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Material: Silver
Set of 4 19th Century Richard Hodd & Son Sterling Silver Corinthian Candlesticks
Located in IT
This exquisite set of four 19th-century sterling silver Corinthian candlesticks, crafted by Richard Hodd & Son, showcases the finest English craftsmanship. Featuring beautifully detailed acanthus-decorated sconces with scroll supports, silver beading along the sconces and platforms, and terraced pedestal bases, these candlesticks are a true reflection of elegant Georgian design. The shaped wax...
Category
19th Century British Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
A 1960s Iconic Lino Sabattini for Christofle Minimalist Silver Plated Bowl
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An high quality silver plated oval bowl designed by Lino Sabattini, it has been made in France by Christofle world famous manufacturer in the Sixties. It's in very good conditions an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of 19th Century Sterling Silver Candlesticks
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Pair of 19th century weighted sterling silver candle holders.
Category
19th Century Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Tortoiseshell and Silver-Mounted Perfume Etui with Glass Bottle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Tortoiseshell and Silver-Mounted Perfume Etui with Glass Bottle
England or France, circa 1775–1790
Dimensions: 2.5" H × 1.25" W × 0.5" D
A fine late 18th-century torto...
Category
18th Century European Georgian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Italian Sterling Silver Picture Frame
By Sergio Martini
Located in New York, NY
A relatively large, well-made, Italian sterling silver picture frame with beautiful etched design, circa late-20th century, Italy. Frame can be positioned vertically or horizontally ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique German Sterling Silver Table Owl
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique cast German sterling silver table owl; part of our continental ornamental silverware collection.
This magnificent antique cast German silver table ornament has been realistically modelled in the form of a owl.
This antique silver owl ornament...
Category
1910s German Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Vintage Signed Cartier Sterling Silver Mid-Century Picture or Photo Frame
By Cartier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage signed silver picture or photo frame.
By Cartier.
In sterling silver.
With a robust easel back stand.
Marked to the base.
Simply an wonderful frame from Cartier! ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Sterling Silver Clad Embracing Chimpanzees by William Comyns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of very fine sterling silver clad embracing chimpanzees. They are separate pieces that interlock. They are silver over an inner core material. The body has intricate fur detaili...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Ilias Lalaounis Solid Silver and Brass Satyr and Alexander the Great Dish Bowl
By Lalaounis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two Beautifully designed Sterling Silver Apollo and Alexander the Great busts inside a Brass bowl. Impressive decorative pieces, also great for coins, or wallet contents.
A complem...
Category
20th Century Greek Art Deco Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
Murano Gambaro Poggi Black Silver Flecks Italian Art Glass Snoopy Dog Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown black and silver flecks Italian art glass Snoopy puppy dog sculpture / figure. Documented to the Gambaro & Poggi workshop, with original clear and...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Leaf
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Table Box
By Pampaloni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Rectangular/octagonal table box in 925 silver.
The box was completely handmade in Florence at the end of the last century.
Engraved with floral and abstract motifs, it has been fin...
Category
1990s Italian Other Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$4,547 Sale Price
20% Off
Sleek Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigarette Box by Cohen & Charles, 1922
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Chester in 1922 by Cohen & Charles this sleek George V antique sterling silver cigarette box is of a plain, rectangular form with a hinged lid. The box, which is a ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pill box in silver enameled lid and casing and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver pill box with enamel on the lid and casing and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Russian. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 49.75 grams. Dimensions: 4.9cmx4.9cm. Conten...
Category
20th Century European Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Horse, engraved by hand
By Mario Vallè
Located in VALENZA, IT
Horse statue made in solid silver 800 completely handmade.
The horse was made in two parts with the technique of fusion in the earth and once cast and detached joined by welding.
S...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Picture frame squared Green Enamel oval portrait Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square external photo frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché and oval border ornament in French Empire Napoleon III s...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fabergè Paper Knife/ Letter Opener with Jade Blade
By Fabergé
Located in Highland, IN
This lovely letter opener by Fabergè has all the hallmarks of their signature style. An ornate handle topped with a swan is attached to an absolutely stunning blade of carved and pol...
Category
20th Century Russian Baroque Revival Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Jade, Silver
Antique German Silver Figural Swan Bird Bowl with Glass Liner
Located in New York, NY
German sterling silver figural bird bowl, ca 1920. A swan with s-scroll neck, closed bill, and direct expression. Webbed feet in glide mode. Fine delineation of feathers from scaly n...
Category
Early 20th Century German Edwardian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique French Silver Plated Brass Stamp Box Case Figural Cherry B. Wicker
Located in Greven, DE
Antique French Silver Plated Brass Stamp Box Case Figural Cherry B. Wicker
France
Silver plate, brass
Late 19th Century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 2cm x 6.5cm x 3.5cm
This antique wa...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
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 Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Towle Silversmiths Modern Blue Enamel Silver Plated Bowl Vintage 1970s
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Offering you: Towle Silversmiths mid century silver plate blue enamel bowl vintage piece circa 1970s
Measures: 7 in diameter x 3.88 inches
Lustrous Blue Colored Enamel with Silver ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Enamel
Vintage Christofle Silver Plated Decorative Box
By Christofle
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Signed Vintage Christofle Silver Plated Decorative Box. Nicely cast with beautiful design. This would have held cigarettes or trinkets. In very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Original, Hallmark. Massive Silver Candleholder, Koloman Moser Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Signature: Austrian silver-mark, WW-mark. What is unusual for a Wiener Werkstatte silver-object. The signatures are on the bottom side instead...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Silver
Antique Silver plated France church candle sticks 1850s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice pair of Silver Plated Church candle sticks .France 1850s
Triangle shaped base . with Three saints Jesus Maria and Josef..
normal wear ...
Category
1850s French French Provincial Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Signed Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Serving Dish with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver serving dish or tray was made by the renowned Tiffany and Co. of the United States in approximately 1860 in the period Victorian style. This oval sterling silver tray...
Category
Mid-19th Century American High Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mexican Sterling Silver and Abalone Shell Pill Box by Villalobos, 1970s
Located in Toronto, CA
Elegant handcrafted pill box made in Taxco, Mexico, circa 1970s. Created by Villalobos, this petite sterling silver box features a domed lid inlaid with iridescent abalone shell arra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$108 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Sterling Silver and Glass Combination Scent Bottle / Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large antique Victorian English sterling silver combination scent bottle / vinaigrette; an addition to our diverse collectable silverware collection
This exceptional and large antique Victorian sterling silver combination vinaigrette and scent bottle has an oval cylindrical shaped form.
This exceptional bottle is comprised of a cut glass body, overlaid with impressive sterling silver covering embellished with pierced and embossed floral decoration, incorporating interlacing scrolling leaf and daffodil designs.
The piece retains the original hallmarked screw fit cover to the antique scent bottle...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian 1900s Sterling Silver Carriage Clock
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large antique Edwardian English sterling silver carriage clock, an addition to our silver timepiece collection.
This magnificent antique Edwardian sterling silver carriage clock has a plain rectangular form onto four bun feet.
The surface of this large and impressive Edwardian clock is plain and unembellished.
This impressive antique silver carriage...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Candlesticks Holders J.E. Caldwell & Co., Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of sterling silver candlestick holders, in the Victorian/Edwardian design, by J.E. Caldwell & Co., circa early-20th century, USA. A beautiful set with floral and...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Sterling Silver Photograph Frame Birmingham 1918
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique English Sterling Silver Photograph Frame Birmingham 1918 A.J Zimmerman. Plain border, original wood back. Fully hallmarked. Measures: 9.00 x 7.00 inches. Glass aperture: 8.00...
Category
Early 20th Century English Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two 1970s Willy Rizzo Style Mid-century Modern Silver Plated Picture Frames
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Chic Pair of 1970s Willy Rizzo Style Mid-Century Modern Silver-Plated Picture Frames
Capture your cherished memories in true 1970s style with this exquisite pair of picture frames, m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Madurai Silver Candlestick / Vase
By Zanetto
Located in Milan, IT
Fine candle holder and vase set create harmony with their shapes and textures. These pieces are constructed in a silver-plated alloy.
Category
2010s Italian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$730 / item
20th Century Italian Silver 800 and Ebony "Benvenuto Cellini Salt Cellar"Replica
Located in VALENZA, IT
Fantastic reproduction of the famous saltcellar of Benvenuto Cellini, symbol of the world goldsmith's art.
The master goldsmith made only very few copies of this wonderful object that makes it a unique piece in the world.
6.641 grams of solid silver.
Some information on the original piece by Benvenuto Cellini:
The Cellini Salt...
Category
1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Georgian Silver patch or pill Box Birmingham 1803 Samuel Pemberton
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Georgian Silver patch or pill Box Birmingham 1803 Samuel Pemberton. Fine quality little box originally for patches but ideal today as a pill box. Of circular form with geometric and ...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Engraved Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique signed silver bowl.
By Tiffany & Co.
In sterling silver.
With engraved Art Deco designs around the interior rim.
Marked to the base.
Simply a wonderful bowl ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Miniature Vintage Italian Sterling Silver Dentist's Chair by La Medusa Oro
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, whimsical Italian silver sculpture.
By La Medusa Oro.
In sterling silver and mounted atop a wooden plinth.
In the form of a dentist's chair complete with an instrument tra...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Turquoise Enamel Japanese Garden Vase Silver Wire
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality Japanese, late Meiji era, silver wire and enamel vase. The amphora shaped vase is adorned with polychrome enamel images of birds, trees, blossoming flowers, and screen...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Silver toiletry box with lipstick holder and mirror with removable lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver toiletry box with lipstick holder and mirror with removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 29.9 grams. Dimensions: 5.3cm x 1.9cm. C...
Category
20th Century European Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$150 Sale Price
50% Off
The Great Flood Decorative Bowl
By Brandimarte
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by the biblical great flood, this bowl is engraved with animals and a wave-like motif. Part of the brand's Masterworks collection that features objects of pure artistic and ...
Category
2010s Italian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$147,025 / item
Antique George III Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Georgian Period Circa 1790
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy. The Tea...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Filigree silver cigarette case decorated with floral motifs and a hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver filigree cigarette case decorated with floral motifs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 67.19 grams. Dimensions: 8.8x6cm. Cont...
Category
20th Century European Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
LOUIS KUPPENHEIM 1925 Trompe L'œil Malachite Enameled Box In .935 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco Trompe L'œil enameled box by Louis Kuppenheim.
This is a beautiful decorative box, created in Germany during the art deco period, back in the 1925. This superb elegant box ...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
$2,388 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Vintage Lady's Gentlemans Ebonised Wooden Walking Stick Dress Cane 1895
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Unusual Fine Quality English Ladies or Gentleman’s Walking Stick or Dress Cane of outstanding quality and stylish design, last quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Sterling Silv...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
c.1880s ANTIQUE NEO-RENAISSANCE IMPRESSIVE FIGURAL NEF, AUSTRIA
Located in Skien, NO
**Magnificent Late 19th-Century Neo-Renaissance Figural Nef, ca. 1880s-1890s**
This exquisitely crafted table vessel embodies the grandeur of Renaissance-inspired artistry, reinte...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Renaissance Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique George III Sterling Silver Locking Tea Caddy
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Georgian sterling silver tea caddy has an oval form.
The surface of the tea caddy is plain and unembellished, with an applied reed decorated border to the upper and lower rims.
This antique silver tea caddy retains the original hallmarked domed flush hinged cover; the flush hinge indicates the fine quality of this piece.
The cover is surmounted with the original and exceptional silver topped oval button style finial.
This antique Georgian tea caddy...
Category
1790s British George III Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
GERMAN 1800 Fabulous Perfume Bottle In Red Glass Mount In Gilt .850 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
A German neo-gothic scent bottle in red glass and gilded silver
This is a gorgeous antique scent-perfume bottle created in Europe between the 1800 and 1810. The exceptional exotic b...
Category
Early 1800s German Gothic Revival Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$4,798 Sale Price
20% Off
XX Century Italian Sterling Silver Flowerpot Holder "Cachepot"
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver vase holder, completely handmade in Florence, Italy in the artisan silversmith workshop of Silver Fashion Silvan,
The shape of the body is very rounded, hand-worked w...
Category
1990s Italian Other Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair Of Vintage Low Candlesticks, English, Silver Plate, Candle Nozzle, C.1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage low candlesticks. An English, silver plated candle nozzle, dating to the mid century, circa 1950.
Brilliant shine to this attractive pair of nozzles
Displ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Sterling Trumpet Vase w/ Geometric Detailing by J.H Betteridge
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Art Deco Sterling Trumpet Vase W/Undulating Lip & Cutout Geometric Detailing by J.H. Betteridge originates from the United States, Circa 1930. Features a slender verti...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case rounded shaped green fired enamel lines Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pocket cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with rounded shaped lines, alternately fire enamelled. With spring opening button and lost hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. M...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver clam-shaped shell with reliefs and double hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver shell in the shape of a clam with reliefs and double hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Asian. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 149.51 grams. Dimensions: 11cmx8cm. Content...
Category
20th Century European Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
Picture Frame Silver Green Enameled with very fine hand engraving Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photoframe in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on a guilloché pattern embellished with a very fine hand engraving. External border in Fr...
Category
1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Nouveau Glass and .800 Sterling Silver Overlay Bud Vase
By Otto Heintz
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice Art Nouveau glass and .800 sterling silver overlay bud vase, circa early 1900s. The vase is in good antique condition and measures 2.5"W x 2.5"D X 7.5"H. Thw piece is ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mexican Modernist Mix Metals Tray Box by Los Castillos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Modernist Mix Metals Tray Box by Los Castillos
Designer
Humberto Castillo
Manufacturer
Los Castillos
Period Style
Mexican Modern
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Modernist English Solid / Sterling Silver Letter Opener - Brian Leslie Fuller
Located in Bath, GB
A superb mid-century modern letter opener made by the highly collectable silversmith, Brian Leslie Fuller.
Made from solid English silver fully hallmarked for London 1979 together ...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Art Nouveau Fine Sterling Overlay Perfume Bottles signed Steuben
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite pair of Art Nouveau perfume bottles, crafted by the esteemed Steuben Glass Company around 1910, exemplifies the elegance and innovation of the period. Each bottle show...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
19C Anglo Ceylonese Sewing Box of Museum Quality
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely stunning 19c Anglo Ceylonese sewing box of museum quality.
Made in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) circa 1860, this is one of the finest sewing boxes of it’s kind that we have ever seen!
The box is made from coromandel wood (an exotic hardwood found in Ceylon) and has a serpentine edging all over the front, back and sides.
Very often the lids/tops of these boxes suffer cracks due to shrinkage but this one is near perfect with no crack in the lid/top. There is some evidence of natural shrinkage but that is around the edges of the lid/top.
It is when you open this box that it reveals it’s true beauty, quality and treasure !
The inside of the lid/top is heavily and beautifully decorated with inlaid bone in scrolling floral patterns which have then been hand painted with red and black ‘lac’ ink. The central medallion is a circle of inlaid specimen exotic hardwoods radiating towards a central bone and hand painted flower. The circle is edged in bone, wood and silver chevrons.
What makes this box Exceptionally rare is that it contains 3 lift out base sections. Normally, there would be a maximum of 2.
The first tray/section is clearly for the purposes ancillary to sewing with a pair of sections with bone spools for thread etc. There are 17 other lidded compartments with each one highly decorated using hand painted bone and specimen woods to replicate tortoiseshell.
The first tray lifts out to reveal a second removeable tray which is made up of a pair of open sections and 8 specimen wood lidded sections each with chevron banding.
The third tray is a smaller tray underneath with 14 lidded compartments each with hand painted bone and specimen wood inlaid lids again, replicating the look of tortoiseshell. Again they are banded with a chevron border.
This is a museum quality piece !
It is in fantastic condition for it’s age with the minor shrinkage to the edges of the lid/top, some finger pulls missing and some very minor cracks to the tray lids and bases but nothing that in any way detracts from the piece. No key.
Dimensions: Closed the box is 16.75 inches wide, 11.25 inches deep and 7.5 inches high
Fully open the box is 16.5 inches high, 16.75 inches wide and 11.4 inches deep
Anglo-Indian and ceylonese boxes: Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
Anglo-Indian boxes normally consist of 3 main types:-
(1) Most of the best and highest quality Anglo-Indian boxes in the 18th and 19th centuries were made in Vizagapatam, India, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship in using ivory and tortoiseshell and lac decoration. These are referred to as ‘Vizagapatam Boxes...
Category
Mid-19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
French Large Silvered Brass Crab, Mid 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
sculpted realistically in brass and silver plated
Category
Mid-20th Century French Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Austrian Tortoise Shell Silver Box
Located in Delft, NL
Austrian Tortoise shell Silver box
Austrian Tortoise shell Silver box in the shape of an envelope with a flap.
The flap is with a spring.
The box is marked with the Austrian Silve...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique English Glass & Sterling Silver String / Twine Jar or Box, 1899
Located in Bath, GB
A most unusual late Victorian fine string or twine box made from glass with a star cut base, the base mounted with a sterling silver foot and fitted with a solid silver lid topped wi...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
CARTIER Paris 1909 Belle Epoque Enamel Repeater Carriage Clock In Sterling Agate
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Belle époque quarter hour repeater carriage clock designed by Cartier.
This luxurious and very rare table clock is the essence of Art Deco style. A very important and magnificent ca...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$47,160 Sale Price
20% Off
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