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Place of Origin: Italian
21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Silver Bronze Fish
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Porcelain box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with silver finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail ...
Category
2010s Louis XVI Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Table Box floral miniature fire-enameled on guilloche and stripes Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with fine floral miniature fire-enamelled on guilloche, enamelled edge with vertical stripes. Viennese Art N...
Category
1960s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
21st Century, Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Box
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Hand carved clear crystal and patinated golden bronze box. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind.
The style of this box is a mo...
Category
2010s Louis XVI Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$1,069 / item
21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Clear crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for e...
Category
2010s Louis XVI Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Art Deco Vase, Bowl in Carved Crystal Color Amber and Silver 800, Italy, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful bowl in circular crystal and handcut silver, the glass is thick, cut deep and evenly, without a single thread or a flow of glass inside. No chipping or scratches.
Bowl in ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Golden Bronze Penguin
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Porcelain box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated golden finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for eve...
Category
2010s Louis XVI Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Pears in Steel Italy 1970 Rinnovel Ettore Sottsass Style Ice Box
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of pears in stainless steel Italy 1970 Rinnovel Ettore Sottsass style ice box.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Porcelain Box Italian Capodimonte XIXth Century.
By Capodimonte
Located in Bilzen, BE
A beautiful antique 19th century Capodimonte porcelain jewelery box in high relief and hand painted decoration with bronze gilt frame 10.5 x 7.5 cm, height 3.4 cm Perfect condition, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Antique Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Onyx Black with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Discover the epitome of elegance with this exquisite Murano glass box, meticulously crafted in Murano, Italy. Available in both large and giant sizes, this box exudes sophistication ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Onyx Black with 24 Karat Gold Flecks
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This elegant hand-blown glass box is a striking example of the artistry and sophistication of Murano glassmaking. Handcrafted on the historic Venetian Island of Murano, this oversize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
925 Sterling Silver & Enamel Box with Strap Detail Italy circa 1960
Located in London, GB
An Italian 925 sterling silver & enamel box circa 1960
This box features both stunning quality and design. Both the silver & enamel are in immaculate condition and the buckle deco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Poseidon Yellow Leather Square Bath Set
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Simple and versatile, this exceptional bathroom set will be a perfect complement to a post-modern or Minimalist bathroom decor. This set consists of a soap dispenser, toothbrush holder, cotton holder, and small object box or soap bar holder all boasting a rectangular Silhouette nested neatly within a long, rectangular tray. This individual pieces and the tray are entirely upholstered in a vibrant yellow leather, complementing the polished metal soap pump...
Category
2010s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$1,541 / item
Twist Large Purple Box
By Badari Lighting
Located in Milan, IT
A captivating and well-balanced interplay of colors and textures makes this round box in fine purple crystal a superb accent piece. Topped by a clear, spherical handle, the cylindric...
Category
2010s Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
$4,129 / item
Cube Box in Lucite Alessandro Albrizzi Style, Italy, Mid-Century Modern, 1970s
By Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in Rome, IT
Cubic box in purple and transparent Lucite in the style of Alessandro Albrizzi, Italy, circa 1970.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Snuff Box hand engraving, black “niello” type Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box rectangular in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand engraving, black fired enameled “niello” type, in early 19th century “Rococo” style. Snuff Box measurements cm. 4.5 x...
Category
1980s Rococo Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1750 Venezia Italy Lacquered Dark Blue Wooden Box with Golden Decoration
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a refined and exquisite lacquered wooden box, with polychrome and golden decoration on dark blue background. The dark blue color could seems a dark green. On the lid bright red and ivory volutes with lace inserts meticulously painted. Inside an exotic garden are depicting two Oriental human figures dressed in golden clothes. Band decorated with floral and volute motifs. It could be a magnificent jewelry case.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Venetian Baroque and Rococo furniture and decorative objects is the skilful use of lacquers. Lacquer is a natural resin that was very rare in the past, imported from the East and used to create smooth and colored surfaces on furniture, ready to be finely decorated with refined floral designs or exotic animals.
Venetian artisans became masters in lacquer processing which required time and patience because it was made with many steps.
The Venetian style deeply influenced furniture design throughout Europe, but none reached the Venetian level in terms of beauty. The skillful use of lacquer and carvings defined Venice's unique style during the Rococo period, its Golden Age.
Referring bibliography:
A similar shaped and lacquered wooden box is presentin the Cà Rezzonico, in Venice and it is featured in
S. Levy Lacche veneziane settecentesche II, Milano 1967, tav. 444.
The piece is in excellent state of maintenance and it is guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original. The wooden dark blue lacquered box...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Low Large Square Box in Solid Italian 1970s Brass with Lid
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Low large square box in solid Italian 1970s brass with lid.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Very Large 19th Century Italian Walnut Chest with Pietra Dura Plaques
Located in New York, NY
Very large and impressive 19th century Italian Walnut Chest with Pietra Dura Plaques.
The plaques are possibly earlier than the box.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
$10,000 Sale Price
54% Off
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted Louis XVI style miniature Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24carats.
Pill Box Silver is Round with translucent fired enamels on guilloché.
Pill Box Silver has a hand-painted miniatur...
Category
1970s Louis XVI Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Esa Fedrigolli Sculptural Bronze 1980s Italian Box
By Esa Fedrigolli
Located in New York, NY
A sculptural decorative lidded bronze Italian box designed by Esa Fedrigolli for Esart. Signed
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Fine Oval Malachite Boxes 6 Lb
Located in Somis, CA
From our Verdant Magnificence collection, this pair of very finely made, highest grade malachite boxes with blue chrysocolla is a heirloom quality objet d'art. Each box of oval form ...
Category
2010s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite
$1,800 Sale Price / set
60% Off
Rooster Aldo Tura Ice Box Pitcher Midcentury Italian Design Multicolor, 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rooster Aldo Tura ice box pitcher midcentury Italian design multicolor, 1950s
Measures: Box height cm.17, diameter cm.18, teaspoon height cm.28, pit...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Italian Handmade Maple Leaf Shaped Centerpiece, Aldo Tura for Macabo, 1950s
By Macabo, Aldo Tura
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury handmade birchwood maple leaf-shaped centrepiece. This beautiful piece is signed by Macabo on the back and it was probably designed by Aldo Tura in the 1950s in ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Birch
Rino Pirovano for Rexite, Italy. 900 Multiplor. Container in red plastic
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rino Pirovano for Rexite, Italy. 900 Multiplor.
Container in red plastic with four compartments.
1970s/80s.
Designed in 1977.
In very good condition, lid with two interior chips.
Mar...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plastic
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Gabriella Crespi Decorative Box in Brass and Plexiglass '70s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Turin, Turin
Born in 1922, Gabriella Crespi studies architecture at the Politecnico in Milan, where her work is permeated by her perspective on Le Corbusier’s and Frank Lloyd Wright’s design expe...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Baroque Style Green Table Box with Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Baroque style shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving interspersed with spaces with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and a beautiful h...
Category
1960s Baroque Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Brown Box with Lid
By Cassigoli
Located in Milan, IT
Versatile and sophisticated, this elegant box is a precious addition to any modern or contemporary home. Crafted of wood, its rectangular silhouette and lid are covered by hand with ...
Category
2010s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood, Plexiglass
$1,944 / item
Snuff Box White with noble coat of arms Baroque style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box noble coat of arms is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Snuff Box noble coat of arms has White fired enamels on guilloché and handpainted miniature of arabesques with noble coat...
Category
1990s Baroque Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Monumental Brass, Gold MIrror and Lucite Italian Box Desk Accessory Rare
By Casa Bella
Located in North Miami, FL
This stellar and beyond fabulous large vintage 2 part Italian box from the 70's is monumental and from the iconic Casa Bella chic shop in Miami from the time period. It is brass on t...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Fendi Pequin Stripe Trinket Box
By Fendi Casa, Fendi
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique and interesting trinket box by Fendi. This vintage piece from the early 1990s is made in leather and covered in the classic Fendi Pequin stripe fabric design. This piece ope...
Category
1990s Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Fabric
Gucci Box by Tommaso Barbi, 1970s
Located in Roma, RM
Square box in briar wood and chromed metal. Italian production 1970s attributed to Tommaso Barbi.
The box was created for “Gucci Boutique” which in those years was located in Rome in via Borgognona and sold household items as well as small leather goods.
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Giant Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in in Crystal with Bubbles and Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Impressive in its scale alone, this stunning hand-blown Murano glass box exudes luxury and refinement. This Pulegoso Murano glass box is a captivating fusion of artistry and function...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rectangular Metal Faux Bois Vase and Matching Box Made in Italy
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual metal vase and matching box have an impressed faux bois pattern. The shallow box has an attached, hinged lid. They both are rectangular in shape, and the use of metal an...
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Table Box Enamel two-tone ruby red and emerald green Salimbeni.
By Giorgio Salimbeni, 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....
Category
Early 2000s Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
OTTAVIANI 1960 Modernist Cedar Box With Enameled Designs .925 Sterling Silver
By Ottaviani, Giovanni Ottaviani
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist box designed by Giovanni Ottaviani.
Fabulous modernist rectangular box decorated with "smalto". It was designed by Giovanni Ottaviani during the post-war period in the cit...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$1,118 Sale Price
30% Off
Contemporary Iridescent Pearl Crystal Bowl, Brass and Gold 24 Kt by Ghirò Studio
By Ghirò Studio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
2021 Collection of covered bowls by Ghirò Studio.
This covered bowl is one of a kind. The material used and the artisanal and artistic workmanship make it unrepeatable. In fact, two...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
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 Baroque Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Kenza Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box Kenza all in solid wood with painted pattern f
inish outside. With white lacquered
finish inside, box with opening lid. With brass
Deco on the top and brass feet.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$901 / item
Italian Ceramic Box by Raymor with Horse Lid
By Raymor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic ceramic box by Raymor. Original Raymor sticker on underside. Grey, black and pinkish hues. Blue horse decorative pull on top of lid. Cool co...
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Italian alp box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Italian alp folk art box
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$1,600
By Liwan's Janetti Firenze Silver and Glass Italian Decorative Box, 1970s
By Janetti
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible decorative box in laminated silver and mid-century glass. By Liwan's of Rome for Maison Mercier Freres. Signed. Sold by Janetti Firenze, a famous design house founded in 1...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Onyx Black with Murine Detailing
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated modernist decorative box was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. It features...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Murano Glass
Round Favor Box with Lid in 925/1000 Sterling Silver Green Enamel Art Nouveau St
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round favor box with lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of a bouquet of flowers in Art Nouveau style. B...
Category
1960s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Salimbeni Table Box Art Nouveau Painting Pre-Raphaelite School Fired Enamel
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This rectangular table box is a masterpiece of craftsmanship. Crafted from 925/1000 sterling silver and gold-plated, it features a hand-painted fire-enameled miniature by Beatrice Me...
Category
1980s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$3,198 Sale Price
20% Off
20° Century Italian Solid Silver oval biscuit or candy box
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
The box was made from an 800 silver plate and subsequently shaped into an oval shape.
The external band has been engraved faithfully reproducing the o...
Category
1990s Other Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,201 Sale Price
20% Off
Belt with Napoleon III style enameled Sterling silver decoration Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Belt in real black lizard reptile with rectangular buckle in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloche surrounded by engraving of enamelled leaves, in French ...
Category
1990s Napoleon III Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuffbox with Flowers miniature Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamels fired on guilloche and hand-painted floral miniature; external blue staff. Art Nouveau sty...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box races miniature fire-enameled guilloche and engraved drawing Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with black fired enamel inserted in a hand engraved drawing and with fired enamelled miniature, hand painted by the p...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Egg 4 Picture frames in Dark Red enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg 4 Picture frames is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Egg 4 Picture frames has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand.
Egg 4 Picture fr...
Category
1960s Empire Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italian Modernist "Apple" Lidded Trinket Box in Gold and Silver Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Petite apple-form box for holding small items in gold aluminum with silver banding and orb handle (ca. 1960s, Italy).
Luxurious decorative item in very good, newly polished condition...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Heart table box Yellow enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche above and below. Contemporary modern style. Dimensions cm. 9 x 9.5 cm high. 3.Weight gr....
Category
1990s Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Black Box Octagonal with black edge enamel with pure Gold Paillons Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table Box Octagonal is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Table Box Octagonal
Table Box Octagonal has translucent fired enamels on guilloché.
Table Box Octagonal has black edge with pure g...
Category
1980s Art Deco Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Vintage Watch Case, Italian, Giltwood, Decorative, Jewellery Box, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage watch case. An Italian, giltwood decorative jewellery box, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Eye-catching golden hues a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Giltwood
Italian Modern Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver box. Rectangular; cover hinged with vertically ribbed rim. Post-1967 Italian marks including maker’s (Fratelli Cacchione) and retailer’s (Carimati) stamps. Wei...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lucite, Cane and Brass Box in the Style of Christian Dior, Italy, 1970's
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Petite lucite and cane in lucite decorative box. In the style of Dior. Made in Italy, 1970's. Oxydated brass accents.
Category
1970s Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Amber with 24 Karat Gold Flecks and Brass Fitting
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The marriage of amber and 24-karat gold lends a mesmerizing allure to this enchanting hand-blown glass box from Murano, Italy. The warmth from this piece emanates a sense of luxury ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Precious Murano Glass Jewel or Dresser Box 1930'
Located in Rome, IT
This exceptional item was originally used as a glove box at the entrance of Venetian Aristocratic palaces.
All adorned with exquisite hand blown multicolor Murano glass flowers and...
Category
1930s Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
$6,247 Sale Price
20% Off
Fratelli Mannelli Travertine Holster Box - 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Fratelli Mannelli travertine holster box or catchall.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Simone Dainelli inspired by the paintings of Boris Vallejo, in fantastic contemporary style, with hand-engraved frame. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 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 high-fire 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 Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italian Sterling Silver essence holder round box stand
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
The essence holder box is spherical, hinged and hand-drilled to allow the fragrance to escape.
A rotating silver plate has been fixed on the edge which serves as a safety lock.
The s...
Category
Early 2000s Other Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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