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Material: Silver
Perfume Holder Handbag Silver Sterling with stripes two-tone Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical handbag perfume holder in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with screw cap and stripes with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guilloché and hand-engraved motifs in...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Unusual Unger Brothers Sterling Jester Letter Opener
Located in Riverdale, NY
Rare and Unusual Unger Brothers Jester Sterling Letter Opener from the 1900's. Wonderful detailing and unusual subject matter. 1900 USA.
9.5" x 1.85" x 1.25".
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist 1970s English Silver Plated Elegant Vase
Located in London, England
A simple Modernist polished silver-plated vase with a simple yet elegant design. The vase is in a used vintage condition with a small dent on the outer edge of the rim and the base s...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
$85 Sale Price
61% Off
Desk Set stripes enamel Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen and Tray.Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels with two-tone stripes on guilloche and hand engravings, cm. 9.5 x 18. For fountain pe...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
George Unite Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Card Case
By George Unite
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver card case; an addition to our range of collectable silverware.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver card case has a rectangular shaped form.
The surface of this antique card case...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Krone Edgar Allan Poe Limited Edition Fountain Pen with Original Box
Located in Plainview, NY
This exquisite Krone fountain pen showcases a dark brown celluloid barrel intricately marbled with subtle violet veins. Its sterling silver cap and endpiece are adorned with beautif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Gothic Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Victorian Classical Sterling Silver Picture Frame, 1898
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical sterling silver picture frame, 1898. Rectangular surround with low-relief egg-and dart border; sides plain. Open scrollwork crown and supports. With beveled glass...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Solid / Sterling Pill Box - 1901
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful little pill box made from English solid / sterling silver with a fully English hallmark for Birmingham 1901 together with the makers mark for Synyer & Beddoes (Harry Syny...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hermes Paris 1960 Vintage Modernist Desk Box Round Covered Dish In silver
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Round covered dish designed by Hermes.
This is a very beautiful and highly decorative piece, created in Paris France by the luxury house of Hermes, back in the 1960. This useful des...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$1,680 Sale Price / set
30% Off
LEVI & SALAMAN 1902 Birmingham Desk Chest With Mirror In .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Decorative chest with mirror designed by Levi & Salaman.
This is a beautiful and very decorative miniature chest created in Birmingham England by the silversmiths of Lévi & Salaman,...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$434 Sale Price
30% Off
Small Persian Silver Repousse Decorated Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Persian Silver Repousse Decorated Vase, of petite form, chased in relief with an all over pattern of birds amidst scrolling foliage, the base with signature and two indistinct, parti...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Two Compartment Sterling Silver Footed Table Box with Hinged Lids
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Art Deco Period, sterling silver, two-compartment table box on bun feet and having two hinged lids and a handle, The Watrous Division of The International Silver Co., Meride...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Dish or Catchall
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze dish, ashtray, or catchall
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 5.88"W x 5.88"D x 0.5"H.
Good orig...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Hawk on a Sodalite Stone
By Ranzoni Fatelli
Located in VALENZA, IT
Hawk in sterling silver on a sodalite stone-base.
The hawk was made in casting. The finish was made completely by hand with chisel and engraving.
The reproductions of animals in sol...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Solid Silver 830 Fine Candelabra, 3-Light, Modern design, from 1993
Located in Skien, NO
**Scandinavian Modern Solid Silver Candelabra, circa 1993**
A striking example of late 20th-century Scandinavian design, this elegant **830S solid silver** candelabra features a c...
Category
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Fine Korean Box with Tray Iron with Silver Inlay Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Korean iron box with intricate silver inlay dated to the late Joseon Dynasty circa 19th century. The body of the box is made from iron of a heavy weight although the wear on t...
Category
19th Century Korean Other Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Iron
Important French Renaissance Revival Silver, Lapis Lazuli, Jeweled Covered Box
Located in New York, NY
An Important French Renaissance Revival Covered Box, Crafted in Silver and Mounted with Lapis Lazuli Panels, Gilt Bronze Figures, and Jeweled Cabochons. The piece is signed in two lo...
Category
1860s French Renaissance Revival Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Silver
Christian Dior Home Silver Plate Engraved Logo Picture Frame in Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning silver plate picture photo frame made by Christian Dior Home Collection Paris. The geometric shape has a "Dior" logo engraved on the bottom area. The back and easel are in...
Category
1990s French Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Pair of Silver Roosters
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite pair of realistically detailed silver roosters with finely textured feathers. Stamped with maker's mark and 833 silver.
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$3,950 / set
Early 20thC English Silver plate Candlesticks /Sterling Silver Columns, set/2
Located in Malibu, CA
A stunning pair of antique late 19th/early 20th century English neoclassical column candlesticks.
Square bases with steps up to the column. On the square base, a sterling silver fl...
Category
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
$747 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Pair of Late Victorian English Bone Letter Openers with Sterling Silver Handles
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of Late Victorian english bone letter openers/bone folders with sterling silver horse and dog/wolf handles
By: unknown
Material: bone, silver, metal,...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver, Sterling 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
Sterling Silver Rose
Located in Milan, IT
At once symbolic and ornamental, the deft workmanship of the Florentine silversmith workshop Lisi Brothers achieves a life-likeness in this elegant sterling silver rose. The flower i...
Category
2010s Italian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$759 / item
Antique Ethnic North African Moroccan Silver Anklet Ashtray Catchall Dish
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Ethnic North African traditional anklet silver and brass bracelet made into a vide poche, dish, catchall or silver ashtray.
Unusual silver tone metal dish made from an Africa...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Moorish Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Late 20th Century/C. 1970 Silvered Napoleon Empereur Letter Opener by Christofle
By Christofle
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 20th century/circa 1970 silvered Napoleon Empereur letter opener by Christofle
By: Christofle
Material: silver, silver plate, metal, paper
Technique: polished, silvered, metalw...
Category
Late 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Metal
Robert Venturi Post Modern Silver Candleholders for Swid Powell
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Venturi Post Modern Silver Candleholders for Swid Powell, Both stamped RVenturi MADE IN ITALY SILVER PLATED with copyright mark.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
$3,440 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Vintage English Walking Stick Cane Wooden Gold Plated Cow Horn Handle
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Stylish Fine Quality Polished Rosewood Wooden Lady’s or Gentleman’s Walking Cane of substantial quality and good weight very suitable to use as an everyday stick, with an elegant decoratively carved classical Cow Horn L shaped handle above a finely repousse chased gold plated collar with a cartouche engraved with H C. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Century, of English origin
Condition: Good condition with nice patination, few small character dents to gilt mounts, complete with its original firm fitting solid steel and polished brass ferrule which is slightly worn. Nice straight stick in wonderful condition.
Length: 32.75" (89cm) Width of handle: 4.25" (10.75cms).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door Shipping offered by Seller.
*TIP: When deciding to purchase a Walking Stick on-line, always check the dimensions especially its length. Many antique sticks...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Nuremberg Renaissance Style Silver Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Renaissance-Style German Silver Box with Heraldic and Architectural Reliefs, Nuremberg, 19th Century
Weighing approximately 13 ounces and measuring 5 inches wide by 3.75 inches deep...
Category
19th Century German Renaissance Revival Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Murano Glass Clear Cased Silver Leaf Bird Sculpture by Oball, w/ Original Label
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Clear Cased Silver Leaf Bird Sculpture by Oball, w/ Original Label
This is a lovely mid-century modern Murano glass bird in very nice vintage condition.
This bird is a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Leaf
Cartier 18ct Gold Plate Nib Vendome Trinity Brushed Ballpoint Pen, Leather Case
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Cartier Vendome Trinity Brushed Ballpoint Pen With Bordeaux Leather Slip Case
Brushed Silver-tone with Trinity rings to the cap, and a retractable mechanical clip, together with the...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Sterling Silver Gift Box Commissioned by Kehdive Abbas Hilmi II
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Engish presentation silver box.
In sterling silver with a gilt interior by George Unite & Sons of Chester in 1899.
Commissioned as a gift by Abbas Hilmi II, the last...
Category
1890s British British Colonial Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Cigarette Box like lapis lazuli stone enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular with rounded corners table box for cigarettes in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamels on a radial guilloché an...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
French 18th Century Louis XVI Style Candlesticks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Exceptional quality French 18th century silverplate and brass candlesticks, Louis XVI period. Subtle, Neoclassical influences are evident in fluted textures and beaded edges on the s...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Brass
Antique Silver Toothpick Holder with Cat Figurine
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique silver toothpick holder with a cat figurine. Circa the late 19th century. The conical toothpick holder sits on a stepped base, with a figurine of a cat standing on its hin...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Crawford Sterling Silver and Malachite Candlesticks in Mid-Century Modern Style
Located in New York, NY
English pair of hand-hammered sterling silver and malachite candlesticks by acclaimed silversmith Crawford. These elegant and well-proportioned candlesticks in Mid-Century Modern sty...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Malachite, Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver " Lilly of the Valley " Bon Bon Dish by Whiting Division
Located in Huntington, NY
Sterling Silver " Lilly of the Valley " Bon Bon Dish by Whiting Division
Whiting had small production but produced exceptional handmade silverware in relatively small quantities.
This Company's most important designer was Charles Osborne...
Category
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Asprey London Silver-Banded Rosewood Humidor with key and Hygrometer 2005
Located in London, GB
Asprey London Silver-Banded Rosewood Humidor with Hygrometer, c.1970s
This exceptional humidor by Asprey London showcases the brand’s renowned commitment to craftsmanship and under...
Category
Early 2000s English Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
1950s Mexican Modernism Los Castillo Silver Vase Taxco Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Los Castillo modern silver vase from Mexico
Finely crafted hand-wrought silver over copper with abalone inlay detail.
Signed Los Castillo Taxco Mexico.
5 tall x 5 diameter
...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Copper
Modernist Triple Silver-Plated Candlestick by WMF, Germany, 1960s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This elegant modernist candlestick, crafted by WMF in Germany during the 1960s, features a striking geometric design with three conical candle holders arranged in a triangular format...
Category
1950s Danish Bauhaus Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Brass Mounted Georgian Campaign Dressing Table Box Gentleman's Necessaire C.1795
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very rare and hard to find in this complete condition with as many pieces (over 35), this "Gentleman's Necessaire", or campaign "Dressing Table Box" is English and circa 1795 as per the style, and confirmed by the 18th century silver marks on items enclosed. Campaign furniture, and accessories were made to tend to the day to day needs of those traveling, most often for the upper class, the military, and those in high socioeconomic standing. A very similar Campaign box belonging to the Duke of Wellington and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, appears on page 141 (illustration #157 of "British Campaign Furniture" published in 2001 by Nicholas A. Brawer; the leading recognized historian on the subject. The furniture and accessories were designed to be easily unpacked and packed back up again, condensed and compact for minimum storage, and still fulfill luxury "needs" for the well to do.
The flush inserted brass handles on this box were designed to minimize protrusions for easier transport when traveling. The necessaire contains a plethora of instruments, utensils, storage bottles, boxes, to contain pills, medicine, potions, soap, shaving needs, snuff, beverages, spirits, tea, coffee, fragrance, incense, toothpaste, ink, and anything else necessary or wanted to maintain appearance and the "Beau Brummell" type lifestyle desired by the aristocratic gentleman. These items were housed in; screw top miniature bone canisters, fine cut glass crystal vessels with silver and silver plated tops, multiple miniature vertical wooden pocket drawers, a carved wooden lidded soap dish; all "fitted" in a beautiful brass bound and hinged mahogany box. The dressing box is neatly divided into various sections to store these implements.
The center front bottom drawer is independently accessed and opened by a key lock and likely utilized for personal effects, jewelry, money, and letter writing, and diary entries.; note the fitted interior, design, "cubbies", and sections (see image).
NOTE: It would be advisable to NOT use the key to lock this drawer just in case it stays locked and does not reverse, thereby creating difficulty reopening the drawer.
The box maintains it's original surface and there are no restorations to any of the wood or brass mounts. A non discernible script monogram on a brass plate adorns the top (see image).
Worth noting is the copious provenance accompanying this piece; the original description tag from the British antiques dealer; the "condfdential" letter by purchaser to recipient "Horace" reviewing the Dressing Box attributes and description; and finally, the Customs form for entry into the United States with Santa Barbara it's ultimate destination and a valuation of 3 pounds; less than ten dollars at that time---- 1950!!!!! (see images).
Dimensions: 11" wide x 8 3/4" deep x 5 1/2" high
Contents:
implements in red bag
sewing hook with shell handle
second smaller sewing hook with built in swivel tool to bone handle
large metal tweezers
rectangular bone device with center hole
small hook with bone handle
silver plate corkscrew...
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate
Tall, Empire-Style Pair of Sterling Silver Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Tall, Empire-style sterling silver candelabra with removable arms, Preisner Silver Co., Wallingford, CT., Ca. 1935. Graceful design. Each of the pair, which is weighted, measures 15 ...
Category
1930s American Neoclassical Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Victorian Silver Six-Light Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Marked: London, 1890, Maker: John Alowinckle And Thomas Slater
Category
1890s Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$156,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Iridescent Leaf & Berry Art Nouveau Vase w/Silver Collar by Clement Massier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Antique Handcrafted Vintage Berber Kabyle Box Africa Algeria 1920
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Handcrafted Vintage Berber Kabyle Box.
Handcrafted vintage North Africa.
Algeria Berber Kabyle box crafted in nickel silver in traditional style of red and green enamels and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Algerian Islamic Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Pair Weighted Sterling Silver Fluted Candle Sticks/Holders
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-958 Pair fluted weighted sterling silver candle sticks
Marked sterling on bottom with makers name.
Category
1920s Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Repousse Box
Located in New York, NY
Finely crafted 19th century Victorian silver repousse desk box with swirl, flower and lattice pattern. Interior completely tufted in original pale green silk. Hallmarked H M.
Category
19th Century English Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
$3,750
1970s Sterling Silver Candelabra / Menorah by Hans Hollein
Located in London, GB
Designed in 1979 by the modernist Viennese architect/designer, Hans Hollein and produced in 1980 by Cleto Munari, the preferred maker of many famous designers. A large semicircle sits with decorative tiered silver base hold 7 candles...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Christian Dior Home Silver Plate Picture Frame with Engraved Dior Logo, 1990s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite Christian Dior Paris silver plate picture frame was manufactured for the Dior Interior Collection. The piece boasts a geometric plain shape with the "Dior" logo engrav...
Category
1990s French Modern Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Photo Frame baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal notched photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. External dimensions cm. 14.2 x 17.8, internal oval cm. 8 x 12....
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill Box very fine hand-engraving in baroque style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square pill box with rounded corners and curved sides in 925/1000 sterling silver with very fine hand-engraving in baroque style, fire-enamelled with black enamel also on the sides. ...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Mid-Century Sterling Silver Flower Vase By Tuttle
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous, large, sterling silver flower vase by Tuttle Silversmiths, Boston, Mass., made during the U.S. Presidency of Lyndon Baines Johns...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP (Mother of Pearl) Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box from circa 1875-85.
Gorgeously detailed and hand-crafted ‘sadeli mosaic’ inlay, from the Bombay Area, with deep greens with silver, pewter, mother of pearl, bone and ebony in geometric patterns.
The box case, is made of sandalwood but completely covered in MOP, bone, faux ivory, ebony and mosaic inlay.
Edged with faux ivory and banded with a different pattern of sadeli mosaic.
Some minor damage to the top (repair is obvious in pics) and ivorine replacements to some edging, but it still a BEAUTIFUL BOX and of real QUALITY!
The mosaic work is FABULOUS!
Box opens to reveal its original blue velvet lining.
It sits on 4 (recently added) silvered button feet.
SADELI MOSAIC: “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.
The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before the Anglo Indian boxes were made. It was a technique, which required a high degree of skill and patience. It was executed very lavishly, in that the frequent cuts wasted a great amount of the precious materials used. The workmanship was however more than commensurable to the value of the materials.
Ivory, silver, pewter (or other metals), wood and horn were cut into faceted rods which were bound together to form geometric patterns. When the glue has set, the rods were sliced in transverse sections. This gave the maker a number of angled circular pieces in the original pattern. Several variations of patterns could be achieved by combining the materials in different ways. The ivory was sometimes dyed green to give an extra color.
The mosaic pieces in a combination of patterns, often separated by ivory, ebony, horn or silver stringing were used to veneer sandalwood boxes. In the early boxes, which date from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, there are large panels of mosaic covering tops and sides of boxes. It took incredible skill to cover such large areas without any shakes or wavering of the pattern. The corners and joins on these boxes are impeccably matched.
The makers (reputed to be Persian) of Sadeli mosaic made in the first two decades of the 19th century displayed a total understanding of the qualities of the different materials they used. They combined substances, which can expand and contract according to atmospheric conditions with others, which are hard and unyielding. The result was a sharp definition of the lines and patterns, which made up the whole design.
On the early boxes the designs look deceptively simple. The fact is, they emerged from a culture, which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity is not immediately apparent.
The earliest Sadeli boxes...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Powder Case Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Powder case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and red fired enamel. Opening with spring button. Ground mirror and retina inside. Measure cm. 7.3 x 7.3 x 1.5. Weight gr.250. Created in the Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by designs by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<800° C. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier.
Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation.
Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ".
With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones.
At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists.
In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001.
In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State".
We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue.
An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Buccellati Sterling Silver Figural Leaf Bowl or Vide Poche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed Italian silver bowl or vide poche.
By Buccellati.
In sterling silver.
From the Natura series.
In the form of a leaf (possibly a Maple or Geranium leaf) supported by...
Category
20th Century Italian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian sterling silver snuff box made in Birmingham in 1843
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1843 by Francis Clark, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, features an ornate border, engine turned decoration and a gilt inter...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Cut Glass Inkwell with Silver Mountings, Birmingham, 1905
Located in Greven, DE
English Inkwell with Faceted Crystal Body
Origin: United Kingdom, Birmingham
Material: Cut crystal, sterling silver mount
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
H × Ø: 13 × 9 cm
Description:
This...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Early 20th C. Automobile Five Person Picnic Set c.1914-1917
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original automobile picnic set for five. Includes 2 metal food storage containers with leather straps, 5 enamel mugs, salt and pepper shakers, 5 enamel plates, 5 silver and Bakelite knives stamped Sheffield, England, 1 large thermos with 2 drinking cups inside, 5 napkins and 1 small table cloth. Original locking key.
CREATOR Unknown. Plates and Mugs: KER Sweden...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Brass, Enamel, Stainless Steel, Nickel
The Frog Sterling Silver Lighter
Located in Milan, IT
Playful true to life silver frog that serves as a lighter other than being a decorative piece of artwork. Expertly handmade by the Florentine silversmiths, the Lisi Brothers, its rea...
Category
2010s Italian Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$4,807 / item
J.J. Elliot Mahogany Grandfather Clock for Tiffany & Co. (c. 1915)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impressive English mahogany clock by J.J. Elliot retailed by Tiffany & Co. showcasing delicate floral marquetry. The sculptural bonnet adorned w...
Category
1910s English Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Brass
VACHET Paris 1910 Edwardian Miniature Enameled Guilloché Clock In .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A miniature travel clock designed by R. Vachet Paris.
Exceptional and very rare miniature travel-carriage clock, made in Paris France at the atelier of R. Vachet. This fabulous litt...
Category
1910s French Edwardian Vintage Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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