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Fantastic Antique Russian Enamel Silver Egg Fine Enamel Details
Located in Media, PA
A captivating decorative Russian Enamel silver egg featuring intricate enamel work in vibrant hues of blue, green, and red.
The egg is adorned with ornate floral and scroll patterns...
Category
1940s Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Rectangular Patinated Bronze Art Deco Golf Themed Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Art Deco cigarette or jewelry box in thick heavy patinated bronze with white painted golf clubs and gilded golf ball as lid decoration. The interior of the box has two compartments m...
Category
1920s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Dance Card in Mother of Pearl and Gilded Bronze, Palais-Royal Work
Located in Paris, FR
Charles X dance card in mother of pearl with gilt bronze mounts. It is engraved with plants, flowery interlacing, and bouquets of flowers. An enameled pansy adorns the cover, a typic...
Category
Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
St. Cloud Style Hen and Chicken Snuff Box by Samson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
St. Cloud style hen and chicken snuff box, by Samson. Large size, beautifully decorated.
Category
Early 20th Century French Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu box
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An attractive and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu box. This beautiful Crystal square box showcases lattic...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Acanthus Match Box Holder 68C
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Match Box Holder in the Acanthus pattern, design #68c by Johan Rohde from 1917.
Additional information:
Material: S...
Category
20th Century Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Miniature Provençale Louis XV Period 1725 Apprentice Commode with Lift Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Provençale Louis XV period miniature apprentice commode from the early 18th century, with lift top and cabriole legs. Born in Provence during the reign of King Louis XV, thi...
Category
Early 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse's Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat 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
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
17th century colonial Sinhalese ebony two-door cabinet with silver mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid Dutch-colonial Sinhalese ebony two-door cabinet with silver mounts
Sri Lanka, Kandy, 2nd half 17th century, the mounts later
The cabinet with a central drawer with hidde...
Category
17th Century Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Set of 2 Boxes in Shagreen with Shell and Brass Insert by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite set of two rectangular boxes is masterfully crafted from antique shagreen, showcasing a unique cosmos pattern that elegantly marries modern design with classic luxury....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Black Box Erté inspiration with woman, leopard and flames hand painted Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Black Box Erté inspiration is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Black Box Erté inspiration has black fired enamels.
Black Box Erté inspiration has an fired miniature by the painter Renato...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century Astrea Square Box with Walnut Wood & Leather Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Astrea boxes: Square or rectangular?
A walnut wood structure and sleek contemporary lines to turn vintage references into modern elegance. A family of four...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
Victorian Sterling Silver and Erotica Enamel Vesta Case
By B&S, Birmingham 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and erotica enamel vesta case; an addition to our range of collectable silver cases
This fine antique Victorian sterling silver vesta case has a plain rectangular form.
The body of the case is ornamented with a fine and impressive rectangular enamel panel depicting a nude female character amidst her scattered clothing on the bank of a river, lined with trees and foliage.
The case is fitted with a plain hallmarked hinged cover with incorporated thumb piece.
This impressive silver vesta case has a serrated panel/match striker to the underside.
The posterior surface of this impressive vesta is plain and unembellished.
Condition
This antique vesta case...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Silver
Tessellated Box in Coral Stone and Brass by Casa Bique, C. 1970's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
1970's Architectural box handcrafted of tessellated coral stone in hues of ivory, peach, and salmon pink. The large scale box features plinth feet wi...
Category
1970s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
19th Century Antique Dore Bronze Mounted Opaline Oval Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The creamy and smooth exterior of this 19th Century Opaline Box harmonizes beautifully with its streamlined Dore Bronze mount and clasp. All elements, including its oval shape, contr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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
Mirror Tissue Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very sophisticated mirrored tissue box. The box has a wooden lining that, when opened from the bottom, the tissue is inserted.
A compliment to any bathroom, dressing room or dres...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
Silver and Shibayama tobacco box with combination vesta case lid
Located in London, GB
A very fine and rare silver shibayama tobacco and combination vesta case lid and strikers on pot. Decorated with individual hand crafted insects in semi precious stones. The Shiba...
Category
1910s English Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Gucci Sterling Silver Pill Box
By Gucci
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Gucci Sterling Silver Pill Box
Elegant silver Patillero with stamps on the bottom and with the G characteristics on the lid. Adorned with the representation of a belt with enamel in ...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Military Campaign Walnut Brass Bound Double Watch Winder Box for Rolex, Omega
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Military Campaign Walnut Brass Bound Box With Fitted Velvet Interior
A bespoke watch winder box for the watch aficionado, hand finished & fitted with a ...
Category
19th Century English Campaign Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Continental Miniature Silver Filigree Decorative Box
Located in London, GB
Crafted with superb skill in silver filigree, this beautiful and delicate box is most likely continental-made, dating from the early 20th century. Its exact origin is unclear, and it...
Category
20th Century European Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Geo III Wedgwood and Steel Mounted Amboyna and Ebony Writing Box, c1800
Located in valatie, NY
The hinged rectangular top with three oval Signed Wedgwood plaques depicting putti at various pursuits within oval paterae mounted swagged and beaded borders, opening to a morocco leather lined hinged slope enclosing a well, the upper section fitted with candlesticks and compartmentalized for inkwells, above a hinged lid the front with a spring loaded secret drawer opening to a needle or pincushion and spools of thread.
This unusual work box, mounted with blue and white jasperware signed Wedgwood plaques, is English in conception. The writing box was a popular form first used in the 18th c and well into the 19th c for traveling. This type of portable desk was described by the English poet William Cowper in 1785 as 'the most elegant, the compactest, the most commodious desk in the world.'
Additionally, the jasperware plaques, came from Josiah Wedgwood's factory in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Its proximity to the steel manufacturing city of Birmingham, the birthplace of Matthew Boulton, producer of decorative metalwork (including cut steel mounts) and described by his friend and fellow-industrialist, Josiah Wedgwood, as 'the first Manufacturer in England', certainly suggests an English origin and possibly his handwork.
However, the polished steel mounts are also typical of furniture and objects made in Tula, Russia, where the Imperial Arms Factory was founded by Peter the Great in the early 18th c and which later became known for its decorative objects, including furniture and domestic pieces. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, ordered the 'Frog Service...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Cut Steel
Hanau Silver Jewelry Box J.D.Schleissner and Sons Antique German Casket Putto
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
A 19th century Hanau sterling silver presentation box or jewelry box with hinged cover.
Large 800 silver box of quatrefoil form, impre...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Silvered Round Jewelry Box "The Baptism", France, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful silver-plated brass jewelry box, France, 1880s.
Fine flower tendrils and blossom decorations on all sides.
A christening party can be seen on the lid. In the center of the ...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
very rare double box by carl auböck
Located in Munich, DE
another very rare piece from the auböck workshop.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
Set of 3 Boxes in Black Shagreen with Brass Frame by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This set of three square boxes by R&Y Augousti is a masterclass in luxury craftsmanship, merging sleek design with sumptuous materials. The textured black shagreen wraps each piece, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Important 18th Century Porcelain and Bronze Box by Meissen
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 1 3/4in W: 3 1/2in D: 2in
This Mid 18th Century Porcelain and Bronze Box by Meissen is truly a spectacular piece and is of the highest quality! If you look at the p...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large Asian Decorative Wooden Jewelry Box with Hammered Brass Metal Overlay
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Asian decorative wooden jewelry box with brass overlay.
Large ethnic Indian hand painted decorative jewelry wood box with brass metal hammere...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Boxes in Black Shagreen with Bronze Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The “Peacock Box” set by R&Y Augousti is a true masterpiece of modern luxury, where organic form meets exceptional craftsmanship. The distinctive, fluid shapes of these boxes create ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Arts & Crafts Studded Brass Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Arts & Crafts era studded brass box.
Category
1910s Arts and Crafts Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box
Hallmarks of .800 silver crescent moon and crown, with the stamped signature of the Retailer /Jeweler's mark of Paul Tub...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Lucite and Chrome Box, Italy, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Rare decorative lucite and chrome cube-shaped box. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Antique Silver Card Case Aide Memoire Purse Birmingham 1908 William Haseler
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique silver card case in form of Aide Memoire Purse, Birmingham 1908, William Hair Haseler. Art Nouveau elaborate border surround, monogram possibly H....
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Sterling Silver Snuffbox Birmingham 1848 by Rolason Bros
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely little sterling silver snuffbox, fully hallmarked with gold plated interior.
Lovely chasing on lid and sides, classic high Victorian repousse w...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set Of 5 Antique Tin Cans from France, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Cookie Tin Cans
Located in Greven, DE
Set of 5 antique tin cookie cans from France.
Category
1920s French Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
Antonio Botta Ice Bucket or Decorative Box in Lucite and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Italian decorative box or ice bucket made in smoked lucite and chrome. This incredibly stylish and rare piece was designed by Antonio Botta and produced by Rexite in Italy ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Musical Ladies Powder Compact Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful Art Deco ladies musical powder box. It appears to not have ever been used and as such is in remarkable condition. Bright red enamel exterior with gold accents to the edges ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Spotted Jet Black & Clear Glass Box w/ Brass Fitting
Located in New York, NY
This chic and sophisticated Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Box in Spotted Jet Black & Clear Glass W/Brass Fittings originates from Italy during the 21st Century. Features a rectil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sevres Porcelain Box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain box
octagonal format
Hand painted and signed on its base
perfect condition
Origin France Circa 1900
its mount is gilded bronze.
Category
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Snuff Box White Fire Enamel with Miniature of Bird Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of stylized blue bird, late 19th-century Viennese Art Nou...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Hans Hansen Wood and Sterling Silver Matchbox 1950s Made in Denmark
Located in Krefeld, DE
Beautiful Hans Hansen (1884-1940) matchbox with Silver inlay from the 1950s Made in Denmark.
Price for one box.
Category
1950s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Christofle K&T Silver-Plate 3 Tier Cantilever Box Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous signed Christofle 3-tiered silver-plate box, desk accessory, cocktail table addition and or barware, serving piece cantilevers out. It was designed by KT Studio in 1998...
Category
1990s French Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
18th Century, English Georgian Lead Tobacco Keeper - Horse Finial
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, mid 18th century.
A great neoclassical example of an English community tobacco keeper. These traditional boxes are made of lead and design...
Category
Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Lead
Large 19th C. Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th Century Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box, Attributed to Baccarat. This incredible large crystal box is all hand-diamond cut and attri...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
19th Century Asian Wooden Decorative Storage Box
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid 19th Century Asian Wooden decorative storage box with lid.
Measures 13.5"W x 11"D x 11.5"H.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
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 Italian Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
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 Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Large Danish 1900's Faux Porcelain Tin Container Blue and White Paint
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of Two Charming Blue and White Painted Cylindric Kitchen Tins, Denmark circa 1910.
The pair is painted in the style of Royal Copenhagen's Blue Fluted ...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish French Provincial Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
Decorative Antique Chinese Stacking Box, Shanxi Province
Located in Kastrup, DK
A portable stacking box featuring five separate tiers, crafted from limewood and originally coated in black lacquer. Remnants of the lacquer are still visible, lending the container ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Iron
Set of 3 Boxes in Black Oak with Brass Frame by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This set of 3 round boxes in black shagreen by R&Y Augousti showcases a design that seamlessly marries form and function. Each box features a perfectly symmetrical circular shape, ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar & Enamelled Box with Imperial Dragon Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique decorative box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China, and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chinese...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Louis XV French Gold Snuffbox by Germain Chayé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This luxurious Louis XV-period gold snuffbox was crafted by master French goldsmith Germain Chayé. Formed of 18-karat yellow gold, this exceptional box d...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold
English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Harman Bros. in Birmingham in 1982. Excellent condition. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged. Engine-turned wave ornament in plain frames...
Category
1980s English Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set Of 3 Antique Tin Cans from France, Shoe Polish, Art Deco, 1930, Cygne Noir
Located in Greven, DE
Set of 3 antique tin cans with shoe polish by Cygne noir.
Category
1930s French Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
18th Century Distressed Swedish Wedding Box
Located in Houston, TX
This late 18th-century Swedish wooden box is a captivating piece that effortlessly transports us to a bygone era. Crafted in Sweden during the final decade of the 18th century, it ex...
Category
18th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Rajasthani Footed Chest Box India 1900's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Rajasthani Shekhawati Merchant's Footed Chest Box India 1900's.
Early 20th Century Indian carved wood storage cash footed box used by merchants in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
Pill Box Hand Painted Miniature Enamel Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular rounded pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted miniature fire-enamelled in Louis XVI style, second half of the 18th century, and fine hand-eng...
Category
1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Regency Burl Walnut Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century English Regency burl walnut tea caddy. Lovely shape and pretty details including decorative handles on the sides. Makes an elegant statement!
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
