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Material: Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Footed Engine-Turned Table Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Period, sterling silver, paw-footed, engine-turned-designed table box with with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1926, Hollings and Hutchinson - makers. ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Kirk Baltimore Sterling Silver Box with Picturesque Architecture
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver box. Made by S. Kirk & Son Inc. in Baltimore. Rectangular with cover. Picturesque architecture with turrets, manors, and bridges in bosky landscapes. Pastor...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique George III Sterling Biscuit Box (1814)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III sterling silver biscuit box; an addition to the Georgian silverware collection.
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique ...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$5,304 / set
Buccellati Sterling Silver engraved box
By Buccellati
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sterling Silver engraved box by Buccellati
Signed M. Buccellati and 925
523 grams
In perfect condition
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$8,193 / item
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 Sterling Silver 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 Sterling Silver 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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Box w/ gilt lid 1142A by Soren Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen box, design #1142A by Soren (Søren) Georg Jensen from 1965. The lid is a separate piece and lifts off, the top surface of the lid is gilt. There are di...
Category
20th Century Modern Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver and Bone Box
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver and bone box. Antique Continental dark bone/horn fitted case with sterling silver mounts and central oval for monogram; originally a t...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, 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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fine French Sterling Art Deco Ram Motif Square Table Box, Circa 1925
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine French Sterling Art Deco Ram Motif Square Table Box, Circa 1925
French Silver hallmark Minervas Head with #3 and Silversmith mark of KISS F
An Extraordinary example of signed ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,516 Sale Price
20% 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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
XXI Century Italian Sterling Silver Modern Table Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
XXI Century Italian Sterling Silver Modern Table Box
Modern style 925 sterling silver table box.
The box is square in shape and the edge of the body is lined.
The lid is hinged and h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Duke of Clarence Sterling Silver Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Duke of Clarence sterling silver snuff box. Antique ebonized wood and sterling silver box with the profile of the son of Queen Victoria. England, la...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver 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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Silver Combination Match Vesta & Snuff Box Francis Clark Birmingham 1846
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique sterling silver combination snuff & vesta case, by the silversmith Francis Clark (1799-1853), Birmingham, dated 1846.
An unusual combination snuff & silver vesta case,...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Table Box table box with finely embossed and hand-chiseled Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular shaped table box with finely embossed and hand-chiseled lid in Baroque style. Velvet interior. Dimensions cm. 11.7 x 21 x 4.5. Weight gr. 1000. Designed by Giorgio Salimb...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Jewelry Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Jewelry box in 925 sterling silver. The body of the box is rectangular and shaped which makes its line light and harmonious. The hinged lid is hand-engraved with volutes and Florentine lilies...
Category
1990s Italian Renaissance Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, 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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
1890s Chinese Export Silver Locking Box
By Heng Li
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver box with lock; an addition to our oriental silver collection.
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) locking box has a rectangular form.
The surface of this antique box with lock is embellished with a chased decorated matte texture with a variety of embossed and chased decorated stemmed floral and foliate designs to the sides, including cherry blossom and iris arrangements.
The upper surface of the cover is ornamented with an embossed and chased decorated scene depicting a grassy terrain surrounding a tree with fan shaped leaves by the side of a winding stream, with a traditional Chinese crane...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Scottish Sterling Silver and 15k Yellow Gold Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Scottish sterling silver and 15 karat gold box; an addition to our diverse silver box collection.
This exceptional Scottish sterling silv...
Category
1850s Scottish Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
1890s European Sterling Silver Bumble Bee Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
European box, 2.8 ounces of solid silver. Bumble bee pulling a chariot.
Category
1890s Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bedrock
Located in New Canaan, CT
Michele Oka Doner
Bedrock, 2019
Sterling silver box
Measures: 3 x 3 x 3 inches
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered
Artist statement:
Bedrock was created in response to the glass house...
Category
2010s Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,600 Sale Price
25% Off
Pill Box Brown and Turquise Stripes Enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square pill box with oval section in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels with guillochè stripes and hand-engraved motifs on all sides. George...
Category
1970s Italian George IV Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Silver Card Case, Birmingham 1910, Adie and Lovekin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique silver card case, Birmingham 1910, Adie and Lovekin. The card case in the form of a purse with chain attached and ring finger loop. Ri...
Category
1910s English Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
John Prip Sterling Silver and Granite River Stone Lidded Box
By John Prip
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sublime box handcrafted by American silversmith, John Prip, comprising a hollowed and polished granite river stone inset with rim and finished with a handwrought lid, both in sterl...
Category
20th Century American Organic Modern Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Granite, Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Omega Swiss Sterling Silver Vintage Case
By Omega
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Omega Vintage 800 Sterling Silver Swiss Box
Original Omega presentation box, a vintage piece from the mid-20th century. Crafted from period materials with the brand's signature logo ...
Category
20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling 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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Hinged octagonal box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Octagonal box completely handmade, starting from a sterling silver plate and shaped.
The octagonal lid has been hinged. The body of the box and the lid have been engraved and chisele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
George Betjemann Art Deco Sterling Silver Mounted White Onyx and Lapis Box
By George Bentjemann
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
George Betjemann & Sons George V Art Deco Sterling Silver Mounted White Onyx Box with stepped Lapis Lazuli corners.
Box features three compartments. Imp...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
Mappin & Webb English Modern Sterling Silver Box, 1965
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Mappin & Webb in Birmingham in 1965. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with flat top and scalloped tab. Interior cedar-lined and...
Category
1960s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Garrard English Modern Sterling Silver Box, 1947
Located in New York, NY
George VI sterling silver box. Made by Garrard & Co. in London in 1947. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat, tabbed, and hinged. Sides have reeded wrapround bands. Cover top ...
Category
1940s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Thomas Johnson II Sterling Silver Tortoise Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a tortoise; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian cast sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a tortoise.
The plain oval body of this Victorian vesta box is embellished with cast and applied components replicating the details of the tortoise's legs and head.
The anterior surface of this rare box features an applied oval serrated panel / match striker.
The hinged tortoiseshell cover opens to reveal the original gilt interior.
The underside of the body bears the contemporary engraved inscription 'July 1883'.
Condition
This antique Victorian vesta box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. There are some blemishes and wear to the original gilding, in keeping with age. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body are very clear.
Dimensions
length 8.4cm/3.3"
width 5.5cm/2.2"
height 3.2cm/1.3"
Weight
2.4 troy ounces/73.9g (including tortoiseshell cover)
Maker: Thomas Johnson II
Date: 1882
Origin: London, England
Video: A video of this fine piece is available upon request.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Combination Vesta and Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver combination vesta and tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver tobacco box has a plain circular rounded form.
The upper portion of this antique silver...
Category
1910s English Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Mid-Century Silver Cigarette Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Mid-Century (1940s) sterling silver rectangular (cigarette) box with fluted etched design and initials: A.M.G.
Category
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
4 Piece Cut Crystal Dresser Set
Located in High Point, NC
4 piece cut crystal dresser set. The bottle measures 2 x 4.25, and has a lovely lid which has an inscription 30 April 1897. The hallmark is dated...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$595 / set
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1960s German Sterling Silver Cigar Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive, unusual and large vintage German sterling silver cigar box with maritime interest; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This fine vintage German sterling silver cigar box has a plain rectangular rounded form in the Art Deco manner.
The surface of this large, impressive vintage cigar box...
Category
1960s English Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Foster & Bailey 1925 Art Deco Guilloche Turquoise Enamel Round Box .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box made by Foster & Bailey.
Beautiful enamel round box, created during the art deco period, back in the 1925. This beautiful antique piece was carefully crafted at the workshops of Foster & Bailey in solid .925/.999 standard silver with a hinged lid. Fitted with a mirror and a place to storage a 5 cents nickel coin. Decorated at both sides with engine turned guilloche decoration topped with applications of translucent vivid turquoise enamel with flowers.
Weight: 42.30 Grams, (27.11 Dwt).
Measurements: Diameter of 51 mm and a height of 12 mm (2.0 x 0.47 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark F&B associated to Foster & Bailey, the mark for the assay of the silver and signed, "F&B STERLING".
Foster and Bailey
Foster and Bailey is a vintage American jewelry...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$698 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique George V Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver cigarette or cigar box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver cigarette box has a plain rectangular form.
The sides of this impressive antique cigarette...
Category
1910s Hungarian Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, 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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1950s Italian Decorative Box in Silver
Located in Catania, IT
This mid-century decorative box displays the best of Italian craftmanship The exterior features a textured Sterling silver 800 surface reflecting the Italian meticulous attention t...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1880s, European Sterling Silver Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Solid sterling European box. 4.25 ounces. Sun, basket of fruit, flowers adorn the top of the box. Gold wash inside.
Category
1880s Antique Sterling Silver Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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