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Salimbeni Box with Swiss Musical Mechanism by Maison Reuge Art Deco Salimbeni
Salimbeni Box with Swiss Musical Mechanism by Maison Reuge Art Deco Salimbeni

Salimbeni Box with Swiss Musical Mechanism by Maison Reuge Art Deco Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Round box with Swiss musical mechanism (music box) by Maison Reuge. In 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white fired enamels in Art Deco style. Diameter cm. 7.4 total height cm...

Category

1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Large and Stylish Italian Modern Sterling Silver Box
Large and Stylish Italian Modern Sterling Silver Box

Large and Stylish Italian Modern Sterling Silver Box

By Pampaloni

Located in New York, NY

Modern sterling silver box. Rectangular with curved corners; on front, concave lunette thumb rest. Cover hinged. A capacious and stylish receptacle. Post-1967 Italian marks including...

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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

1890s Chinese Export Silver Locking Box
1890s Chinese Export Silver Locking Box

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...

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1890s Chinese Antique Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century, 1897, Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
19th Century, 1897, Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case

19th Century, 1897, Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel envelope style vesta case; an addition to our silver case collection This fine antique Victorian English s...

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1890s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver and Jade Box, Farmer, circa 1920
Sterling Silver and Jade Box, Farmer, circa 1920

Sterling Silver and Jade Box, Farmer, circa 1920

Located in New York, NY

Sterling silver and jade box, Farmer, circa 1920. Marked: Edward Farmer.

Category

Early 20th Century American Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Jade, Sterling Silver

Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Octagonal snuff box in gilded 925/1000 silver with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone. On the lid, a very fine fire-enamell...

Category

1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted Louis XVI style miniature Salimbeni
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted Louis XVI style miniature Salimbeni

Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted Louis XVI style miniature Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature fire enamelled in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century, and fine hand engravings. Siz...

Category

1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Maitland Smith Tessellated Marble and Tortoise Shell Box
Maitland Smith Tessellated Marble and Tortoise Shell Box

Maitland Smith Tessellated Marble and Tortoise Shell Box

By Maitland Smith

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Maitland Smith tessellated stone box with a mother of pearl finial handle. The interior of the box is lined with a black felt and has a removable lid. The box rests on sterling silver ball and claw feet as well as the entirety of the box is framed with a sterling silver border. History and craftsmanship for nearly four decades Maitland-Smith has been in the business of creating exquisite and unique decorative accessories, lighting and accent furniture and elegant mirrors from our La Barge Collection. Founded by a London antiques dealer with the eye of a connoisseur, Maitland-Smith has carried on the tradition of creating stunning accents for the home of the highest quality. From the beginning, our many workrooms have been artisan based and employ time-honored techniques developed before the machine age. Many of these skills date back to the world’s earliest civilizations, and are associated with Fine quality furniture and decorative arts. Maitland-Smith is well-known for many handcrafted specialties, including hand carved tropical mahogany, handcut and inlaid exotic wood veneers, lost wax cast metal mounts and decorative objects, as well as, traditional vegetable tanned and hand-tooled leather. Other areas of expertise include finely executed porcelains, sophisticated finishing techniques, and detailed hand painting. Maitland Smith draws inspiration from great works from the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries and in collaboration with design partners Tony Duquette Studios and its president, Hutton Wilkinson and also Celerie Kemble, Donald Bustraan...

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Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Stone, Marble, Sterling Silver

Salimbeni Table Box Art Nouveau Painting Pre-Raphaelite School Fired Enamel
Salimbeni Table Box Art Nouveau Painting Pre-Raphaelite School Fired Enamel

Salimbeni Table Box Art Nouveau Painting Pre-Raphaelite School Fired Enamel

By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

This rectangular table box is a masterpiece of craftsmanship. Crafted from 925/1000 sterling silver and gold-plated, it features a hand-painted fire-enameled miniature by Beatrice Me...

Category

1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Fired Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Table Box Fired Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Table Box Fired Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Rectangular table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine hand-engraving Baroque style on the lid, fire-enamelled in 2 colours. In the center an ancient oval plate...

Category

1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pill Box  shaped Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted striped Salimbeni
Pill Box  shaped Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted striped Salimbeni

Pill Box shaped Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted striped Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent 2-color striped fire enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings in Viennese Art Nouveau style, second half...

Category

1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box handpainted miniature on guilloche and musical movement by Reuge S.A. inside
Box handpainted miniature on guilloche and musical movement by Reuge S.A. inside

Box handpainted miniature on guilloche and musical movement by Reuge S.A. inside

By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Octagonal box in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold plated with translucent fired enamels and featuring a handpainted monochrome miniature on guilloche of a sailing ship on the lid, depi...

Category

1980s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver

X-Small Egg style Faberge Yellow Enamel hand painted wreaths Salimbeni
X-Small Egg style Faberge Yellow Enamel hand painted wreaths Salimbeni

X-Small Egg style Faberge Yellow Enamel hand painted wreaths Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, 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, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver & Enamel Arabian Box with Chased Decoration
Antique Sterling Silver & Enamel Arabian Box with Chased Decoration

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...

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Late 19th Century Emirian Bessarabian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Edwardian Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Jewelry Casket
Edwardian Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Jewelry Casket

Edwardian Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Jewelry Casket

By William Hutton & Sons

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver jewelry casket made in the Art Nouveau style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection. This exceptional Edwardian sterling silver jewelry casket has a rectangular form onto four cushion feet. The surface of this antique jewelry casket...

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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Italian Sterling Silver Cigar Box with "Antico Toscano" Engraving
Italian Sterling Silver Cigar Box with "Antico Toscano" Engraving

Italian Sterling Silver Cigar Box with "Antico Toscano" Engraving

By Andrea Spinelli

Located in VALENZA, IT

Rectangular sterling silver cigar box. The box has sharp corners, with a hinged top opening. The cigar box is completely smooth. On the front there are engravings stating, "Antico To...

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1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Egg style Faberge Dark Brown Enamel  Small Size Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Egg style Faberge Dark Brown Enamel  Small Size Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Egg style Faberge Dark Brown Enamel Small Size Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, 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, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Table Box pure gold paillons and fired enamel miniature Salimbeni
Table Box pure gold paillons and fired enamel miniature Salimbeni

Table Box pure gold paillons and fired enamel miniature Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire enamels, with pure gold “paillons” on the upper circle, fine fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Br...

Category

1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Parrotlets on Flowering Branches. Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver En
Snuff Box Parrotlets on Flowering Branches. Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver En

Snuff Box Parrotlets on Flowering Branches. Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver En

By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Square snuff box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand painted miniature parrotlets on flowering branches. Ar...

Category

1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Small  Egg style Faberge Enamel hand painted wreaths Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Small  Egg style Faberge Enamel hand painted wreaths Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Small Egg style Faberge Enamel hand painted wreaths Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Small egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché and an hand-painted miniature of garlands in Russian Art Nouveau style, inspired by the e...

Category

1960s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box for Cigarettes Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver
Table Box for Cigarettes Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver

Table Box for Cigarettes Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver

By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Square table box for cigarettes with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Measure cm. 12.7 x 12.7 x 3.2. Weight gr. 640. Created in the Art Deco style...

Category

1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Modernist Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Cigarette Box by W.H. Manton, 1956
Modernist Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Cigarette Box by W.H. Manton, 1956

Modernist Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Cigarette Box by W.H. Manton, 1956

By W.H. Manton Ltd. 1

Located in London, London

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1956 by W. H. Manton Ltd. this modernist Elizabeth II sterling silver cigarette box is of a rectangular form with a curved, hinged lid. The top of the lid...

Category

1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Snuffbox with miniature of Venice, English Queen Anne style, 925 silver Salimben
Snuffbox with miniature of Venice, English Queen Anne style, 925 silver Salimben

Snuffbox with miniature of Venice, English Queen Anne style, 925 silver Salimben

By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Octagonal snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with translucent fired enamel on hand engraving similar to wood grain. On t...

Category

1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, 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 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

1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Table Box table box with finely embossed and hand-chiseled Salimbeni
Table Box table box with finely embossed and hand-chiseled Salimbeni

Table Box table box with finely embossed and hand-chiseled Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco 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...

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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pillbox white fire enamel hand painted dog's head miniature Salimbeni
Pillbox white fire enamel hand painted dog's head miniature Salimbeni

Pillbox white fire enamel hand painted dog's head miniature Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Square rounded pill box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fire enamel, above and below, with miniature dog's head hand painted by the painter Roma...

Category

1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Box Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Box Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 14.5 cm high. 3. Weight gr. 648. With clear amethyst of cts. 15.40, set on the lid, cut in the shape and size of the "Hortensia", one of the hundred most famous diamonds in the world...

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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Sterling Silver and Bone Box
Sterling Silver and Bone Box

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

Strauss Allard et Meyer Paris 1926 Lacquered Art Deco Cards Case In 925 Sterling
Strauss Allard et Meyer Paris 1926 Lacquered Art Deco Cards Case In 925 Sterling

Strauss Allard et Meyer Paris 1926 Lacquered Art Deco Cards Case In 925 Sterling

By Strauss Allard et Meyer

Located in Miami, FL

Cards box designed by Strauss-Allard & Meyer. Exceptional art deco rectangular case, created in Paris France at the jewelry workshop atelier of Strauss Allard et Meyer, back in the 1925-1926. This piece has been carefully crafted in solid .925/.999 sterling silver with gilt interiors. It is decorated with applications on both sides of vivid red-orange lacquer. This beautiful box was made with cushioned edges and is fitted with an six barrel tension hinge, a push lock and a barrier to storage cards. It is in mint condition with no trace of use or wear and can be easily used as a luxury presentation cards-box. Weight: 65.30 Grams, (41.86 Dwt). Measurements: 55 mm by 68 mm by 9.5 mm (2.16 x 2.68 by 0.39 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with French marks; the Parisian maker's mark SAM associated to Strauss Allard & Meyer, the French national mark for the assay of the .925 silver and the serial numbers 12731. Strauss Allard Meyer Maker’s Mark Strauss-Allard et Meyer Strauss, Allard et Meyer, in Place des Vosges, were one of the most successful of the Parisian Art Deco workshops, specializing in luxury vanity cases and boxes, many of which were in the 'chinoiserie style', The offices were located at 25 of the rue Taitbout. The workshop at the 19 of rue Louis-le-Grand & later in 11 place des Vosges, Paris France. Their specialty was Boxes, paper-cutters, lighters and Ojects de Vertu. In 1909 Jean Gustave Maurice Allard & Emile Meyer...

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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver

X-Small Egg style Faberge Aquamarine Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
X-Small Egg style Faberge Aquamarine Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni

X-Small Egg style Faberge Aquamarine Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, 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, Enamel, Sterling Silver

X-Small Egg style Faberge Ruby Red Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
X-Small Egg style Faberge Ruby Red Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni

X-Small Egg style Faberge Ruby Red Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco 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

Box shaped “quadri” playing card suit red fired Art Deco style Salimbeni
Box shaped “quadri” playing card suit red fired Art Deco style Salimbeni

Box shaped “quadri” playing card suit red fired Art Deco style Salimbeni

By Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Box shaped like a “quadri” playing card suit in 925/1000 sterling silver with red fired enamel in Art Deco style, early 1900s. With internal hinge. Dimensions cm. 10.4 x 12.3 x 1.8. ...

Category

1950s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box shaped “flowers” playing card suit black fired Art Deco style Salimbeni
Box shaped “flowers” playing card suit black fired Art Deco style Salimbeni

Box shaped “flowers” playing card suit black fired Art Deco style Salimbeni

By Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Box shaped like a “flowers” playing card suit in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel in Art Deco style, early 1900s. With lost hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm....

Category

1950s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb

Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb

By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enameled firings 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

1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Duke of Clarence Sterling Silver Snuff Box
Duke of Clarence Sterling Silver Snuff Box

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

Box engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni
Box engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni

Box engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enameled engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature in 18th century French Empire style. Dimension...

Category

1970s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engraved wood grain Salimbeni
Table Box transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engraved wood grain Salimbeni

Table Box transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engraved wood grain Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco 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...

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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox white enamel sterling silve stylised birdr miniature on the lid Salimba
Snuffbox white enamel sterling silve stylised birdr miniature on the lid Salimba

Snuffbox white enamel sterling silve stylised birdr miniature on the lid Salimba

By Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Round curved snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, above and below, and miniature on the lid of a stylised bird, hand painted by the paint...

Category

1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Cooper Brothers & Sons Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Commemorative Box
Cooper Brothers & Sons Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Commemorative Box

Cooper Brothers & Sons Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Commemorative Box

By Cooper Brothers & Sons

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

A fine and impressive, unusual antique Edwardian English sterling silver commemorative box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection. This fine antique Edwardian sterling silver commemorative box has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners. The subtly domed hinged cover of the box retains the original transfer depicting portraits of King Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark in addition to the coat of arms of Leeds. The cover is further ornamented with the presentation details ‘7th July 1908, Wilfred L Hepton Lord Mayor, Souvenir of the visit to Leeds, of the King and Queen. Presented by the Lord Mayor’. The underside of the Edwardian box is embellished with the original engraved inscription ‘Rowntree & Co Ltd, Cocoa & Chocolate Makers...

Category

Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Sterling Etrog Box
Sterling Etrog Box

Sterling Etrog Box

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Being offered is a sterling silver Etrog Box. An Etrog is the yellow citronor fruit used by Jews during the week-long holiday of Sukkot as on...

Category

1960s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Snuffbox with Flowers miniature Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.
Snuffbox with Flowers miniature Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.

Snuffbox with Flowers miniature Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.

By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Rectangular table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamels fired on guilloche and hand-painted floral miniature; external blue staff. Art Nouveau sty...

Category

1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Antique German Hanau Rococo Silver Box with Cherub Frolics
Antique German Hanau Rococo Silver Box with Cherub Frolics

Antique German Hanau Rococo Silver Box with Cherub Frolics

By Hanau

Located in New York, NY

German Rococo silver box, ca 1910. Rectangular with straight sides and hinged cover. Openwork depicting cherub frolics surrounded by garlands, colonnades, trophies, and vases. Open b...

Category

Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Snuffbox two-tones enamel stripes Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Snuffbox two-tones enamel stripes Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Snuffbox two-tones enamel stripes Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco 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 Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Egg Plum enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Egg Plum enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Egg Plum enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco 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, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver Combination Vesta and Tobacco Box
Antique Sterling Silver Combination Vesta and Tobacco Box

Antique Sterling Silver Combination Vesta and Tobacco Box

By Smith & Bartlam

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

Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa
Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa

Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa

By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni

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

Table Cigarette Box hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory Salimbeni.
Table Cigarette Box hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory Salimbeni.

Table Cigarette Box hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory Salimbeni.

By Franco Salimbeni, 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 Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni
Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni

Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, 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, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Victorian Sterling Silver Dressing Table Box, William Neale, Chester 1899
Victorian Sterling Silver Dressing Table Box, William Neale, Chester 1899

Victorian Sterling Silver Dressing Table Box, William Neale, Chester 1899

By William Neale & Son Ltd

Located in London, London

Hallmarked in Chester in 1899 by William Neale, this striking antique Victorian sterling silver dressing table box has a navette-shaped form. The body and hinged cover are embellishe...

Category

1890s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 10.4 x 13.4 x 3.2. Weight gr. 530. Designed by Giorgio Sali...

Category

1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Victorian Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Edward Charles Brown, 1867
Victorian Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Edward Charles Brown, 1867

Victorian Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Edward Charles Brown, 1867

By Edward Charles Brown 1

Located in London, London

Hallmarked in London in 1867 by Edward Charles Brown this ornate Victorian antique sterling silver biscuit box is of a cylindrical form with a hinged, domed lid and is supported on a...

Category

1860s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa
Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa

Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa

By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Octagonal table box in 800/1000 silver gold plated with translucent enamel on guilloché and beautiful enamel miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli in early 1900s Engl...

Category

1980s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pill Box monochrome hand-painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Pill Box monochrome hand-painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Pill Box monochrome hand-painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, 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