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Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Orange and Matte Brown, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, orange and matte brown, signed. Small scale box having a raw clay lid hash mark incising and decorated with an orange glazed pill pat...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Brass and wood Desk Box, Fine Decorative Case, jewelry box, object
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Desk Box - Decorative Box Set - Fine Brass and wood Case
Vintage decorative box set in metal and brass with internals made with wood perfec...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Brass
$562 Sale Price
15% Off
Antique Inlaid Box with Hidden Compartment
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
A captivating example of Syrian craftsmanship, this inlaid wooden box dates to 1960 and features detailed geometric marquetry in traditional motifs. Beyond its decorative appeal, the...
Category
Syrian Moorish Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Wood
Italian Murano Faceted Glass & Brass Hinged Box / Jewelry Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This beautiful hinged Murano glass box in pristine clear faceted glass and brass trim and original decorative key and tassel. It is a wonderful desk or...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Italian Onyx Dresser Box, 1960s
Located in Savannah, GA
An Italian brown onyx paw foot dresser box, 1960s.
5 ¾ inches wide by 4 ¼ inches deep by 2 ¼ inches tall
Category
Italian Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Lalique France 20th Century Epis Wheat Glass Box
By Lalique
Located in Milan, IT
Lalique France 20th Century Epis Wheat Glass Box
Molded glass with two heads of wheat in relief, partially frosted to contrast with the transparent glass.
Signed Lalique France
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Nickel
9k Yellow Gold and Ruby Compact by Boucheron (1964)
By Boucheron
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage 9 karat yellow gold and 0.86 carat ruby compact made by Boucheron - boxed; an addition to our diverse ornamental collection.
This exceptional vintage 9 karat yellow gold case has a rectangular form, with a convex base and cover.
The surface of the box is embellished with impressive engine turned decoration.
This exceptional gold compact is fitted with an impressive flush hinged cover; the flush hinge indicates the high quality of the piece.
The anterior edge of the cover features a push fit catch ornamented with an impressive collet set 0.86ct cabochon cut ruby.
This impressive compact opens to reveal the original integrated bevelled mirror and powder compartment; this compact can be used without the original inset, detachable gold powder holder.
The interior rim of the case bears the renowned maker's/retailer's mark 'Boucheron', in addition to full London hallmarks to the base.
This exceptional Boucheron compact...
Category
British Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Gold
1960s Gorgeous Box in Onyx. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous Box in Onyx. Made in Italy. This box is in excellent condition.
Dimensions:
5,31 x 3,74 x 1,96 H inches
13,5 x 9,5 x 5 H cm
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Mondrian, Abstract, Red, Yellow, Signed. Small scale Mondrian box decorated with rectangles and lines and glazed in red, yellow, and black. Signed f...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Decorative or Jewelry Box, in Wood, Geometrical Marquetry Inlays, France, 1960
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is a jewelry box or a decorative box. It was made in the 1970s, in France. Its lid is made in wood, with geometrical Marquetry inlays. It is beige and brown in color.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Wood
$432 Sale Price
20% Off
Ceramic Box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, Orange with Gold Decoration, C 1960
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Decorative ceramic box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, circa 1960. Signed at the bottom, 79/11, Italy.
Organic designs on the lid with gold decorations.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
JUDAICA SILVER ETROG BOX DESIGNED BY LUDWIG WOLPERT. New York, 20th century
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
This charming piece of jewish history in front of you is a one of kind modern Judaica object,
This box used to hold the Etrog To protect the it during the holiday of Sukkot, it is traditionally Wrapped in silky flax fibers and stored in a special decorative box, mostly made from silver.
Wolpert designed this amazing hand hammered Bauhaus style box in 1963-1964 while he was Working in New York. all of the boxes we could found from this design made by Wolpert have The upper part inscribed in a simple engraving with the phrase "Pri Etz Hadar"
In Hebrew ״פרי עץ הדר״. the box in front of you is the only example in existence as far as we Know where the letters are also repoussé and also engraved, such a beautiful and hard to get Combination, the rest of the box is shaped as a modernistic Etrog, all the body of the box is Skillfully hand hammered in a way it reflects the light in a warm and calm way, a true Masterpiece of modern judaica by the great and important artist Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert.
One of the the two great masters of 20th century Judaica.
the Box is marked "WOLPERT" AND "STERLING" and the base has the engraved inscription :
"ALAN WECHSLER GENERAL CHAIRMAN, ALLIED JEWISH APPEAL OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY 1978"
Similar boxes can be find in museum collections around the world
In the Jewish Museum New York
In the North Carolina Museum of Art
In The Derfner Judaica Museum
Another similar box was featured in the Israel Museum exhibition
"Forging Ahead, Wolpert and Gumbel, Israeli Silversmiths for the Modern Age"
Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert was born in Hildesheim, Germany, to an Orthodox family. In 1916-1920, He began his studies in sculpture at the Frankfurt School of Art. In 1925-1928, he studied Goldsmithing at the Frankfurt School of Art.
Following the presentation of the works in the 1930 exhibition "Kult und Form" ("Ritual and Form") at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, his works became well known in the German Jewish World. His works were greatly influenced by Modernist design, especially the Bauhaus Movement. Wolpert's works avoid decoration, relying on clean, geometric shapes. In 1933, Following the Nazi rise to power in Germany, he immigrated to the Mandatory Palestine with His family. There he worked for two years in the workshop of Bernhard Friedländer, where he Designed and produced silverware and Jewish ceremonial art.Together with Victor Solomon...
Category
Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Silver
Unusual Ceramic Box By Bitossi Raymor, Italy
By Bitossi
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual ceramic box by Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter, Italy, ca' 1960's, signed. Geometric design, beautifully decorated in yellow, brown, black.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Italian 1960s Graphic Playing Card Boxes for Formica
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1960s Graphic Playing Card Boxes for Formica
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Formica
Three MCM Italian Alabaster and Brass Claw Dolphin Footed Lidded Jewelry Boxes
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of three hand carved Italian alabaster claw and dolphin footed decorative boxes in blue, orange and beige coloured alabaster.
I fell in love with their beautiful shiny colours and the heaviness of the material of these jewellery boxes with hinged lids, brass claw feet, brass dolphin feet...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mexican Box, c. 1960s
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, We offer this beautiful mid century Mexican box. Made in wood and stone.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Stone
Vintage Tin Paint Box by Mickey Mouse, 1960s, Disney
Located in Greven, DE
Vintage Paint Box by Disneys Mickey Mouse.
The paint is not supplied.
Category
French Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Tin
Carved wooden box 60's folk art
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lovely 60's carved and stained solid wood box, quality folk art and handcrafted work. Beautiful vintage condition, with traces of age and use throughout (see photos).
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Wood
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
Vintage Rosewood and Brass Trinket Jewelry Box, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A beautifully crafted rosewood box with brass sides and pin-inlays to its star-perforated lid. Despite its Arabic inspired lid it was in fact made in Scandinavia during the 1960s. A ...
Category
Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Brass
$264 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Vintage Hat Box
Located in Wilton, CT
Beautiful vintage hat box with illustrations of French fashion/street scenes. The black cord is completely intact and usable. The original tissue paper is...
Category
Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Thread, Paper
Egg style Faberge Savoia blue 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
Italian Empire Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1960's Medium Sized Industrial Scientific Equipment Boxes - Single Box
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Medium Sized Industrial Scientific Equipment Boxes - Single Box - Good Quantity Available.
We bought a good volume of these great industrial boxes and are selling them indiv...
Category
Czech Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Wood
Boucheron Silver and Vermeil Minaudière
By Boucheron
Located in London, GB
Boucheron silver and vermeil minaudière
French, circa 1960
Measures: Minaudière: Height 2.5cm, width 13cm, depth 8.5cm
Case: Height 4cm, width 18cm...
Category
French Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
1960s Italian Leather Jewelry Box with Metal Handles
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Italian leather jewelry box with metal handles. No key included.
Category
Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Metal
Walnut Wood Round Decorative Box with Amethyst Crystal Finial, c. 1960's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Danish Modern box handcrafted from walnut wood with stylized rounded design. Removable lid features a gold plated amethyst finial. Can be used as a ...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Amethyst, Gold Leaf
Copper Box by Rebajes
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming copper box by Rebajes, signed.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Copper
1960s Geometric Jewelry Trinket Geometric Box Mexican Craft Eclectic Woodworker
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage hinged lidded hexagonal box by Don Shoemaker, Senal.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Cocobolo
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$336 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Jewelry Box Silver Plated in the Shape of a Hippopotamus
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960 we offer this rare jewelry box made in bronze and Silver Plated in the shape of a hippopotamus with fantastic patina.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Yellow, Black, White, Brown, Geometric, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic, yellow, black, white, brown, geometric, signed. Small scale lidded box decorated with angular geometric pattern i...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Silver and Leather Box by Hermes, Italy, c. 1960
By Hermès
Located in New York City, NY
Round Hermes box wrapped in black leather, with four compartments inside.
Category
Italian Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Silver
Small Decorative Round Brass Box by Gabriella Crespi, 1960s, Signed
Located in Bagnolo Mella, Brescia
A beautifully crafted small round box by the renowned Italian designer Gabriella Crespi, dating back to the 1960s. This exquisite piece is crafted in brass, showcasing Crespi's signa...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Brass
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 Louis Vuitton Hat Box
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Louis Vuitton trunk / hat box. Has a silk interior with four corner pockets. Monogrammed on canvas with leather and brass hardware.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Leather, Canvas, Silk
Tommaso Barbi Bamboo and Wood Squared Box, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
1960s squared burgundy box made of bamboo and wood by the Italian designer Tommaso Barbi.
It comes with its original label still attached on the bottom, as shown in the photos.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
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
Italian Empire Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Egg Purple Red enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg Purple Red enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Egg Purple Red enamel has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand.
Egg Purple Red...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Applied Discs, Blue, Purple, White, Brown, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, applied discs, blue, purple, white, brown, signed. The lid is a coarse dark chocolate clay decorated with rows of applied glazed discs in violet (purple) and bl...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Judith Leiber Hardshell Purse/Handbag
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Great form, signed inside.
Category
American Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hand Painted Ceramic Decorative Oval Lidded Trinket Box by Hedwig Bollhagen
Located in Troy, MI
A decorative hand painted box by Hedwig Bollhagen
Oval form in black glaze with hand painted blue modernist decoration to the inset lid
Signed to underside
3 inch width
2 inch dept...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
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 w...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Jacaranda, Rosewood, Cocobolo
$1,800 Sale Price
37% Off
Decorative Boxe in solid brass carved and signed Italia 1960s Tobacco
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Decorative Boxe in solid brass carved and signed Italia 1960s Tobacco
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Brass
Maria Pergay, Metal Box and Agathe, France, 1970
By Maria Pergay
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, ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Metal
Pocket Pill Box like Egg sea color Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket pill box shaped like a small egg.
Pocket pill box like egg hinged opening.
Pocket pill box like egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24ca...
Category
Italian Empire 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
Italian Alabaster Dresser Box, 1960s
Located in Savannah, GA
5 ¼ inches wide by 3 ¾ inches deep by 2 ⅜ inches tall
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Elegant Brown Marble Box from Italy, with Brass Hinges.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This elegant little box in brown marble, with brass details and beautifully crafted hinges, is the perfect blend of form and function. Made in Italy, it exudes a timeless charm that ...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Squared Box in Green Goatskin and Brass Attributed to Aldo Tura, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Rome, IT
Squared box in green goatskin with brass details attributed to the Italian designer Aldo Tura.
Made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
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
Italian Napoleon III Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Koret Mid-Century Modern Black Patent Leather and Brass Handbag or Shoulder Bag
By Koret
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Stylish black patent leather adjustable handbag made by high end manufacturer, Koret. This bag has a fold over flap with an unusual brass U-shaped twist clasp closure. The interior i...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Brass
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Blue, Green, White Stripes, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, blue, green, white stripes, signed. Small scale colorful lidded box decorated with a tight hard edge pattern of blue, green and white stripes...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Table Box floral miniature fire-enameled on guilloche and stripes Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with fine floral miniature fire-enamelled on guilloche, enamelled edge with vertical stripes. Viennese Art N...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Bitossi Italian Pottery Box Imported by Rosenthal Netter
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Maker: Bitossi.
Importer: Rosenthal Netter
Period or model: Mid-Century Modern.
Specs: Pottery
Condition:
This Bitossi Italian pottery...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Pottery
1960's French Soda Fountain Crates - Medium
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's French Soda Fountain Crates - Medium.
Practical original soda fountain crates made from pitch pine. Brilliantly practical with internal divisions. Listing is for one crate. ...
Category
French Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Pine
Danish Mid-Century Jatoba and Silver Cigarette Box by Hans Hansen
By Hans Hansen
Located in Weesp, NL
Elevate Your Collection with a Rare Mid-Century Hans Hansen Cigarette Box
Step into the elegance of mid-century Danish design with this exquisite Hans Hansen cigarette box. Handcraf...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Silver
Piero Fornasetti, Posacenere, prod. Fornasetti Milano anni '60
Located in Rivoli, IT
Raro posacenere alto in metallo serigrafato disegnato da Piero Fornasetti e prodotto da Fornasetti Milano negli anni '60
Ottime condizioni di conservazione
Fornasetti nasce nella fi...
Category
Italian Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Baroque Revival Style Large Wood Box Tea Caddy
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Spectacular Baroque Revival Walnut wood polished painted large box with domed cover.
Category
American Baroque Revival Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$850 Sale Price
48% Off
Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Stripes, Orange, Black, Yellow, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, stripes, orange, black and yellow, signed. Small scale ceramic lidded box decorated with angled planks, glazed an...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
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
