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Material: Gold
Set of Empire Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces by Gherardo Degli Albizzi
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This precious Set of Empire Style Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces by Gherardo Degli Albizzi features many finely hand chiseled details. This model is typical of French Empire period due to ...
Category
2010s Italian Empire Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Set of Three 18th Century Italian Gold Flower Fragments with Aurora and Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Set of three 18th century Italian gold leaf hand-carved wood flower fragments adorned with aurora quartz and each mounted on a calcite optical base. The fragments originally came fro...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Gold Leaf
Seguso Murano Red White Glass Large Clam Shell Bowl with Silver Flecks
Located in Barcelona, ES
Monumental hand blown Murano art glass clam shell bowl / ashtray in red and white with silver flecks inclusions. Attributed Seguso company, Italy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Antique Oval Opaline Box with Gilt Decoration
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Oval Opaline Box with Gilt Fitting and applied gold decoration.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Sunray with a Baroque Pearl on an Aragonite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian sunray with baroque pearls mounted on an aragonite crystal base.
The 18th century gold leaf sunray originally part of a halo or sunburst motif in an artistic depiction in a historic church. It is mounted onto the white aragonite...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Large Gallina and Gallo Sculptures Italy 1970 in 24 KT Gold
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Delightful pair of Glazed Porcelain Rooster and Hen , parts in 24 KT pure gold .
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate
$1,079 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Grimm Sculptured Table by Hugo Lugo
By Hugo Lugo
Located in Geneve, CH
Grimm sculptured table by Hugo Lugo.
Dimensions: D 170 x W 51 x H 85 cm.
Materials: walnut wood, gold leaf.
Table made of walnut and gold leaf.
He has a degree in Visual Arts...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$49,838 / item
Barovier Toso Murano Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Star Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown green, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass star / flower shaped bowl. Documented to the Barovier e Toso company. The piece is pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Majolica Broken Gold Bowl or Ashtray, Italy
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual triangular bowl or ashtray features Oro Rotto, or Broken Gold, glaze on black background with grey glaze accents. The Broken Gold glaze was designed to look like gilded 18th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Scott Nelles Floral Bronze Candleholder, 1986
Located in Charleston, SC
The Scott Nelles Floral Brass Candleholders were crafted in 1986, showcasing an elegant design Inspired by Nature. Each candleholder is individually marked and dated by the skilled c...
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Antique Inkwell, Gilded Bronze, Antique Desk Utensil, Vase-Shaped, Pen Tray
Located in Greven, DE
Antique inkwell made from bronze, gilded.
Very good condition of the bronze work.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Luxury Modern Shisha Hookah Nargile Swarovski Crystals and pure gold plated bowl
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
This Shisha is a truly a piece of technological and esthetic perfection. It is made of finest materials such as blown glass coated with pure Gold, Jet-aluminum anodized in Gold, 228 Swarovski Crystals, Crystal Glass-Smoke-Column
Jet-aluminum anodized in Gold Smoke-Column, 360° SteamClick Closed Chamber connection-system, Swarovski Crystal Mouthpieces, Hand-stitched leather hoses, Tobacco Cutting Diffusor, LED Lightning System, Exclusive Vase Coating and a high-tech smoking experience. It comes in a luxurious box.
What is included?
One gold plated bowl
One gold plated Jet-aluminum-Smoke-Column
One blown Crystal Glass-Smoke-Column
Two hand crafted real leather hoses
The Shisha STEAMULATION EXCLUSIVE - THE TIGER is a masterpiece of German engineering and has the world's fastest rotary locking system, the SteamClick 360°, including integrated valve technology, the Advanced Closed Chamber System. It is protected by a patent and registered...
Category
2010s German Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Gold Plate
Antique 18k Yellow Gold Vinaigrette Circa 1800
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1800s 18k yellow gold vinaigrette; an addition to our collection of gold boxes and cases.
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1...
Category
Early 1800s Unknown Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Seguso Murano Navy Blue Gold Flecks Art Glass Shell Bowl
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hand-blown Blue Murano Scalloped Art Glass Bowl with Gold Flecks
Eye-catching shell shaped Murano art glass bowl or ashtray in Navy blue with scalloped rim and interior Aventurine go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Earthly Treasures No 25, an Acacia & Mixed Mineral Sculpture by Morrison Thomas
Located in London, GB
‘Earthly Treasures No 25’ is a unique sculptural bowl by the British artist, Morrison Thomas. It is made from burred Acacia inlaid with Native Copper, Ma...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Malachite, Copper, Gold Leaf
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
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill Box oval Silver Sterling Enameled and handcarved Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Domed oval pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè, top and bottom, with fine hand-engravings. Viennese Art Nouveau style second h...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Louis XVI Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Silver, Vermeil and Diamond Model of a Lion by Asprey
Located in London, GB
Large silver, vermeil and diamond model of a lion by Asprey
English, c. 1980
Lion: Height 12cm, width 38cm, depth 13cm
Case: Height 19cm, width 49c...
Category
20th Century English Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
$19,766 Sale Price
20% Off
Fish head Lady Sea Motive. Unique Handmade and Hand painted. Ceramic 2024
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The red and gold marine lady is inspired by many cultural reminiscence of Italy. Corals inspired by our mediterranean see, gold elements for luxury art. A gentle reinassance face emb...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$5,170 Sale Price / item
20% Off
A SCULPTURAL BRUTALIST CANDELABRA CANDLE HOLDER, ARTIST PIECE, France 1990
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional sculptural candelabra candle holder, Post-Modernist, Brutalist, Shabby-Chic, plant-inspired composition of folded and welded metal rods mounted on a tripod base, decor...
Category
1990s French Post-Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Barovier Toso Murano Purple Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Form Bowl Dish
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown purple, bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass flower form bowl. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier for the Barovier e Toso company. The bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 19th Century Gilt and Silvered Bronze Sculptures of Women
Located in Norwood, NJ
Rare pair of bronze sculptures by Emile Herbért. Fine quality silvered and gilt bronze figures of a warrior woman and a poet women dressed accordingly with military attire and poetic words. Signed and foundry marked with the G. Servant mark.
Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert, French, (1828 - 1893).
A native Parisian, Hébert apparently lived and worked in the capital until his death. He was born in 1828, and studied sculpture privately, with his father Pierre (1804-1869) and Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-1852), both of whom pursued modestly successful careers in the Salon and as public sculptors beginning in the 1830s. Hébert learned extensively from their very divergent paths. Whereas Pierre Hébert...
Category
1860s French Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Archimede Seguso Murano Glass Sculptural Trinket Bowl w/Gold Leaf
Located in Warrenton, OR
Archimede Seguso Murano Glass Bowl/Vide Poche w/ Generous Gold Leaf
(Seguso is attribution based on the documentation by others described below.) Very nice vintage condition; we fou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Isa Box 1694 by Filippo Dini
Located in Milan, IT
Stunningly crafted in glossy ebony, the glorious Isa Box features a hand engraved 24k gold plated brass top and is adorned with bevel edged horn inserts. Measuring 21 x 13 cm with a ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
$2,622 / item
Large Bavarian Porcelain Double Handled Vase / Hand Painted Roses & Gold
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Introducing a stunning early 20th-century Bavarian porcelain vase by H & Co. of Selb, Bavaria. This large, double-handled vase boasts exquisit...
Category
1910s German Victorian Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
19th Century Dutch Boxed Crystal and Gold scent- or perfume bottle
Located in Delft, NL
19th century Dutch boxed crystal and gold scent- or perfume bottle
A Dutch boxed golden perfume bottle. A perfume bottle of crystal with a golden cap. The c...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Gold
Barovier Toso Murano Gray Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Decorative Flower Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown gray and gold flecks Italian art glass flower shaped bowl. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier for Barovier e Toso, circa 1960s. Created in the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$656 Sale Price
25% Off
Japanese Large Bronze Vase with Carp Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Taisho period (1912-1926) bronze vase with raised design of swimming carp with gold eye details. Removable insert for flower arranging. Excellent and delicate metal work. Signature r...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Pink Murano Glass Vase, Gold Hand Painted Decorative Motif, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Villaverla, IT
Presented here is an exquisite Pink Murano Glass Vase with a Gold Hand-Painted Decorative Motif from the 1960s, embodying the quintessential elegance of Mid-Century Modern design. Th...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
French Porcelain Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A French porcelain jewelry box with gold flower and leaf design, circa early to mid-20th century, France. Beautiful gold detail on top lid and sides. Shown holding three cocktail rin...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Crackled Big Blue Vase
Located in Milan, IT
In this vase made using the engobe technique, soft pastel blue alternates with white. Thanks to its contrasting effect, this vase from the Crackled Line becomes an elegant and refine...
Category
2010s Italian Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$7,320 / item
Asian Hieroglyph of Our Time
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Asian hieroglyphic of our time, forged metal, canned, welded, coated in leaf and coated.
Category
1960s Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Pink Fenicio Pulled Feather Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Leaf Shape Bowl
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink pulled feather and gold leaf Italian art glass leaf shaped decorative bowl. Created in the "Fenicio" design, with a beautiful optic pattern. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of American Gilt D'ore Gold & Patinated Dark Bronze Candelabras
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of american gilt bronze empire revival candelabras, Late 19th century
Each parcel gilt and patinated bronze with figural egret finial, five arms, figural and bust design ...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji Silver Daisy Vase with Applied Gold Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji silver vase, ca 1890. Ovoid with short plain neck. Dense and allover low-relief daisy flowerhead ground. On shoulder butler-finished band with same in gold and colored...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Silver
Luxury Barovier Toso Murano Gold Flecks Scalloped Art Glass Bowl, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Swirl Gold Flecked Murano Glass Bowl, Ashtray or Empty Pocket
Amazing scalloped Murano blown glass ashtray or bowl with aventurine gold flecks. Attributed to Barovier e Toso, Italy, ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,043 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Italian Mecca Angel on Chalcopyrite with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
19th century Italian hand-carved mecca angel in flight with naturally forming baroque pearls on a bed of chalcopyrite in a coordinating Italian fragment base.
The antique angel was...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Claude Victor Boeltz Golden Crystal French 1970s Table Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A French 1970s Gold and bronze clam shell center peice sculpture with three large quartz and amethyst crystal clusters. Signed
Biography:
Claude Boeltz was born in Paris in 1937. The fourth generation in a line of artists, from his early childhood Boeltz was interested in disciplines as far ranging as sculpture, painting, ceramics, architecture, and blacksmithing. From the very start he was fascinated by what would become life long inspirations—anatomy and geology.
His first apprenticeship was with the sculptor Henri Molins, which was followed by apprenticeships at the prominent Susse and Houdot foundries. His last was with Soudoun, under whose tutelage he was honored with the national “Best Worker in France” award.
During these apprenticeships Boeltz took night classes at the Boule School, the Gambetta School, and at the Academy of Art in Paris. He would eventually take degrees from all three. On Sundays he went to museums, particularly the Louvre, where he sought out work in the Louis XIII - Louis XVI styles. He also spent long hours in study of the many artists he admired, such as Bersus, Meunier, Giacometti, Ponpon, Chipparus, Dali, Dajou, and Ruhlman.
After these apprenticeships he tried to establish himself in the Riviera, where he befriended, and briefly collaborated with Picasso. Boeltz’s time in this vibrant community was, however, cut short—in the early 1960s he was called into the French military. While on tour in the Sahara he carved miniatures, and would carry them in his baggage from base to base. One that survived—a replica of the Arc d’triumph—was later offered to President Eisenhower on behalf of the French Army.
Upon leaving the service Boeltz established a foundry in the Loire, and by the late 1960s his work, now enormously popular, was shown all over Europe. In the early 1970s he met the sculptor Cesar. The famous sculptor’s “compression” pieces inspired Boeltz to create the work for which he would soon become best known. Boeltz’s “exploded” bronze works were pieces plated with 24 karat gold made to look like liquid gold crystalized an instant after explosion.
Boeltz augmented this unique medium with vibrant details, often with African emeralds, but with other stones or unusual materials as well. In his famous Cleopatra, dedicated to Elizabeth Taylor and installed in Georve V hotel in Paris, the artist employed metacrylite as a base and for its veil.
The immediate success of these “exploded” works allowed Boeltz to build two foundries devoted largely to their creation, one in the Faubourg St. Honore’ in Paris, and the other in Fontenay Sous Bois. “Exploded” works from the foundries were presented and sold at Fred’s Jewelers...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold, Bronze
Barbini Murano White Olive Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Birds Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, olive green and gold flecks Italian art glass birds on branch sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The sculpture...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tibetan Flint Striker, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such strikers would hang from one's belt and often doubled as a small pouch for flint and tinder. The finest strikers were finished with precious metals and decorated with repoussé and inlaid stones.
This leather flint pouch is decorated with silver and gold plated metalwork and three large beads of turquoise and red coral. The mechag hangs from a simple leather strap and three decorative leather beads hang below. The pouch contains two Tibetan prayer flags...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Coral, Gold Plate, Steel, Metal
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Lilac Swirl Ribbons & Gold Dust Large Bowl / Ashtray
Located in Barcelona, ES
Exquiste hand blown Murano glass Sommerso swirl ribbon large bowl or ashtray with gold dust. Attributed to Fratelli Toso, Italy, 1950s.
This decorative art glass bowl has a cane wor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Abstract Painterly Oriente Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Rare, and very colorful, vintage Murano hand blown painted style, multi-color splashes Italian art glass double spout vase with gold leaf throughout....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilded Bases with Angel Wing Shells and Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved bases with two matching angel wing shells and adorned with coordinating natural forming baroque pearls. The hand-carved, gold le...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Large Art Glass Sculpture Of Dolphin, Czech Republic
Located in Norton, MA
A Large Art Glass Sculpture of Dolphin, Paper Label: Czech Republic
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Exquisite Pair of Neo-Gothic Gold-Plated Brass Candlesticks, c. 1850-1890
Located in Skien, NO
Exquisite Pair of 19th-Century Neo-Gothic Gold-Plated Brass Candlesticks – German Antique Masterpieces (c. 1850-1890)
**A Rare & Opulent Neo-Gothic Treasure**
This stunning matched ...
Category
19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Gold Plate
Unique Clown Modern Gargoyle by André Teoman Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique clown modern gargoyle by André Teoman Studio
Dimensions: W 14 x D 25 x H 45 cm
Materials: Tiger skin marble, gold leaf
André Teoman born in Viana do Castelo...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
$6,166 / item
Gilt Faux Bamboo & Faux Caning Trash Can
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Gilt Trash Can in Faux Bamboo and Faux caning in the Hollywood Regency Style. Good overall condition. Circa 1970's
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Large and Heavy Murano Hand Blown Murrine Glass Vase w/ Shaped Top
Located in Norton, MA
A Large and Heavy Murano Hand Blown Murrine Glass Vase, colorful artwork with a shaped top.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Modern 24-Karat Gold Plated Ceramic Cubist Sculpture by Jaru
By Jaru
Located in New York, NY
This dynamic and graphic 24-karatt gold plated ceramic sculpture was realized by Jaru of California, circa 1970. Entitled "Embrace", it depicts two stylized cubist forms entwined. Wi...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
17thC Arched frame
Located in Livorno, IT
17thC arched frame with original lacquer and patina. Three gilt edges. Eight gilt carved details. Internal size for mirror or paintings: width 80 cm x height 177 cm.
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
$2,905
A Large and Heavy Murano Hand Blown Ripple Glass Vase
Located in Norton, MA
A Large and Heavy Murano Hand Blown Glass Vase with colorful ripple patterns on the entire body.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
ART-DECO 1930 NYC Allegorical Sculpture of Industry In Gilt Bronze & Black
Located in Miami, FL
An allegorical sculpture of Industry.
This is an amazing and very attractive sculpture representing the allegory of The industry. The sculpture has been finely crafted during the ar...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Gold Plate
$2,089 Sale Price
30% Off
Murano Art Glass Fish Figure with Gold Flecks and Stripes Design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gold Flecks Acid Green & Cream Ribbons Murano Art Glass Fish Figure, Italy 1940s
A lovely Murano glass fish sculpture with colorful ribbons in ac...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
ROMOHERRERA "Pufferfish" Ceramic and Tumbaga Centerpiece
Located in Mexico City, MX
A "Pez Globo" (Pufferfish) white ceramic and tumbaga (copper and gold alloy) centerpiece by Mexican workshop ROMOHERRERA. The bulged ceramic flower vase shows hammered and rolled tum...
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Copper
Antique Inkwell, Gilded Bronze, Antique Desk Utensil, Pen Holder, circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell made from gilded bronze.
circa 1880.
The plate is made of marble.
Nice bronze work with a well preserved gilding.
The original glass insert is existing....
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Gold, Bronze
Mid-Century Murano Gold and Transparent Glass Decanter with Crown Stop
Located in Villaverla, IT
Exquisite Mid-Century Murano Gold and Transparent Glass Decanter with Crown Stopper, circa 1960
Elevate your collection with this captivating Murano glass decanter, a stunning examp...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
American 19th Century Coved Picture Frame. Original Gold Gilding
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique American gilt picture frame. Rabbet measures 12.5" x 10.5" Perfect for a 12" x 10" painting.
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Category
19th Century American Antique Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Regency Gilt Candelabras - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exuding an air of stately grandeur and Neoclassical elegance, this magnificent pair of vintage candelabras commands attention. Expertly crafted with fine gilt brass, each features fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
$1,250 / set
Large Hardstone, Quartz, Gold, and Lapis Lazuli Model of an Alpine Flower Bed
Located in London, GB
Large hardstone, quartz, gold, nephrite and lapis lazuli model of an alpine flower bed
Continental, 20th Century
Measures: Height 7cm, width 37cm, depth 27cm
A beautiful objet d'art, this exceptionally fine flower bed model is a 20th century continental precious stone and metal model, made from a host of precious materials and assembled with great poise, skill, and artistry. The quartz base underpinning the miniature garden...
Category
20th Century European Modern Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Quartz, Gold
$10,432 Sale Price
20% Off
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
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gold Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
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The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
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