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Don Shoemaker Exotic Wood Inlaid Decorative Briefcase for Señal, circa 1970
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisitely crafted slim decorative briefcase designed by Don Shoemaker for Señal of Mexico. Taking advantage of the expertise provided by Mexican artisans, shoemaker founded Señal...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Jacaranda, Rosewood, Cocobolo

Gucci Vintage Tobacco Container Glass Box 1960s
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci Vintage tobacco container or candy box made in glass and stitched leather and the typical green red fabric stripes and made by Gucci in the 1960s...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Glass

Bengt Berglund Stonewar Jar Gustavsberg Sweden 1960s Relief Lid
Located in Basel, BS
Rare stoneware jar by Bengt Berglund, hand-crafted stoneware, made at Gustavsberg factory in Sweden in the 1960s. Diameter: 9.5 cm Height: 6.5 cm Bengt Berglund was a student ...
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Stoneware

Exquisite Vintage Murano Glass Box by Pagnin & Bon Murano, Gold 24k, 1960s
Located in Brescia , Brescia
Indulge in the timeless elegance of this stunning Murano Glass Box, meticulously crafted by the renowned artisans Pagnin & Bon, Vetri Murano. Created in the 1960s, this exquisite pie...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate

Cigarette Case fired Enamel stripes in Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table box with long rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled stripes in Art Deco style. With “lost” hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 10.5 x 15 x 2.3. Weight gr. 548. Inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s in Art Deco style and recreated for Cartier USA in the 1980s, manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick and thick slabs reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier catalogue...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Sterling Silver Striped Paillons in pure Gold and flowers Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine floral miniature fired enamelled by the painter Ren...
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Italian Napoleon III Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Rosewood, Silver and Enamel Box by Silversmith Ottaviani
Located in Brussels, BE
Rosewood box decorated with a sterling silver and enamel plaque by the Italian silversmith Ottaviani, circa 1960s. Signed with the maker’s signature and “925”. Notes: Ottaviani (194...
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Italian Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Carved Wooden Box
Located in New York, NY
Studio artisan handcrafted, carved and polished wood wooden lidded box having a multitude of uses. Unique organic inspired shape. Warm natural graining and color variations seen in t...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

Mid-Century Modern Egg Shaped Box Made by Lalique France, Boîte Angelots
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful crystal box, shaped like an egg, made by the French maker Lalique. Beautifully decorated with a decoration of angels, satin-finished crystal. The original name of this bo...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Crystal

1960s Teak File Box Tambour Door Sectioned Storage
Located in National City, CA
1960s Teak Tambour Door Storage Sectioned File Box 9.75 w x 10.63 d x 5.63 H Center partition Original vintage condition. See all images.
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Teak

Mid-Century Modern Ice Bucket by Aldo Tura, circa 1960, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Ice Bucket by Aldo Tura, circa 1960, Italy.
Category

Italian Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Wood

Maria Pergay, Metal Box and Agathe, France, 1970
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Maria Pergay (1930), Large flat box in silver metal, France 1970. A red-veined Agathe stone is set on the lid, the interior is dressed in exotic wood. Excellence of the realization, ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Wooden Box, Suitcase, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
In fair condition new painted only for decoration have damages and scratches.
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Wooden Box, Suitcase, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
In fair condition new painted only for decoration have damages and scratches.
Category

Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Metal

Los Castillo Turquoise Lapis Lazuli and Malachite Inlay Silver Plate Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite silver-plated hinged box adorned with Malachite, Lapis Lazuli, and Turquoise. Crafted by the renowned Los Castillos in Taxco, Mexico. The box features intricate figural ...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Silver Plate, Brass

Ottaviani Silver and Enamel Rosewood Box, Italy. 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
ottaviani silver and enamel rosewood box, Italy, 1960s.
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

1960s Beautiful Brown Alabaster Box, Handmade, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Beautiful alabaster brown box handmade carved. Made in Italy. Not easy to find it in these color. This vintage box is amazing and in excellent condition. Dimension: 3,14" x 3...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Alabaster

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

Italian Baroque Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

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

Italian Louis XVI Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Glass Pot with a Lid Box or Bottle, Transparent Color, France, circa 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
These Glass pot are in Glass. They have a glass lid too. The condition is Good It has been done in France, circa 1970. Canbe used as bottle, boxes or Pot.
Category

French French Provincial Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Art Glass

Decorative Wood Metal and Stone Box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Decorative wood metal and stone box.
Category

European Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Stone, Metal

Decorative Wood Metal and Stone Box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Decorative wood metal and stone box.
Category

European Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Stone, Metal

Vintage Italian Nickel Plated Metal & Plastic 1960s Small Box
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This metal & plastic box was produced in the 1960s. It is made from nickel plated brass frame and plastic faces. The box shows the engraved logo of a well-known Italian company ( A...
Category

Italian Space Age Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Paul Evans Riveted Copper Clad Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A small copper clad box by Paul Evans Original felt bottom with stamped signature Original cork lined interior very nice.
Category

American Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Metal

Danish Midcentury Rosewood Cigarette Box by Torben Ørskov & Co
Located in Esbjerg, DK
High-quality desk cigarette or decorative box composed of solid rosewood linned with black formica to the base. Made by Torben Ørskov and co who made the box for Novo Nordisk (the la...
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Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

Beate Kuhn Abstract Ceramic Bowl 1960s
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful early work of the famous German ceramic Artist Beate Kuhn from the 1960s. The bowl is designed in red, white and black glazed ceramic with an abstract forms. Artist signatu...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

1960s Snake Skin Covered Box
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Beautiful snake skin covered box lacquered in a natural bone color. Wonderful vintage condition.
Category

Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Wood

Large English Modern Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Padgett & Braham Ltd in London in 1963. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with gently curved top and tapering tab. Interior ceda...
Category

English Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mid-Century Glass Box by Val St Lambert
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautiful glass box. Purple box with transparent lid.
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Glass

Hand Painted Entertaining Dispenser
Located in New York, NY
midcentury metal canister, hand painted with a Japanese style flowering tree motif.
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Metal

Snuffbox Fired Enamel Miniature on Lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature on the lid. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Measurements cm. 5....
Category

Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Engine-Turned Footed Table Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco style, engine-turned, footed table box with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1960, Jay Richard Attenborough and Co., Ltd. - makers. Measures 6 1/2 inches...
Category

English Art Deco Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Set of 6 Pine Boxes by Jordi Vilanova, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of 6 pine boxes by Jordi Vilanova. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Materials: Wood Dimensions: L: D ...
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Wood

Piero Fornasetti, Occhi Box, Milan Italy, circa 1960
Located in Firenze, IT
Piero Fornasetti, “Occhi” midcentury Box Wood and lacquered aluminium, Milan Italy, circa 1960 20 x 8 x 4.5 cm Conditions: good consistent with age and use, signs of wear.
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Aluminum

Brazilian Modern Ice Bucket in Two Woods, 1960, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, this Mid-Century Modern Ice bucket made in wood in the sixties in Brazil is one of a kind! This beautiful wooden ice bucket is made with two hardwood Imbuia and B...
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Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

Two Decorative Boxes by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1960
Located in Brussels, BE
Two decorative boxes ( one for jewelry and the other for tobacco) from the studio Fornasetti in Milani. One box is labelled "Pistole" oro su rosso. Italy around 1960.
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Mahogany, Lacquer

Vintage Wood and Malachite Resin Mayan Backgammon Set
Located in San Diego, CA
This oversize backgammon set is vintage and certainly very unique. Set is complete with game pieces and dice. The board is large when open and ready for play and has the Mayan Calend...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Resin, Wood

Jewelry box "Oiseau" by Mithé Espelt, circa 1960s
Located in QUINTIN, FR
"Bird" jewelry box by Mithé Espelt (1923-2020) Lunel, France. Magnificent and rare median round jewelry box by Mithé Espelt from 1960s, in stamped and enamelled clay. A bird, on ...
Category

French Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Uillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
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Italian Empire Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

1960s Green Onyx Box, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Green onyx box. Made in Italy. This box is amazing and in excellent condition. Dimension: 6,10 x 3,93 x 1,96 H inches 15,5 x 10 x 5 H cm.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Onyx

Silver and Ebony William Spratling Dominoes Set
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Amazing Wiliam Spratling Dominoes set made of ebony wood and silver inlay. William Spratling (September 22, 1900–August 7, 1967) was an Americ...
Category

Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Silver

Barbara Delfosse French Incised Ceramic Bird Box, circa 1950-1960
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Very special incised box by Barbara Delfosse, box in two parts, with russet glaze.
Category

French Brutalist Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Cigar Case in Leather and Solid Signed Silver, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful four-seater cigar case in leather with a stunning 925 silver decorated accent. The cigar case was made in Florence around 1950s.
Category

Italian Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Metal, Silver

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

Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Midcentury Jewelry Box, 1960s.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of wood, fabric Good original condition.
Category

Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver 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

Italian Art Deco Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

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

Italian Baroque Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Simone Dainelli inspired by the paintings of Boris Vallejo, in fantastic contemporary style, with hand-engraved frame. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 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 high-fire 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

Italian Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Prismatic Clear Lucite Box, Italy 1960s
By TMS
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning geometric Lucite decorative trinket-lidded box, made in the 1960s, features a modernist shape with an incredible carved prismatic desig...
Category

Italian Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass

Paul Evans Brutalist Patchwork Metal Cube Box
Located in Pasadena, CA
Patinated copper, steel and brass handmade cube box created by Paul Evans (1931-1987). Box measures 5" high by 4.5" by 4.5". In very good vintage 1960s condition showing some stainin...
Category

American Brutalist Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Ormolu Jewelry Box Sugar Casket Cut Glass Crystal Gilt French Brass Trim
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Good weight, has brass trim, and cast brass feet. Lid clicks in when completely shut.
Category

French Victorian Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Brass

Decorative Cigar Box in Brass, Malachite and Wood, Mexico, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful hinged inlaid malachite and sodalite (or lapis lazuli) brass metal box with wood interior. Two roosters grace the lid. The metalsmiths of Taxco, Mexico were known for p...
Category

Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Metal, Brass

Egg on Tripod hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, Russian Empire style inspired by Carl Fabergè eggs ...
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Egg on Tripod Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, Russian Empire style inspired by Carl Fabergè eggs ...
Category

Italian Other Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Porcelain Caket Box, Poland, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain box for jewelley - small damage seen at the picture!. Made in Poland in the 1960s. Dimensions: height 11 cm / width 16 cm / depth. 16 cm.
Category

Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Spanish Mid-Century Wood and Multicolor Enamel Box by J. Capo Esmaltes, 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful Spanish 1960s Mid-Century-Modern decorative lidded box designed by J. Capo Esmaltes. Rectangular shape with carved wood container base in a very organic flair. Enamel on co...
Category

Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Metal, Copper, Enamel

Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Italian Ceramic Box and Ashtray, Catchall, a trio
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a striking 1960s Mid-Century Modern Aldo Londi for Bitossi ceramic set of three pieces, a box, and ashtrays or catchalls. This set is imported and distributed in the United S...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

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

Italian Baroque Vintage 1960s Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

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