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Pair of Vintage Chinese Wicker Foo Dogs From the Shanghai Collection
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Ultimate pair of mid century Chinese foo dogs with removable heads, ambitiously hand crafted in wicker, reed and rattan with carved wood and paint decorated highlights, set on wicker...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wicker, Rattan, Reed
FiNE ANTIQUE PERSIAN CIGARETTE BOX DEPICTING ORIENTAL CHINESE LOOKING PEOPLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely, super decorative antique Persian Oriental cigarette box with beautifully decorative top picture...
Category
20th Century European Victorian Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$303 Sale Price
20% Off
XXI Century Italian Sterling decorative brick-shaped box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver box in the shape of a perforated brick.
The box was made entirely by hand starting from a raw sheet of sterling silver and shaped into the shape of a brick.
Round bus...
Category
2010s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Folk Art Northern Swedish Handmade Flour Box
Located in Kramfors, SE
Folk Art flour box from northern Sweden. The box was made by hand during the mid-1800s from pine and was used to store flour. Boxes like this would be standi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Egg on Tripod with folding frame for 6 photos Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod with folding photo frame for 6 photos, inside, in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated, with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. ...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italy 1980 Abstract Sculpture Sphere in Brass Natural Wood and Metal Chrome
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a unique piece and prototype of this interesting artwork of Filippo Panseca, an Italian artist that it is considered, together with Laurence Gartel, the father of the Computer Art.
Friend of Renato Guttuso, later he created the Biodegradable Art. His artworks were shown at Art Basel and the Biennale of Art in Venice.
In this piece we can see the investigation of the artist of the Cosmic world and Cinetic art...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Table Box Fired Enamel on Guillochè Arab-Style Ornament Sterling Silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with hand-engraved and enamelled Arab-style ornament. Dimensio...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Jewellery Compendium in speckled blue Vellum
By Boucher & Co
Located in Queensland, AU
“There are so many rare and unique materials available to an artist to work with and Vellum is one of my absolute favourites. It is perfect in its imperfections. No two pieces are ev...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique 19th c. Decorative Anglo-Indian Overlay Footed Box with Engraved Bone
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Nice and unusual Jewelry decorative box with filigree bone overlaid decoration.
Large Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved bone de...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Georgian Burr Birch Pocket Snuff Box, England, circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome early 19th century Georgian pocket snuff box, the richly figured burr birch case inlaid with ebony stringing and an ebony shield-shaped cartouche, the functioning lid opening on wooden...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch
Egg 4 Picture frames in Dark Red enamel with tripod Sterling Silver 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 Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuffbox with miniature of Venice, English Queen Anne style, 925 silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with translucent fired enamel on hand engraving similar to wood grain. On t...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Alexandra Von Furstenberg Acrylic Treasure Box in Tulip - Medium Storage Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a bold pop of modern glamour to your space with this acrylic treasure box by Alexandra Von Furstenberg, featuring a striking Tulip. Made from high-quality Lucite, this chic decor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, attributed, An Art & Crafts, Brass Coal Bucket.
Located in London, GB
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft attributed, Arts & Crafts brass coal bucket with stylized hand-formed pomegranates.
Retaining the original liner.
The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft ...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Small Danish Empire Veneered and Brass Trinket Box, Circa 1825
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Rectangular Period Empire Trinket Box in Veneered Mahogany and Brass Panels on the Edges, Denmark Circa 1825.
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Table Box transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engraved wood grain Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-engraved ornaments in late Napoleon III Empire style and transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engrave...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Acrylic Cubic Box in Ruby by Designer Alexandra Von Furstenberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Cubic Treasure Box in Ruby by Alexandra Von Furstenberg a striking fusion of modern design and functional elegance. Crafted from premium acrylic, this 5" cube is perfect for show...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Dutch Netherlands 1872 Antique Oval Repousse Trinket Box in .875 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Dutch repousse trinket box in sterling silver.
A highly decorated presentation oval trinket box, made in northern Europe Netherlands, in 1872. Crafted in solid repousse .875/.999 ...
Category
1870s Dutch High Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Octagonal Malachite Box with Removable Lid Storage 420
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A simple, yet elegant Octagon box hand crafted of Malachte. The box has a removable lid and is as functional as it is decorative
A complement on a night stand, in a grouping of oth...
Category
20th Century Russian Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite
Brazilian Table Top Box in Rosewood
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A stunning mid-20th-century box veneered in rich Brazilian Rosewood, dating to circa 1940. The hinged lid is framed by a striking Dutch ripple-style molding, expertly carved from sol...
Category
1940s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Stained Pine Miniature Chest, circa 1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage stained pine miniature chest, circa 1930
Measures: 13.5" wide x 10" deep x 9.5" high.
Great for jewelry, letters, etc.
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Mid 19th Century Chinese Octagonal Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brass bound octagonal Chinese Box
Made out of Jumu wood (Southern Elm)
Interior covered in Chinese paper
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Modernist 1981 Sculptural Secret Table Box Carved In Marble Sandalwood And Shell
Located in Miami, FL
Sculptural marble secret box.
Exceptional decorative box, created by an American artist back in the 1981. This modernist box has been made up with carvings of white marble and sanda...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Late 18th century Scandinavian metal bound box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Late 18th century Scandinavian metal bound box circa 1790.
Rare baroque inspired strong box with 3 locks on the front. Quite likely to have been a box of some importance during it'...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Large Antique Chinese Octagonal Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Covered Box 1940s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Oriental Chinese Export Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Covered Box 1940s.
Large Asian Chinese black lacquered tea box with nume...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Edward Winter Box, Enamel, Brass, Hinged, Cleveland School, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Edward Winter Box, Enamel, Brass, Hinged, Cleveland School, Signed. Small scale brass hinged box with an enameled top decorated with a white chevron pattern over a dark copper under ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$450 Sale Price
75% Off
Antique Hand Painted Four Drawer Jewelry Casket or Decorative Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique four drawer wooden jewelry or decorative box is unmarked, but believed to date to the early 20th century. The top and sides of the box are ornately painted with borders ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Softwood
Vintage Carlo Moretti 1980 Round Apple Mint Murano Crystal Glass Bowl with Cover
Located in New York, NY
Vintage decorative vase with cover or jar made in blown apple green Murano crystal glass, designed and signed by Carlo Moretti. Can be accompanied by the same item in amethyst color ...
Category
1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Lalique Paris signed Frosted Lidded Box features Swans
By Lalique
Located in Los Angeles, CA
a special Lalique Paris frosted glass lidded box.
Could be used for any vanity supplies, cotton balls, etc., or on a desk or work station for office supplies, or on a cocktail table...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Midcentury Set Majolica Red Fish Ceramic Covered Sauce Tureen Box Salt & Pepper
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous small size set hyper realistic glazed ceramic fish covered sauce tureen and salt and pepper in shades of vibrant red and grey with dark accents ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Majolica, Pottery
Pill box light green hand-painted floral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round domed pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamel fired on guilloche above and below, and hand-painted floral miniature. Viennese Art Nouveau style...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century English Victorian Papier Mache Inlay & Gold Leaf Dust Pan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisitely inlaid and gold leafed Papier Mâché Dust Pan circa 1870s, has a black lacquered finish with mother of pearl inlays, gold leaf hand-painted floral design and riparia...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Two Small Contemplation Boxes, Cubes, Hand Built Glazed Stoneware
Located in New York, NY
A pair of small 3 inch cube box or bud vase to hold your thoughts or a tiny flower. Hand carved line-drawn geometric designs, each side is different. The tops contain rectangular ope...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
Acrylic Cubic Box in Orange by Designer Alexandra Von Furstenberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Cubic Treasure Box in Orange by Alexandra Von Furstenberg a striking fusion of modern design and functional elegance. Crafted from premium acrylic, this 5" cube is perfect for sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Hand-Blown Murano Box in Aqua Blue with Silver Flecks and Chrome Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand-Blown Murano Box in Aqua Blue with Silver Flecks and Chrome Fittings captures the essence of Venetian artistry through an exquisite fusion of form, material, and luminosity. Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome, Silver Leaf
$2,606 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Alexandra Von Furstenberg Acrylic Treasure Box in Magenta Smoke - Large Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Add a bold pop of modern glamour to your space with this acrylic treasure box by Alexandra Von Furstenberg, featuring a striking purple and white Magenta Smoke. Made from high-qualit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Oblong Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Hinged Sterling Silver Box.
The box is embossed and chiselled with diagonal lines, leaving the central part smooth and shiny to interpose a different space between the workings.
The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,516 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Kellner Brothers Vienna 1885 Austrian Vesta Tinder Box In .800 Silver With Knife
Located in Miami, FL
Mechanical vesta case designed by the Kellner Brothers
Beautiful antique fusee vesta tinder case with wick, created in Vienna Austria for the Kellner Brothers Co. around the 1880's....
Category
1880s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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 Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Seguso, Large Murano Glass, Corroso, Uranium Leaded Box /Jar Attb Flavio Poli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great modern vintage green glow glass, in this leaded box/jar. Attributed to Flavio Poli.
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat at around 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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Belt with Napoleon III style enameled Sterling silver decoration 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 Italian Napoleon III Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ethnic Indian Decorative Jewelry Box with Brass, Kerala Nettur Petti
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Teak Jewelry Dowry Box with Brass, Late 19th Century, India.
This Teak Indian Dowry Box is adorned with Decorative Brass, showcasing exquisite c...
Category
1890s Indian Agra Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Historically Important Circa 1830's American Document Box Boston
Located in Hudson, NY
This historically important, American leather clad document box, was made in Boston in the early nineteenth century. The box belonged to, Samuel Francis Smith (October 21, 1808 – Nov...
Category
1830s American American Classical Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Pine, Linen
Salimbeni Box with Swiss Musical Mechanism by Maison Reuge Art Deco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round box with Swiss musical mechanism (music box) by Maison Reuge. In 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white fired enamels in Art Deco style. Diameter cm. 7.4 total height cm...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
XXI Century Italian Sterling Silver Lipstick Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling Silver Lipstick Box with Mirror and Velvet Interior in a Triangular Shape, Practically a Miniature of a Small Purse.
The lid is hinged. The box is worked with hand-engraved ...
Category
2010s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings at around 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...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Romantic couple Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular desk cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enameled miniature depicting a romantic couple in Art Nouveau...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Daam Dah 1-3, a black cast glass lidded box with 3.5 carat gold by Choi Keeryong
Located in London, GB
'Daam Dah 1-3' is a unique black cast glass lidded box with 23.5 carat gold leaf, by the South Korean artist, Choi Keeryong.
When casting glass, tiny bubbles become trapped within t...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Faux Book Gold Embossed Wood Pencil Artist Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Paris, a Mid-Century leather gold embossed book box featuring the title BUFFON Oeuvres. This super charming box could be used for pencils but also paint brushes, keys or ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Regency Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Leather
Karl Springer Stunning Box with Top in Alligator 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Box with base covered in black cobra and top covered in alligator with interior in red suede by Karl Springer, American 1970's. The combination of black and red is very sumptuous. Bo...
Category
1970s North American Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Suede, Wood, Alligator
Antique Renaissance Style Italian Wood Lacquered Apothecary Box
Located in Firenze, IT
This lovely antique lacquered apothecary box was crafted in Italy in late 19th century in the style of medicinal herbs casket in use in pharmacies during the Middle Age and Renaissan...
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rajasthani Decorative Brass Lidded Betel Caddy Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted decorative round brass Indian lidded betel box with latch and a top handle.
Delicately and intricately hand-chased with geometric designs.
Used as a tea caddy with tea bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Hand-Carved & Painted Bohemian Styled Wooden Jewelry or Decorative Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique hand-carved and hand-painted box bears no maker's signature, but presumed to have originated from the Netherlands and dating to approximately 1920 and done in a Fo...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Bohemian Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Softwood
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding 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 ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
English Black Lacquered and Gilt Stenciled Figural Pagoda Tea Box, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English black lacquered and gilt stenciled figural pagoda hinged tea box with exterior gilt stenciled dragon motif, original interior pewter hand chased figural container with bone k...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Moroccan Amber Footed Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish amber painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over amber glass.
The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay.
This has a long metal top spout that unscrews. This is a recycled vintage French perfume...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Indian Pan Daen Round Tinned Box
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a vintage tinned box from India. It's called a Pan Daen Mughai box. It's made from hand crafted metal and has very heavy metal hinges and latch...
Category
20th Century Indian Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Tea Caddy Box Conch Shell Art & Craft Flower Chicken Hand Painting
Located in Wembley, GB
Vintage wooden Tea Caddy Box Conch Shell Oriental Flower and Chicken Hand Painting
Impressive Flame Brown Mahogany Double Tea Caddy of Outstanding Quality, Workmanship, and compact size. Circa 1970.
The hinged lid is banded in satinwood, fabulously hand-painted and varnished with a large central circular conch shell. The front area has similar painted decorations; all places are decorated with satinwood stringing.
Condition: Excellent condition with nice patination and no losses. A lock is present, and a later key is also current but does not activate the lock. We think the woven black fabric inside the cover has been added later; it is nicely done.
A gorgeous decorative tea tray and handled hand mirror are available. Please send me a direct message so I can help you.
Location: United Kingdom.
The seller offers...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Art Deco Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
$451 Sale Price
21% Off
Large Chinoiserie Rectangular Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Covered Box 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Chinoiserie Rectangular Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Covered Box 1950s.
Large Chinese black lacquered box with numerous figures and gilt detail.
Chinese rectangular black lacquer and gilt painted box, made for the export market.
The rectangular large black lacquer box is decorated with beautiful gilt painting.
the Upper portion opens revealing a lacquer tray.
The lid of the box hand painted in the shanshui style, with an idyllic river and mountain, Chinoiserie style landscape with architectural Asian decor, landscape figures of women in traditional kimonos, young boys playing near a river.
The landscape studded with trees and vegetation, and some small pagodas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Hand-Crafted Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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