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Snuffbox with Flowers miniature Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.
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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 style from the early 1900s. Measurement cm. 5 x 6.8 x 2. Weight gr. 166. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1972 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with high thickness slab and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous large-scale enameling firings fire at approximately 750°<800° C.
It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include:
manufacturer's mark: 391FI
metal mark fineness:925
- Creator:Salimbeni (Manufacturer),Franco Salimbeni (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 0.79 in (2 cm)Width: 2.68 in (6.8 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
- Style:Art Nouveau (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:Enamel,Gold,Gold Plate,Sterling Silver,Champlevé,Enameled,Engraved,Fired,Hand-Carved,Hand-Crafted,Hand-Painted,Plated
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1972
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Firenze, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU6492239727122
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