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Material: Enamel
Pair of decorative 18th Century Hand-Painted Canton Enamel Tea Caddies
Located in Kastrup, DK
A pair of decorative and exquisite Canton tea caddies crafted from copper, featuring richly detailed, hand-painted landscape motifs on enamel surfaces.
Period:
Qianlong (1736–1795),...
Category
18th Century Chinese Other Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Austrian Blue Whtie Porcelain Enamel Box Bird Design by Black, Starr & Gorham
Located in New York, NY
An Austrian blue, white, and gold porcelain enamel small box and lid by Black, Starr & Gorham, circa early-20th century, Austria. Box has detailed design of peacock birds, flowers, l...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Enamel Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Michael Aram Tooled Silver Metal, Enamel Two Part Box With Brass Flower Top
By Michael Aram
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely small round 2 part box is an early piece of the designs of MIchael Aram's work from the early 90's. It is a tooled design silver metal on the top of the box with a black...
Category
1990s Indian Modern Enamel Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Table Box portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
More than a kilo of sterling silver was needed to create this stunning rectangular tabletop box.
Worked with the very complicated guilloche technique, it was then enamelled at high heat with translucent enamel to make the superb workmanship shine through.
The fine rectangular miniature cm. 7.5 x 10.7 on vegetable ivory.
The small masterpiece handmade by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproduces the famous portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo, by the painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
The unenamelled sterling silver parts were then gilded with a 24-carat galvanic bath.
In Art Nouveau style, with a “lost” zip, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 15 x 18 x 3.5. Weight gr. 1095. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous enamelling firings at around 800°
Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales known as Eugénie de Montijo was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the fall of the Emperor on 4 September 1870. From July 28 to September 4...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Cigarette Box hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table box for cigarettes in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché also on the sides. In the center beautiful miniature hand painted i...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century French Enameled Porcelain Box
Located in Clearwater, FL
A salmon colored enamel box with patina bronze surround and latch and topped with a gold laurel wreath.
Category
1890s French Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Art Deco Sterling Silver, Enamel Glass-Mounted Burled Walnut Table Box
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous, rare, Art Deco, sterling silver, rust colored enamel and beveled glass-mounted burled walnut table box with hinged lid, Paris, circa 1910...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Grand Tour Bronze, Two-Tone Enamel & Pietra Dura Dressing Box or Humidor C. 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional Grand Tour dressing box or humidor, crafted in France circa 1880, epitomizes the luxurious design and meticulous craftsmanship of the late 19th century. Constructed ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Chinese Export Cloisonné Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Lovely Chinese export cloisonné box made of brass and enameled with a beautiful floral pattern in beautiful colors of red, green, blue and red. The box rests on ball feet. This chino...
Category
1910s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Tchibo Tin Box Red and Gold Arabesque Coffee Container Vintage 1960 Germany
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Tchibo coffee tin box red and gold coffee box vintage 1960 Germany.
Circa 1960's Tchibo round coffee tin box in gold and red enamel.
Very decorative storage tin with a Moorish Arabes...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Moorish Enamel Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Tin
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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Antique 20th Century German Solid Silver & Enamel Cigarette Box c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century Germany solid silver, enamelled in the style of nephrite and lapis lazuli small cigar box. Ideal for storing cigars or accessories. The rich green of the immitat...
Category
20th Century German Other Enamel Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
X-Small Egg style Faberge Enamel hand painted wreaths Sterling Silver 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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Heart shape Red passion fire-enameled on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché above and below. Modern contemporary style. Dimensions cm. 8.8 x 8 cm high....
Category
1990s Italian Modern Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Egg Plum enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg Plum enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Egg Plum enamel has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand.
Egg Plum enamel is Russian...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
X-Small Egg style Faberge Sapphire Blue 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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique English Victorian Coromandel Letter Box Clock Chapman and Leuchars
Located in Northampton, GB
Manufactured by Chapman and Retailed by Leuchars
From our Boxes collection, we are delighted to bring to market this extremely rare Coromandel Letter Box Clock by Chapman retailed b...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Enamel
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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$698 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique French Enamel Covered Bomboniere Signed by Gamet
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Exceedingly Rare and Fine French enamel covered bombiniere signed by Gamet for A La Marquise de Sevigne (finest Paris Chocolatier).
Signed "Gamet" on top lid. Commissioned for "A ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Enamel Boxes
Materials
Enamel
$2,635 Sale Price
41% Off
Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled stripes and fine oval enameled miniature in center cm. 3 x 4 hand-painted by ...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Egg style Faberge Dark Brown 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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Baroque Style Green Table Box with Miniature Sterling Silver 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 Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Chinese Turquoise Cloisonne Trinket Box, Republic Period, c 1920, China
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Chinese turquoise cloisonne trinket box with images of the Hundred Antiques, Republic Period, circa 1920, China.
The rectangular box de...
Category
1920s Chinese Qing Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pocket Pill Box like Egg sea color Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket pill box shaped like a small egg.
Pocket pill box like egg hinged opening.
Pocket pill box like egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24ca...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$350 Sale Price
80% Off
Table Box Heart shape Sky tone fire-enameled on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloché above and below. Modern contemporary style. Dimensions cm. 8 x 8.8 high cm. 2.8. Weight ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1920s Sterling Silver and Enamel Compact
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver and pink enamel compact; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver and enamel compact has a circular form with a swept lower portion.
The anterior surface is embellished with a pink guilloche enamel panel which reflects a wavy concentric ring design, emanating from the centre of the cover.
The sides and underside of this impressive compact are plain and unembellished.
This antique compact opens to reveal the original gilding and integrated mirror.
Condition
This antique pink enamel...
Category
20th Century English Enamel Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
England 1770 Georgian Battersea Enamel Decorated Box in Sterling Silver
By Battersea
Located in Miami, FL
Georgian Battersea enamel box from the 18th century.
A beautiful fine antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box created in the district...
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$2,789 Sale Price
30% Off
Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine miniature fired enamelled with an image of “fox hunti...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box hand-engraved and enamelled ornament in Arabic style Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on a guilloché with hand-engraved and enamelled ornament in Arabic style. D...
Category
1990s Italian Islamic Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Table Box portrait of Natalia Nikolaevna Pushkina Lanskaja Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Spectacular table box with inward corners in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, in Art Nouveau style, and in the center a fine rectangul...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Japanese Yamanaka Lacquerware Sweets Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century Yamanaka lacquerware sweets box for tea ceremony, Japanese. Formed as a deep black apple with gold & colored enamel decoration. Post WWII. Provenance: Sherman E. Lee...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Enamel Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Belt real black python buckle Sterling Silver Art Deco Style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Belt in real black python reptile with rectangular buckle in 925/1000 gold-plated silver with columns, with Art Deco design fire-enamelled in 3 colors enriched with pure gold sequins...
Category
1990s Italian Art Deco Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Set Picture Frame+Table Box Enamel two-tone ruby red and emerald green Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular Photo Frame in Gold-Plated 925/1000 Silver: Imagine a frame that frames your most precious memories with elegance and modernity. This frame is made of gold-plated 925/100...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Antique Sterling Silver & Enamel Arabian Box with Chased Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique box is signed by an unknown maker, but presumed to have originated from the UAE and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Bessarabian style. The box is compo...
Category
Late 19th Century Emirian Bessarabian Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver brossè with very fine hand engraving, also on the sides, of “ramage” with leaves and bunches of grapes fire-ena...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1960s German Modernist Teak Jewelry Box Abstract Enamel Schibensky Bunge
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a 1960s German modernist teak wood jewelry box with abstract enamel metal plate. Attributed to Schibensky Bunge. Unmarked.
Dimensions: 4" W x 1.5" H x 3.5" D...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Edith Dawson. An Arts & Crafts Silver Pot with Floral Details & A Red Enamel Lid
Located in London, GB
Nelson Dawson, probably made by his wife Edith Dawson.
A rare Arts & Crafts silver bowl with a red enamel lid and a particular E Dawson floral decoration...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Pill Box monochrome hand-painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired asu guillochè enamel also on all sides and monochrome hand-painted miniature on the lid. Dimensions c...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fine Antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Snuff Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An excellent quality late 18th or early 19th century Battersea enamel snuff or patch box. The pink enamel background with white enamel lattice and a raised gold around the hand paint...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
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....
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique 18c/19c English or French Enamel Bronze Mounted Tea Caddy Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique enamel tea caddy.
With a gilt bronze mounted lid.
In the South Staffordshire manner.
Decorated with floral sprays and rocaille swags to all sides.
Likely...
Category
Early 19th Century French Georgian Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
James Bearden Brutalist Containment Box #3
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful brutalist torch cut steel, dyed bronze and glass enamel Containment box by the noted Des Moines Iowa artist James Bearden. It is one of a series of three. Please see the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Enamel Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
Snuff Box Perforated Lid, Embossed and Engraved Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated lid, embossed and engraved by hand, with fine round miniature diameter cm. 3.8 hand painted in tempera on veg...
Category
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Squared Green Enamel with oval miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on sunburst guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External measurements cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 636- Fine oval miniature cm. 3.2 x 4.2 hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory plate by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproducing a portrait of a Flemish lady...
Category
1990s Italian Louis XVI Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Amour roi de ton coeur (Love King of Your Heart) by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
Amour roi de ton coeur (Love King of Your Heart) by Line Vautrin , Silver Bronze Box.
Silver-plated bronze box with a lid enhanced with a decoration representing a two-tone wheel, th...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Enamel Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Enamel cigarette case with hunting dog design
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Enamel Cigar Case with Hunting Dog Design
Elegant vintage cigar case, rectangular with rounded corners, and a silver-plated finish. The lid is adorn...
Category
20th Century German Belle Époque Enamel Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuffbox female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting a female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing, hand-...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box hand engraving, black “niello” type Sterling Silver 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 Italian Rococo Vintage Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Heart table box Yellow enamel Sterling Silver 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 Italian Modern Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Modern Sterling Silver Box with 1930s Australian Imperial Force Association
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver box, ca 1935. Rectangular with straight sides and curved corners. Cover hinged with tapering tab. Cedar lined interior and leather-lined underside.
On cover t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Australian Modern Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Art Deco Stirling Silver and Enamel Powder Pot Birmingham 1930
Located in London, GB
A wonderful Vintage Art Deco Stirling Silver & Enamel Powder Pot. Date 1930 by Maker Henry Matthews in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
This Dressing table piece is good size and the si...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Enamel Boxes
Materials
Enamel
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 Enamel Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Empire Boxwood Tabatière with Erotic Enamel Plaque and Gilded Bronze Acce
Located in Kastrup, DK
A French Empire tabatière, exquisitely crafted from boxwood.
The lid is adorned with an erotic enamel plaque, elegantly framed by a gilded bronze band, while the underside features a...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Enamel Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
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