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French Renaissance Style Gilt Bronze and Enamel Mounted Onyx Longcase Clock
Located in London, GB
French Renaissance style gilt bronze and enamel mounted onyx longcase clock
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 126cm, width 37cm, depth 30cm
This colourful longcase clock was created in France in the late 19th Century. It has been crafted from red marble and green onyx and decorated with gilt bronze and champlevé enamel.
The clock consists of a circular enamel dial, mounted onto a cube-shaped case, placed on a tall body which is set on a short marble plinth. The circular clock dial features Arabic numerals and is ornamented with gilt bronze and colourful champlevé enamel designs. This is set within a circular gilt bronze and enamel frame and mounted onto the green onyx block. The corners of the block are lined with gilt bronze bands, and the sides are set with circular, gilt-bronze-framed champlevé enamel forms. The clock case is surmounted by a slim projecting green onyx and red marble top. This is edged with curvaceous champlevé enamel forms with gilt bronze drop-finials, which imitate fabric.
This clock case is mounted onto a slim, red marble slab...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Onyx, Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
ISIDE I17, Man's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Colorful Vase Size M
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
THE COLLECTION
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that combine history and design.
The extreme attention to details, supported by twenty years of experience of master craftsmen, is the company’s strength.
The production technique hides secrets and art mixtures that make the product unique and exclusive. Mosche Bianche chooses to combine art and design to recall history through ceramic artworks in doing so, history revives, as in a fairy tale, an incredible civilization that is the sicilian culture.
The moorish heads in ceramics, tribute to the beauty of ancient Sicily...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Chinese Silver 925 Enameled Foo Dogs - Set of 2
Located in west palm beach, FL
This exquisite pair of vintage Chinese enameled Foo Dogs, crafted from 925 sterling silver, showcases remarkable detail and artistry. The intricate hand-applied enamel in rich hues o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1970s C. Jere Hot Air Balloon Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Charleston, SC
This hot air balloon wall sculpture by C. Jere is made of welded brass components. it depicts two people operating a hot air balloon, in great detail. Please note that I did not fin...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Vintage Art Deco Vanity Set, circa 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming set of brushes and jars was once used by a well-to-do lady to store her cosmetics and maintain an elegant updo hairstyle. Also known as a toilet service...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth 48mm
Located in Scorton, GB
Unearthed in the continental intercalaire, a significant 105mm Spinosaurus tooth highlights 19 million years of evolutionary prowess. Known for its sail-like dorsal fin, potent jaws,...
Category
15th Century and Earlier North African Prehistoric Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
1930 Art Deco Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak 1A Gift Camera in Original Box and Case
Located in Red Lion, PA
1930 Art Deco Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak 1A Gift Camera – Original Box & Case Museum-Worthy
This rare and highly collectible 1930 Kodak 1A Gift Camera, designed by Walter Dorwin T...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Daum Nancy miniature enameled jug
By Daum
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Daum Nancy miniature enameled jug
Origin France Circa 1910
Artist Daum
art nouveau style
enamelled miniature with flowers
in perfect condition and...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver 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 Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Modernist Krenit Bowl in Black Steel and Robins-Egg Blue Enamel Interior
Located in Downingtown, PA
Modernist Krenit Bowl in Black Steel and Robins-egg- Blue Enamel interior
by Herbert Krenchel for Torben Ørskov & Co.,,
Enameled Steel,
Designed 1953
This 1950-60's Modernist b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Cut Steel
Snuff Box White with noble coat of arms Baroque style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box noble coat of arms is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Snuff Box noble coat of arms has White fired enamels on guilloché and handpainted miniature of arabesques with noble coat...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Faberge Gilt Metal and Enamel Picture Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Faberge Gilt Metal and Enamel Picture Frame
Modern, produced for Essex Marketing. Square, with gilt metal corners within borders of green and yellow enamel, in a fittedl black acque...
Category
20th Century Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Venere V11, Woman's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021, Black/White, Size S
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that comb...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Vase with Delicate Hand Painted Floral Spray on Neutral Ground-Japan, early 20th
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Japanese porcelain vase delicately hand painted on an craquelure oatmeal colored ground. The brightly colored design is of prunus blossoms, chrysanthemums and several roosters all ou...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Italian Gilt Sterling Silver And Enamel Picture Frame
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique (gilt) vermeil over sterling silver ornate picture frame with red and blue vitreous enamel, Italy, circa 1890. Has hallmark on front. Oval...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Rococo Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Perfume holder Empire style ornaments enamel like wood Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Experience the epitome of refined luxury with this cylindrical handbag perfume holder, masterfully crafted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. Topped with a screwed cap, it sh...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Arts & Crafts Liberty Pewter Clock by David Veasey, 1903
By David Veasey
Located in Pymble, NSW
A David Veasey designed clock of "The Tree of Life" made by Liberty & Co London in their "Tudric" range, pewter, circa 1903.
A very large clock with a beautiful green/blue enamel di...
Category
Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Pewter
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case by Lawrence Emanuel
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel vesta case; an addition to our range of collectable silver cases.
This exceptional antique...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Frame for Oval Photo Borders in Louis XVI French Empire Style Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and with various ornamen...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Travel Photo Frame Fire Enamel Stripes Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular travel photo frame with hinged booklet for 2 photos in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled stripes in Art Deco style. Measureme...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Edwardian 9K Rose Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Edwardian English 9-karat rose gold and enamel cigarette case; an addition to our diverse range of smoking related silverware.
This exceptional antique Edwardian 9ct rose gold cigarette case has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
This antique case has a subtly curved form proffering a comfortable fit in the majority of pockets.
The anterior cover is ornamented with an impressive enamel panel depicting four jockeys riding horses in a race, with stands full of spectators in the background.
The enamel panel is further embellished with the caption 'Cambridgeshire 1902'.
The posterior cover is embellished with contemporary engraved inscriptions in the form of a business card, denoting: the telegraphic address 'Shamefaced, London', the telephone details 'No 112 Avenue, 9890 Central', the name 'E Israel', the job position 'Turf Commission Agent', in addition to the address '16 Philpot Lane E.C.'.
The rounded sides of the cigarette case are plain and unembellished.
This hallmarked antique cigarette case...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel
French Bronze Cartel Clock
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage mid 19th century French Louis XV style cartel (wall) clock is beautifully designed. The dramatic sculpted bronze large clock is decorated with sweeping scrolled leaves &...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Multi Color Brass and Enamel Box in the Style Of Hermes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful Mid Century Enamel box with brass divisions - the colors are phenomenal and inviting. A compliment to any cocktail table, Desk or W...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Gilt-Metal and Enamel 'Fleurs Des Siècles' Flower Baskets by Gorham
Located in London, GB
Pair of gilt-metal and enamel 'Fleurs des Siècles' flower baskets by Gorham
American, circa 1975
Measures: height 15cm, width 17cm, depth 13cm
D...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Tulip Bronze Sculpture by Frogman, Tim Cotterill 2006 451/500 with Papers
Located in Lambertville, NJ
"Tulip” by Tim Cotterill was released April 2006. This sculpture was the first of the artist’s Mother’s Day Collection. Each year to honor his mother and provide his collector’s that...
Category
Early 2000s American Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Early French Black Enamel Lantern With Fleur-De-Lis Decoration, Circa 1720's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Classic Vintage Enamaled Travel or Theif Lantern with open chimney and Fleur-De-Lis decorations throughout. This vintage early 18th Century piece would be a fantastic addition to an ...
Category
Early 18th Century French Baroque Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Red Photo Frame French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, with French Empire Louis XVI style border and rich ornamentation around th...
Category
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rare 18K Gold, Enamel and Diamond Mounted Carved Labradorite Turkey Bird
By Manfred Wild
Located in New York, NY
A rare 18K gold, enamel and diamond mounted carved labradorite turkey / Capercaillie bird sculpture on a petrified wood base, attributed to Manfred Wild, Idar-Oberstein, Germany.
Very finely crafted of the highest quality and best color Madagascar labradorite with excellent labradorescence. The entire hand carved turkey displays and excellent shimmer effect known as labradorescence.
Madagascar labradorite, rich in the phenomenal characteristics of this remarkable gemstone which displays an ever-changing sheen, that is extremely suitable for the rendering of this turkey bird...
Category
20th Century German Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Clock and 2 Candlesticks Table set Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Table set made up of a clock and 2 candlesticks in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fire-enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engravings.
The cl...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cup with Cherubs attr. to A. Giroux, France, Circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming oval-shaped cup, in gilded bronze and polychrome enamel with arabesque decoration. The leafy handles are surmounted by doves, and it rests on a polylobed base topped with le...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Vintage Chinese Cloisonné Birds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing pair of vintage Chinese cloisonne or enamel on brass birds with quizzical expressions, colorful wings and tails, blue bodies and floral bases.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Heller Art deco alarm clock enamel
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Reloj despertador Heller Art deco
Reloj despertador de mesa coleccionable
Esta funcionando perfectamente
Origen Alemania circa 1940
Materiales bronce y esmalte tiene dos patina de di...
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Freya Bramble Carter x Studio Krokalia, Plumb Piper
Located in London, GB
2021
Glazed stoneware clay and enamel
H37 x W21 cm
Category
2010s Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Vases with Elephants by F. Barbedienne, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Barbedienne
Charming pair of small vases in gilded and enameled bronze, with orientalist decoration of arabesques and polychrome foliage on a blue background. They are dec...
Category
1880s French Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Photo Frame Oval with Two-color Translucent strips Enamel Fired Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-color translucent strips fire-enameled on guillochè and hand-engraving and with French Empire Napoleon III style ornament...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Mackenzie-Childs Flower Market Picture Frame with White Background
Located in Morristown, NJ
Vintage MacKenzie-Childs 11" x 13" white enamel "flower market" pattern picture frame for a 5" x 7" picture. Heavy-gauge, hand-glazed steel underbody embellished with hand-applied fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Louis XVI Style Champlevé Enamel and Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock, circa 1880
By LeRoy
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional Louis XVI style champlevé enamel and gilt-bronze mantel clock with finely painted neoclassical scenes by Leroy & Fils.
French, circa 1880.
Stamped to the movement ‘LEROY & FILS A PARIS, 823’.
This fine gilt-bronze and champlevé enamel clock has an arched case with outset bulbous columns to the angles, it is surmounted by a drum top with a pierced scroll and ball finial and applied with expressive cherub mounts. The front and sides of the clock are all exceptionally finely painted with neoclassical scenes of figures in an architectural setting and the top and base enriched with fine polychrome champlevé enamel.
The clock has an enamelled chapter ring with Roman numerals interspersed with anthemion devices and a twin barrelled, eight-day movement striking on a bell.
The firm of Leroy et Fils was founded by Bazile Charles Leroy in 1789. He was a clockmaker to the Emperor Napoléon, The Duke of Orleans, The Duke of Bourbon and Princess Pauline. In 1823, he filed a patent for self-winding atmospheric clock operated by weathervane and in 1840 a patent for wind clocks. When Charles Louis died in 1865 his son Louis Leroy...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver and Bright Red Enamel Candlesticks
By Meka of Holte 1
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modern, sterling silver and bright red enamel candlesticks, each having a pedestal base, Denmark, Ca. 1950's-60's, Meka - Maker. Each candlestick measures 2 1/4 i...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Black & White Cloisonné Enamel Bronze Decorative Box - France 1970's
Located in New York, NY
In the style of Maria Pergay. Bi color, black and white enamel "cloisonné" decorative box made of bronze. The alloy carries a strong portion of copper which give the box a warm and ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Exquisite Rare Vintage Swarovski CRYSTAL Set of 3 reading Glasses
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item that we are offering is a Set of 3 Magnificent and Exquisite Rare Colorful Reading Glasses. Outstandingly done with Magnificent Colors and Detail and adorned with ...
Category
20th Century American Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Chinese ceramic vase painted with figures from the Taoist tradition. 20thc.
Located in Torino, IT
Chinese vase
ceramic painted with
figures of tradition
taoist alchemy.
Qianlong Nian Zhi Seal
on the bottom.
China, Twentieth Century
ORIGIN
China
PERIOD
Novecento
MARK
At the bot...
Category
20th Century Chinese Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Black Oval Photo Frame Baroque Style Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval photograph frame, shaped edge in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand engraving, interspersed with black fired enamel in Baroque style. External cm. 7.4 x 11.3. W...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Pocket Watch, Lz Maurin, Gilded Metal, Enamels, Etc, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pocket watch, Lz MAURIN. Gilded metal, enamels,
etc. XIX century. Pocket watch with a white dial with
Roman numerals for the hours and, for the minutes, in
Romans every fifteen an...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Other
French Gilt Bronze and Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Jardinière
Located in London, GB
French gilt bronze and Chinese cloisonné enamel jardinière
French and Chinese, early 20th century
Measures: Height 63cm, width 58...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Antique French 19th Century Gilt Bronze Standing Picture Frame
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Magnificent elaborate gilt bronze picture frame with a guilloche inset matt. The frame with garlands and swags with original oval glass an metal back with easel.
Category
1880s French Louis XV Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Arte Deco Enamel Flower Vase by Camille Fauré
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco vase enamel and bronze vase with Deco flowers in Blue hues and White.
Signature: C. Fauré. Limoges.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Chinese Turquoise Cloisonne Trinket Box, Republic Period, c 1920, China
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Chinese turquoise cloisonne trinket box with images of the Hundred Antiques, Republic Period, circa 1920, China.
The rectangular box de...
Category
1920s Chinese Qing Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Victorian Period Sterling Silver and Peach Enamel, Mounted Crystal Dresser Jar
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver and peach guilloche enamel - mounted dressing table jar, Providence, Rhode Island, Ca. 1895, Foster and Bailey - makers. Sterling silver lid is bord...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Two Massive Late Qing Cloisonné Enamel Models of Cranes
Located in London, GB
Two massive late Qing cloisonné enamel models of cranes
Chinese, circa 1900
Measures: Height 187cm, width 52cm, depth 50cm
These extraordinary Chin...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
20th Century, Gio Ponti for De Poli Bird Decorative Object
Located in Turin, Turin
An eclectic personality, from his early days he was active in the fields of architecture, painting, graphics and set design. He graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic i...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting 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
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver and Purple Guilloche Enamel Sub miniature Carriage Alarm Clock by Eterna
Located in London, GB
A fine silver and purple guilloche enamel sub miniature carriage or boudoir clock with alarm. This extremely chic and pretty clock, in superb condition, the superb engine turned star...
Category
1910s Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Signed Sato Japanese Ginbari Cloisonne Green Vase Peony
By Sato Teichi
Located in Somis, CA
A rare early work of Sato, dating to early Showa period, of a ginbari cloisonne vase. The vase in baluster form with outward-bulging body and elegant flared feet. Taking center stage...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Japanese Imperial Meiji Period Porcelain Vases
Located in Miami, FL
Rare and magnificent Pair of Japanese Enameled Porcelain Vases Imperial Meiji Period. This unique pair of antique hand-crafted and hand-painted vases have outstanding high relief det...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Art Deco Italian Playing Card Box
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A box for playing cards made in maple with decor in chrome and enameled symbols for spades, hearts, cloves and diamonds. The box has a hinged lid and inside there are three compartme...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Early 20th Century French Enamel Vase with Floral Decor Signed Camille Fauré
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or a shelf with this elegant vintage vase. Crafted in Limoges, France circa 1930 and spherical in shape, the small vessel rests on a round brass base and features a ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Enamel Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Brass
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The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
He Wrote ‘Oedipus Rex,’ but Do You Know What He Looked Like?
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Cigar Culture Was Once the Peak of Masculinity. Now, It’s a Compelling Curiosity
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
African Travel Plans on Hold? This Ardmore Leopard Vase Brings the Beauty of the Savanna to You
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Zoë Powell’s Magnolia 05 Vessel Is Handmade from Clay She Unearthed Herself
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life into a Space with Plants
The pair behind the Instagram account @houseplantclub share their tips for making any room of the house gloriously green.
Paris Gallerist Sandy Toupenet Gets Fired Up over 20th-Century Ceramics and Inventive New Makers
Her space on the city’s Left Bank mixes mid-century pieces by the likes of Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso with whimsical contemporary creations.
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