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Hollywood Regency Rope and Tassel Gilt Filigree Tissue Box Holder with Claw Feet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hollywood Regency Gilt Brass Tissue Box Holder with Tassel & Filigree, Italian Rococo Style, c. 1960s
Bring vintage glamour to your space with this exquisite Hollywood Regency gilt b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Paul Evans Cityscape Keep Safe Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Paul Evans Cityscape Keep Safe Box, not many of these were produced, interior plastic laminite.
Dimensions:
5" wide
5" deep
3" high
Category
1970s American Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Steel
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Scandinavian Modern Box in Pewter, Guldsmedsaktiebolaget GAB -1934
Located in Örebro, SE
Art Deco pewter box, Guldsmedsaktiebolaget GAB -1934, with engraving AB.
Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Dents, dings and scratches. The inside of the lid with visible ...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Set of Brass Apple Jewelry Boxes 1970s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Set of Brass Apple Jewelry Boxes 1970s.
These apple-shaped boxes are entirely made of solid brass.
Each box opens in two and allows for a very decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
$759 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Antique French Black Cut Crystal and Bronze Jewelry Box with Enamel Decorations
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 4 1/4 in W: 4 1/2 in D: 3 in
This Antique French 19th Century Black Cut Crystal and Bronze Jewelry Box showcases the remarkable craf...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Enamel
Viennese tabletop jewelry box or chest. Austria, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Viennese tabletop jewelry box or chest. Wood, enamels, bronze. Austria, second half of the 19th century.
Requires restoration.
Rectangular table...
Category
19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Revival Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Other
Antique Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Jewelry Box by Cesare Roccheggiani, Rome c. 1875
By Cesare Roccheggiani
Located in London, GB
A highly attractive and rare floral Grand Tour micromosaic jewelry or trinket box made by Cesare Roccheggiani in Rome, Italy, c. 1875.
This is a beautifully detailed micro-mosaic box. The panel in the lid depicts a lush bouquet of spring flowers, including roses, forget-me-nots, daffodils, buttercups and crocus, amongst others. These are described in brightly coloured stone micromosaic inlaid into a black surround, lending the piece wonderful contrast.
The more common subjects for similar micro mosaic boxes are architectural views of Rome; floral examples such as this are much harder to find.
The panel is mounted in a box gilded in 24 carat gold. Another distinctive feature is the granulated finish around the lid and to the underside of the box: it is most unusual and lends the piece a lovely texture.
A hand-painted champlevé enamel frieze wraps around the central body of the gilt metal box, depicting scrolling turquoise vines blooming with red berries along with blue, green and yellow vine leaves.
The interior is lined in the original silk and in very good original condition. The maker’s name ‘C. ROCCHEGGIANI ROMA’ is emblazoned in gold to the interior of the lid beneath the motif of a cross surmounted by a crown. The lining of both the lid and body are bordered with a ropetwist detail. The lid closes with hooked clasp, and the hinge is in good condition.
Cesare Roccheggiani was one of the most successful mosaicists in the late 19th century in Rome. He probably worked in Michelangelo Barberi’s workshop, and was in all likelihood related to Lorenzo Roccheggiani, a late eighteenth-century master mosaicist at the Vatican whose work included the altarpiece, Crucifixion of St. Peter after Guido Reni, and Nicolo Roccheggiani who worked on the Achilles Shield tabletop commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, and later gifted to Charles X of France, now in the collection of the Louvre.
Cesare Roccheggiani opened his premises on Via Condotti in Rome in 1874, and ran a production workshop including mosaicists, goldsmiths and other craftsmen. He was renowned as a source for fine quality Grand Tour mosaics...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Stone, Metal
Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest with Secret Compartments
Located in Northampton, GB
Georgian Tea Chest with Boxwood & Ebony Checkered Stringing
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Rare Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest. The Tea Chest of rectang...
Category
Late 18th Century British Georgian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage Italian Brass Letter Envelope Box Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This ever so chic and obscure vintage Italian brass box is simply a pop art design of a form of an opened up envelope that is a box. it is from the lat...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Napoleon III Game box with Brass and Burl Wood Marquetry
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique game box from the French Napoleon III period. The box is made of various types of wood marquetry inlaid with brass trims. This box s...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Copper
GEORG ADAM SCHEID 1900 Enameled Guilloche Etui Necessaire box In .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Enameled etui necessaire designed by Georg Adam Scheid (1837-1921).
This is an extraordinary etui necessaire oval box created in Vienna Austria at the workshops of Georg Adam Scheid...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Edwardian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
$6,280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
FRENCH 1918 Art-Deco Lacquered Desk Cigar Box In The Shape of a WWI Tank
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco WWI Tank shaped desk cigar box humidor.
This is a fabulous and rare desk cigar box-humidor created in France during the art deco period, circa 1918. The amazing piece is very decorative and designed in the stylized shape of the French WWI Saint-Charmond Tank. The cigar humidor has been crafted with geometric sharp lines in carved cedar wood and embellished with black and gray lacquers. It is fitted with a push lock and two hinges.
French Saint-Charmond Tank
The Saint. Chamond was a French heavy tank, the second model used by the French Army in World War I. Its design was inadequate and was conceived primarily because of a commercial rivalry. The war ended before it was replaced by the British Mark series tanks. Born of the commercial rivalry existing with the makers of the Schneider CA1 tank, the Saint-Chamond was an underpowered and fundamentally inadequate design. Its principal weakness was its Holt caterpillar tracks. They were much too short in relation to the vehicle's length and weight (23 tons). Later models attempted to rectify some of the tank's original flaws by installing wider and stronger track shoes...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
$3,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Anglo-Indian Art Deco Silver Presentation Casket
Located in London, GB
This Anglo-Indian silver casket is inscribed on a central panel to the front with the following: 'Presented to / Mr. A. L. Guildford, B.Sc. M.I.E....
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuffbox two-tones enamel stripes Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enameled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleon...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
An 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Box, Louis XV Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An 18th century Meissen porcelain box, Louis XV period.
An 18th century Meissen porcelain box, Louis XV period, gilt brass mounting.
H: 14cm, W: 9cm, D: 9cm
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
French 1790 Louis XVI Enameled Perfume Scent Box In Sterling and Gilt
Located in Miami, FL
A French oval perfume-scents box from late 18th century.
This is a fantastic and very rare late 18th century necessaire box for perfumed scents, created in the kingdom of France dur...
Category
1790s French Louis XVI Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Gold Leaf
$2,398 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Crab by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass, 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 Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Table Box Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone and Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table box in the shape of a four-leaf clover in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated and real malachite stone petals. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5 . Silver weight gr. 340. Designed b...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$7,115 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Round Birks Sterling Silver Footed Jewelry & Ring or Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This jewelry and ring or tricket box was made by and unknown English maker and retailed by Birks. The box dates to approximately 1920 and is done in a Victorian style. This ring box ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury box designed by Gabriella Crespi, Italy
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant box designed by Gabriella Crespi
Wooden and golden brass small box.
Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan.
Signed.
Italy 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Signed Japanese Steel Shakudo Damascene Box with a Shimazu Mon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 20th century Japanese Amita Damascene Steel Box.
Made of damascened steel inlaid with gold & silver.
The lid of the box has gilt depictions of bamboo plants, while the sides of the boxes have similar depictions of river plants and birds.
The interior of the box is fully gilt, and the lid’s interior is decorated with an embossed depiction of a Japanese doll of a girl in kimono amongst branches, leaves, and flowers.
Marked to the bottom of the box for ‘W.E. Knox’ and with a Shimazu Mon...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Copper, Steel
Midcentury Glass Mosaic and Brass Lidded Box by Salvador Teran
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool midcentury glass mosaic and brass lidded box by noted Mexican artist Salvador Teran, circa 1950s. The piece is in very good vintage condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
$550 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Halcyon Days Enamel Boxes – Friendship & Wisdom Quotes – Hand-Painted
By Halcyon Days
Located in Morristown, NJ
Pair of Halcyon Days Enamel Boxes – Friendship & Wisdom Quotes – Hand-Painted Collectible
This exquisite pair of Halcyon Days enamel boxes featur...
Category
Late 20th Century English Victorian Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Gold Cigarette / Pill Box Desk, 1970s, Italy
Located in Vis, NL
Rare signed Gabriella Crespi gold brass cigarette, pill box for a stylish desk.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is new, unused, in excellent, nearly new condition.
Comes ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Matched Pair Paul McCobb 3-Drawer Chests with Rare Hanging Jewelry Box
Located in Buffalo, NY
Paul McCobb`s Directional Designs furniture line exhibits the low-cost, functional, and versatile furniture components, storage units, and interiors that earned McCobb the title of "America`s decorator" during the mid-20th century.
Vintage midcenury Paul McCobb Planner group dresser
Three-drawer dresser.
Three drawers finished inside and complimented with original nickel-plated bullet pulls Paul McCobb #1559 small hanging flip up vanity...
Category
1950s Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien Modernist Hand Wrought Brass Lidded Box Vessel
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Minimal in its ornamentation, this handmade brass box exemplifies the exacting standards of Hagenauer artisans while encapsulating the timeless elegance in the workshop’s designs — a miniature...
Category
Early 20th Century Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Moorish Emerald Green Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish Emerald green painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over 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 Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
Egyptian Revival Bronze Round Pharaoh Case W/ Carved Bone Face, Circa 1920
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Immerse yourself in the opulence of the Original Art Deco era with this exquisite Egyptian Revival cast bronze case. Adorned with a meticulously carved bone face, the removable lid s...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$2,242 Sale Price
35% Off
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 Metal Boxes
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
$1,516 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Domed Crystal Bonze with Bronze Mount
Located in Toronto, ON
This antique French domed crystal and bronze box makes a statement in any space. An early 1900s production, this piece transitions from modern to Classic interiors seamlessly with it...
Category
Early 20th Century French Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Edwardian Golf English Sterling Silver Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver vesta case with golfing interest; an addition to our sports related silverware colle...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jaimal Odedra, Set of Contemporary Bronze Urns, Morocco, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Signed: Jaimal Odedra
Each piece is modeled and cast by hand using a traditional Moroccan sand casting method.
Raised in England and educated at one of the finest art schools in th...
Category
2010s Moroccan Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Anglo Indian Rectangular Porcupine Quill & Bone Box
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Anglo Indian rectangular porcupine quill, bone and parquetry box. The box with a hinged lid that opens to reveal embossed red velvet lining and a decorated wood panel...
Category
20th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Metal Boxes
Materials
Other
Art Deco Ladies Blue Enamel and Chrome Compact, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this highly styled Art Deco of American blue enamel compact dating to the 1930s. Originally it would have had a chain or tassel. Beautiful blue enamel color...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Italian Mid Century Modern Jatoba and Silver Plated Cigarette Box
By Ottaviani
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing the epitome of sophistication: the Italian Mid Century Modern Jatoba Wood and Floral Decorated Silver Plated Cigarette Box by Ottaviani. Crafted with utmost precision and...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Three MCM Italian Alabaster and Brass Claw Dolphin Footed Lidded Jewelry Boxes
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of three hand carved Italian alabaster claw and dolphin footed decorative boxes in blue, orange and beige coloured alabaster.
I fell in love with their beautiful shiny colours and the heaviness of the material of these jewellery boxes with hinged lids, brass claw feet, brass dolphin feet...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Arts & Crafts Movement Copper Table Chest Box
Located in Queens, NY
Large copper table chest or box from the English Arts & Crafts Movement that features curvilinear protrusions on each side, as well as a decorative ...
Category
19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Wooden Bucket
Located in New York, NY
Antique wooden milk farm bucket. Wooden bucket pail having heavy hand forged iron banding. Two solid wooden handles specifically for titling the bucket t...
Category
1890s Chinese Country Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Iron
$1,200
English Silver and Enamel Two-Tiered Freedom Casket, Dated 1899
Located in New York, NY
The freedom box is marked on the side in enamel stating "This casket - to contain the diploma of the honorary freedom of the city of Exeter - was presented...
Category
1890s Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Chinese Coconut tea pot - China - late 18th / early 19th - Qing - Asian Art
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty and old tea pot, gourd shaped, in sculpted coconut, chiseled and mounted on pewter.
The cap is also made of pewter.
The coconut is decorated with imperial motifs.
Chinese...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
Art Nouveau Byzantine Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Paul Evans, Phillip Lloyd Powell Style Petite Rosewood Box with Brass Inlay
Located in Bainbridge, NY
American mid century rosewood and brass inlay small oval accessory box in the style of Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd, circa 1960. Featuring a handcrafted clam shaped 2-piece smooth da...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Polished Black Jewel Box with Gold-Plated Hardware
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Jewel box in polished ebony. Lockable by key and with the necklace bar on the top and a removable tray inside. All the hardware is 24-karat pink gold-plated.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
$1,950 / item
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 Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French 19th Century Brass Red Agate Stone Jewellery Box Napoleon III
Located in Paris, IDF
A beautiful French 19th century Napoleon III polished agate and brass mounted jewellery box, all sides composed with a total of height panels of vividly-hued red agate stone, atop ba...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
Oriental Brass Bead Stash or 420 Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vibrant and bold multi-color Beaded box. The bead colors and arrangement makes the piece a fine decorative piece.
A compliment to many settings, on a desk or work station to hold e...
Category
20th Century Asian Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century English Early Georgian Mahogany Box with Original Handles
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early Georgian mahogany box from the late 18th century. This exquisite English box is made of a rich mahogany wood seemingly stained to perfec...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Collection of Pewter Boxes by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
Collection of Lidded Pewter Containers designed by Just Andersen in the 1920s. A exquisite collection for a beautiful place.
* Six (6) different pewter boxes with lids
* Designer: ...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Giant Hand Blown Murano Glass Box Leopard with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This savant-garde adornment is a unique and eye-catching piece that combines the rich tradition of Murano glassmaking with a contemporary and fashionable design. Handcrafted on the h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Swedish Grace Pewter Box with a brass lion sculpture
By Anna Petrus
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful Chest with lid known as Swedish Grace.
Made in pewter with brass details. Stamped Svenskt Tenn 1931, octagonal shape on paw feet with ball, lid with crowning lion.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
$4,051 Sale Price
20% Off
English Victorian 1870s Tea Caddy with Faux Painted Tortoise Finish and Brass
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian tea caddy from the late 19th century, with faux painted tortoise finish and patinated brass accents. Born during the third qua...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
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 Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Postage Stamp Box, American, Sterling Silver, Pocket Case, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique postage stamp box. An American, silver pocket case with monogram, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Delightfull...
Category
Early 20th Century Central American Edwardian Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Set of 2 Quilted Boxes in Black Oak with Bronze Patina Brass by Kifu Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The “Coco” Round Quilted Box set by Kifu Paris is a striking blend of opulence and craftsmanship. Wrapped in luxurious black oak with a stunning quilted design, these round boxes ele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
$690 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Artisan-Crafted Decorative Box Embellished With a Silver Dragon
Located in Miami, FL
Designed exclusively by Urban Art Home, this is a distinct and elegant decorative wood box made with lacquer and embellished with a sculpted sterling silver dragon.
The square box ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Nouveau Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Mahogany Brass Mounted Fitted Jewel Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This handsome box is a treasure. Sure to please anyone!
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare & Early James Bearden "Pod Box on Stand" Steel & Blackened Bronze Brutalist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and studio-made by American designer and craftsman James Bearden, this pedestal style box offers a unique blend of extraordinary hand-made quality and striking brutalist vis...
Category
2010s American Brutalist Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Hand Blown Murano Glass Box Large in Amber with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The infusion of golden amber lends a mesmerizing allure to this enchanting hand-blown glass box from Murano, Italy. The warmth evokes a sense of luxury and sophistication, which is a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
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 Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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