver box that has a carved wood compartment in the interior. It can be used as a humidor for cigars, or for jewelry ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1940's Sterling Silver Hinged Box with Bamboo Pattern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant, sterling silver (935 grams), hinged box with bamboo pattern.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wordley, Allsopp & Bliss 1920’s Sterling, 14k Gold and Sapphire Compact
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful 1920’s compact retailed by Wordley, Allsopp & Bliss. We’ve had this compact retailed by various companies from Cartier to Black Starr and Go...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold, Sterling Silver
19th Century Italian Writing Box with Macassar Veneer and Silver Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique writing slope case. The chest is veneered with Macassar wood. Decorated with silver mounts. The interior is made of birdseed maple...
Category
1880s Italian Napoleon III Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Antique German Rococo Classical Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Large German Rococo Classical sterling silver box, ca 1910. Lobed and oval with straight sides and four ball supports; cover hinged and raised. Chased and engraved ornament. On cover...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pill Box oval Silver Sterling Enameled and handcarved Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Domed oval pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè, top and bottom, with fine hand-engravings. Viennese Art Nouveau style second h...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Louis XVI Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fine 17th Century Dutch Colonial Armorial Tortoiseshell & Silver Box, Dated 1691
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A dutch tortoiseshell box with two engraved silver plaques
Amsterdam, 1691, with maker's mark of Steven des Rousseaux (1654-1733)
H. 5 cm
Diam. 12.5 cm
Note:
Steven des ...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Egg style Faberge Blue Savoia 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 Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
A small French sterling silver pill box, Art Nouveau period, decorated with flowers and a gold gilt interior, circa late-19th century, France. Piece ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Table Snuff Box from 1911 by D. & J. Wellby
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1911 by D. & J. Wellby, this exceptional, Antique, sterling silver table snuff box, is rectangular in shape, and features a cast border, gilt interior, and en...
Category
1910s English Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unique, Ostrich Egg Container on Amethyst Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large, hand decorated ostrich egg container featuring a gilded interior. The whole mounted on a sterling silver pedestal with a multifaceted, amethyst cr...
Category
2010s Italian Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
X-Small Egg style Faberge Aquamarine Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
X-Small egg in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent enamel on fire on guilloché in Russian Art Nouveau style, inspired by the eggs of Carl Fabergé late 19th century, early 20th c...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
'Queen Anne' Design Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Barnards
By Barnards
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1889 by Barnards, this attractive Victorian, antique, sterling silver biscuit box, has swirled and sunken half fluting, in the Queen Anne style. It has a flus...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Roberts & Belk, 1904
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1904 by Roberts & Belk, this stylish, Edwardian, antique sterling silver biscuit box, is cylindrical in shape, plain in style, standing on ball feet and fe...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Castle Top Card Case, Scott Memorial, Sterling Silver, Nathaniel Mills 1844
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1844 by Nathaniel Mills, this fine quality, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Castle Top Card Case, features a high relief chased scene of The Scott...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Edward Smith 1839
By Edward Smith
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique engraved sterling silver vinaigrette, Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1839.
The vinaigrette is finely engine turned to the hinged top and the undersaide, the lid is monogram...
Category
1830s English Early Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pill box enamel “pastoral”miniature on sterling silver gold plated Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pill box with 2 slightly rounded sides, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with a miniature hand-painted by the painter Romano Buccioni depicting a “pastoral” scene ...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Sterling Silver Jewellery Box, London 1911 by William Comyns
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1911 by William Comyns, this attractive, Antique Sterling Silver Jewellery Box, is kidney shaped, and featu...
Category
1910s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Sterling Silver & Polished Brass Box of Apollo signed Lalaounis
By Lalaounis
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist sterling silver and polished brass box, created by the esteemed Lalaounis in Greece circa 1950, is a remarkable exemplar of the elegance and innovation cha...
Category
1950s Greek Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
Tall Silver & Guilloche Enamel Lidded Jar by Goldsmith's and Silversmith's Co.
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning tall vanity / dressing table jar, probably used for either hatpins or a toothbrush, hence the little cork lining to the interior of the base.
The glass is channel cut...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Egg style Faberge Savoia blue Enamel Small Size Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché, Russian Empire style inspired by the eggs of Carl Fabergé, late 19th century, early 20th...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair French 'Royal' Silver Armorial Cut Glass Bamboo Motif Dresser Jars
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French Silver & Cut Glass Armorial Dresser Jars—AF Monogram, Bamboo Motif, 19th Century
This elegant pair of French silver and cut glass dresser jars showcases exquisite cra...
Category
19th Century French Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bedrock
Located in New Canaan, CT
Michele Oka Doner
Bedrock, 2019
Sterling silver box
Measures: 3 x 3 x 3 inches
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered
Artist statement:
Bedrock was created in response to the glass house...
Category
2010s Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,600 Sale Price
25% Off
George Betjemann Art Deco Sterling Silver Mounted White Onyx and Lapis Box
By George Bentjemann
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
George Betjemann & Sons George V Art Deco Sterling Silver Mounted White Onyx Box with stepped Lapis Lazuli corners.
Box features three compartments. Imp...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pillbox hand painted greyhound dog head on white background Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with a fired enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Romano Buccioni of a greyhound dog head on a white background. Engl...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pillbox round fire enamel hand painted landscape miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire enamel and landscape miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli in Art Nouveau style. Dimensions diameter c...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cartier, English-Made Art Deco Sterling Silver Box, 1944
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and highly collectable box by the famous house of Cartier, this piece made in England, fully hallmarked for London 1944 together with the initials for Jacques Cartier. ...
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1940s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Hinged octagonal box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Octagonal box completely handmade, starting from a sterling silver plate and shaped.
The octagonal lid has been hinged. The body of the box and the lid have been engraved and chisele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Coin Purse
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver coin purse; an addition to our silver boxes collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver coin purse has a tapering rounded form.
The rounded surface of this antique purse is embellished with textured details reproducing the fine definition of the purse's fabric.
The upper portion of the body is embellished with a sterling silver gilt border, replicating the formation of the rivets and fleur-de-lis design.
This impressive case/purse is fitted via two silver gilt ring loops with the original impressive sterling silver round link chain, incorporating a ring loop attachment to the apex.
The silver case secures with a push fit catch and opens to reveal the original segmented coin purse interior.
This exceptional antique silver coin purse...
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1870s British Late Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver 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...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
1890s Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver tobacco box has a plain oval rounded form.
The underside of this box is embellished with a bright cut engraved stemmed rose, floral and foliate design; this indicates the high quality of the piece, as typically the underside would remain unembellished.
The upper portion of this antique silver tobacco box...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Pill Box Brown and Turquise Stripes Enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square pill box with oval section in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels with guillochè stripes and hand-engraved motifs on all sides. George...
Category
1970s Italian George IV Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
X-Small Egg style Faberge Yellow Enamel hand painted wreaths Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
X-Small egg in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent enamel on fire on guilloché and hand-painted miniature of garlands in Russian Art Nouveau style, inspired by the eggs of Carl F...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Pill Box with Miniature, 19th Century Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature enamelled by the painter Romano Buccioni, in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century. Dimen...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique English Glass & Sterling Silver String / Twine Jar or Box, 1899
Located in Bath, GB
A most unusual late Victorian fine string or twine box made from glass with a star cut base, the base mounted with a sterling silver foot and fitted with a solid silver lid topped wi...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver 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 Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enameled Rectangular Louis XVI style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24 carats.
Pill Box Silver is Rectangular with translucent fired enamels on guilloché.
Pill Box Silver has a hand-painted m...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Hawkes Sterling Silver and Crystal Rectangular Box, 1950's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
T.G. Hawkes & Co. was founded in 1880 by Thomas Gibbons Hawkes in Tiffin Ohio. This impressive cut crystal and sterling silver box by Hawkes features a classic sterling lid. The inte...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Large Antique Cut Crystal and Sterling Silver Heart Shaped Box, 1903
Located in Bath, GB
A romantic example of an Edwardian heart shaped trinket box made from a heavy thick piece of crystal beautifully cut in the ever-popular hobnail design with a star cut to the base.
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Salimbeni Cigarette Case Art Nouveau Style Hand-Painted Miniature Pheasant
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled and hand-painted miniature by painter Renato Dainelli depicting a pheasant....
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique English Onyx, Lapis Lazuli, Silver Gilt Table Vesta by George Betjemann
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart antique English table vesta beautifully executed from white onyx inlaid with Lapis Lazuli.
The fittings are made from silver-gilt (gold on sterling silver) by the top...
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1910s English Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Sterling Silver
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