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Material: Sterling Silver
Antique English Hallmarked Sterling Silver & Crystal Clock Inkwell, Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English hallmarked sterling silver & cut crystal clock inkwell, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century English Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Antique Tiffany American Edwardian Sterling Silver Cigar Box
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver cigar box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York in 1922. Rectangular with straight sides; cover hinged with gently curved top. On sides, alternating reeded and...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1931. Rectangular window in flat surround; on front curvilinear cartouches inset with acid-...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Combination Ruler or Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern, sterling silver combination ruler or letter opener, The Thomas Company, Attleboro, Mass, circa 1950s. Retailed at Neiman Marcus. Measures: Ruler is 8 1/2 inches l...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Sterling Silver Piano Column Candle Holders
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique Edwardian English sterling silver piano candlesticks; an addition to our diverse ornamental silverware...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
1910 Italian Pair of Sterling Silver Candelabras, Tall and Heavy
Located in North Miami, FL
Presenting an extraordinary pair of Italian sterling silver candelabras crafted in the year 1910. These magnificent pieces, originating from the city of Florence, were meticulously c...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Four Louis XVI Style Silver Candelabra by André Aucoc
By A. Aucoc
Located in London, GB
This beautiful set of four candelabra (or candlesticks) was made around 1900 by André Aucoc, a leading French silversmith of the time. Aucoc inherited the ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Stuart Devlin Set of Twelve Silver and Silver-Gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas"
By Cartier, Stuart Devlin
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing an extraordinary and complete collection of Twelve English silver and silver-gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas" gift boxes, presented...
Category
1970s English Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some 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
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Tiffany & Co. Art Deco Sterling Silver Footed Bowl or Compote Dish
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous vintage Art Deco style sterling silver footed bowl or compote dish
By Tiffany & Co. (signed to the underside)
USA, Circa Mid-20th Century
Measures: 6"W x 6"D x 2"H.
Ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Cigarette Dispenser Burlwood Box
By Davidoff 1
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Cigarette Box Burlwood Sterling on Glass
9 w x 6.5 d x 2.75 h closed 7 h open
Original preowned vintage unrestored.
See all images for co...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco American Sterling Silver & Pink Guilloche Enamel Letter Holder
Located in Bath, GB
A rare piece of American Art Deco silver, a small desk-top letter rack made from solid sterling silver by the Thomae Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts made in the 1930's.
The quality is evident, a lovely screwed construction, which can be seen from the underside, and a good heavy weight, 9.52 Troy Ounces / 296.1 Grams. The underside is fully marked "Sterling" and the maker's mark for the Thomae Company.
The front is decorated with a stunning pink guilloche enamel...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
CJ Vander Ltd Vintage Sterling Silver Punch Bowl and Goblets
By C.J. Vander
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver punch bowl and matching drinking goblets made by CJ Vander Ltd; an addition ...
Category
1970s British Elizabethan Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Table Box Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This awesome Table Box Baroque style is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
it has a Rectangular shape with hand-engraved intricate design Black and Green color fire enameled.
Table Box Bar...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Scholl Limited Glasgow Art Deco 1924 Enameled Minaudière In .925 Sterling Silver
By albert scholl
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco German enamel minaudière imported by Scholl Limited Co.
An exceptional art deco minaudière, imported into Glasgow England by the retailer and goldsmiths, Scholl Limited Com...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Tiffany Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Rectangular window in flat surround. On front corners acid-etched dense leafing scrol...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Stieff Baltimore Repousse Sterling Silver 12-Inch Vase
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver vase. Made by Stieff in Baltimore, ca 1925. Conical with top and bottom knops; short neck and wavy mouth rim and domed foot. Dense floral repousse on stippl...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Gorham Victorian Classical Sterling Silver Bud Vase, 1872
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical sterling silver bud vase. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1872. Conical with flared petal rim and applied garlands; engraved interlaced monogram on flange bottom,...
Category
1870s American Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Decois in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Deco has white fired enamels on guilloché.
Picture Frame vertical lines has two...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Blue Guilloche Enamel-Mounted Magnifying Glass
By George Hope
Located in New York, NY
Large, Edwardian, sterling silver and blue guilloche enamel-mounted magnifying glass, Birmingham, England, 1906, Geo. Hope - maker. Measures almost 9 inches long x 3 3/4 inches diame...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Regal and Romantic Sterling Silver Heart-Shaped Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
American Edwardian Classical sterling silver jewelry box, ca 1900. Heart-shaped with hinged cover. Ornament includes garlands and ribbon applied to sides and cover and well as three ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Antique English Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigar Box
Located in New York, NY
George V sterling silver cigar box. Made by Barnard & Sons, Ltd in London in 1930. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and with tapering tab; top flap with engine-turned li...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Heron N2º by Alcino Silversmith Handcrafted in Sterling Silver with Orange Agate
Located in Porto, 13
Heron by Alcino Silversmith 1902 is a handcrafted piece in 925 sterling silver with orange agate application.
The piece is totally handcrafted, hammered and chiseled by excellent ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
George VI sterling silver box. Made by Robert Pringle & Sons in London in 1939. Rectangular with curved corners. Cover hinged and tabbed; top has engine-turned wave ornament and rect...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Curvy Perfume Bottle
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful sterling silver perfume bottle with curvy detail and round pink quartz detail on top. Stamped Mexico 925.
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz, Sterling Silver
NEO-CLASSIC Swedish Scent Perfume Bottle In Cobalt Glass And 925 Sterling Silver
By Mema
Located in Miami, FL
A perfume scent bottle made in Sweden.
Very beautiful and lovely perfume scent bottle, created in the city of Lidköping Sweden by the MeMa Sterling Co. back in the 1975. The bottle has been made in cobalt blue glass with a fitting lid and a removable frame, crafted in solid .925/.999 sterling. The sterling cover was made up in the neo-classic empire style with multiple floriated garlands patterns.
Note: This bottle may be also used as a vinegar or olive oil dispenser...
Category
1970s Swedish Neoclassical Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver-Mounted Pairpoint "Controlled Bubbles" Crystal Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver-mounted, Pairpoint "controlled bubbles" crystal inkwell, Goodnow & Jenks, Boston, circa 1890s-1900. Monogrammed (script, interlocking HLL?) sterling silver lid has se...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Edwardian Sterling Silver-Mounted Onyx Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver - mounted onyx inkwell, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1915. Measures 3 3/4 inches wide (at widest point) x 2 1/4 inches high x 4 inches deep. So...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
20th C. English Set of Guilloche Enamel Perfume Glass Bottles with Silver Base
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century english set of guilloche enamel perfume glass bottles with silver base
By: unknown
Material: cut glass, enamel, glass, metal, silve...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Modern Sterling Blue Enamel Frame for Portrait or Landscape Picture
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver picture frame. Rectangular window in flat surround; on front blue guilloche enamel in imbricated leaf pattern between silver borders. With glass, silk lining, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Ceramic Vase on Sterling Silver Base, 1960s
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Rimini blu' glazed ceramic vase on sterling silver pedestal. Designed by Aldo Londi for by Bitossi. Italy, 1960s.
This eye-catching vase is made of blue glazed ceramic with engraved patterns surrounding the central part. Its gorgeous shades of blue and the geometric design of the patterns make this vase a highly decorative piece from the Mid-Century Modern period.
Rare find due to the sterling silver base.
Measures: 20,5 cm height x 16 cm diameter // 8,07 in height x 6,29 in diameter
About Bitossi (Manufacturer)
Like a Fellini movie, the ceramics of this famed Italian company embody a creative spectrum that ranges from the playful and earthy to the high-minded and provocative. Based in Florence, Bitossi Ceramiche draws on craft traditions that date back to the 1500s. These find expression in the artisanal vases and animal figures by the firm’s longtime art director Aldo Londi, as well as the colorful...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Fired Enamel with Two-Tone Stripes on Guillochè and Hand Engravings
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular frame with oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel with two-tone stripes on guillochè and hand engravings. External dimensions cm...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mario Buccellati pair of Italian Silver Penguin-Form Magnum Wine Coolers
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of realistically modeled as a male and female penguins, the hinged heads opening to reveal a bottle compartment Mario Buccellati was one of the most remarkable Italian jeweler...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
English 20th Century Sterling Silver and Tortoise Shell Inkwell
Located in Stamford, CT
Stunning sterling silver inkwell with an inlaid tortoise shell lid. Circa 1912. Part of a collection from a private collector who traveled the world insearch of inkwells and unique ...
Category
20th Century English Regency Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box Round Guilloche Enamel Box Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to create a starry sky effect. With turquoise enamel circle with hand-engraved motif. Late 1600s Baroque style. Diameter cm. 7.7 cm high. 2.3. Weight gr. 226. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in several specimens in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 800° C -
The Paillons processing, now almost disappeared, and a rare technique recognized as a craft. Several layers of enamel are applied to the object, baked one by one in the oven.
Afterwards, the designs cut out of thin gold leaves, the paillons foils, are applied one by one by hand to form the desired figure. These sheets are then in turn coated...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Extremely Rare Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Samovar 32
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A rare signed and electrified Georg Jensen Danish sterling silver coffee urn with ebony handles, design #32 by Georg Jensen from circa 1913....
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Crest Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Vase
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze large floral vase
By Silver Crest (the mark of Smith Metal Arts Co.), an offshoot of Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Mid-Century Sterling Silver & Polished Brass Tray of Apollo signed Lalaounis
By Lalaounis
Located in New York, NY
This Mid-Century Modernist sterling silver and polished brass tray, created by Lalaounis in Greece circa 1950, is a stunning piece that beautifully exemplifies the artistry and innov...
Category
1950s Greek Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
Antique Sliver Ring Holder Swann Birds Decorative Jewellery Organiser Home Décor
Located in Wembley, GB
Add a touch of vintage charm to your dinner table with this beautiful swan napkin holder. Crafted from high-quality metal with silver, it is the perfect addition to any home decor. T...
Category
1960s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
Georg Jensen Danish Sterling Silver Bon Bon Dish
By Georg Jensen
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Danish sterling silver bon bon dish made by Georg Jensen in the Arts & Crafts style; an additi...
Category
1920s Danish Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Photograph Frame Large Imperial Style White Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver shaped photograph frame with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and rich friezes in Louis XVI French Empire style. External measurements...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Peruvian Repousse Picture Frame Ca. 1920s
Located in Peabody, MA
An early 20th century art nouveau sterling silver repousse picture frame, marked Industria Peruana Plata, Sterling.
Frame measures 12.5" wide x 15.25" high overall. The opening on t...
Category
1920s Peruvian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Ensemble of Sterling Silver Bowls #268
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A rare collection of three exquisite Georg Jensen sterling silver bowls design #268a, by Johan Rohde. A stunning and very rare design with its innovative art nouveau design, these Ja...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Solid 925 Silver & Lapis Lazuli Parrot Bowl, att. Los Castillo, Taxco, Mexico
By Los Castillo
Located in London, GB
A beautiful handmade solid silver 925 bowl with a lapis lazuli handle in the shape of a parrot, attributed to Los Castillo and made in Taxco, Mexico in the 20th century.
Most items...
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
Heinz Bronze & Silver Vase
Located in Malibu, CA
A beautiful Early 20thC Arts & Crafts tall sterling silver on bronze baluster vase with flowering branch overlay decoration by Otto Heintz, Buffalo, N.Y.
The back of the vase has be...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Sterling Silver
Tapio Wirkkala / VASE TW228 / Hopeakeskus / 1964
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
Tapio Wirkkala is one of the pioneers of modern design in Finnish precious metals as well as glass design.
Together with Bertel gardberg, he laid the foundations of modern design in...
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of Candle Holder Silver Antique Rococo Style Candlesticks, Decorative 1930s
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique silver, a pair of Rococo-style silver candlesticks, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. Tested with the scratch test, height approx. 23 cm, diameter ...
Category
1930s Swedish Rococo Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
Pair of Tiffany American Modern Classical Sterling Silver Covered Urns
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Modern Classical sterling silver covered urns. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1914. Curved and tapering bowl with reeded mouth rim and short stepped foot. Cover domed;...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Sterling Silver Three Light Candelabra
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver three light candelabra; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
These fine vintage Elizabeth II sterling silver candelabra have a panelled hexagonal form, in the classic early 18th English style.
Each impressive candelabrum retains the original hallmarked detachable push fit scrolling arms, which support circular baluster shaped capitals surmounting plain hallmarked dished drip pans.
Each candelabrum is fitted with three labra conjoined to with a central baluster shaped finial.
These versatile vintage candelabra can be used with three lights or as candlesticks once the arms (labra) are detached.
The panelled waisted column of each candlestick is embellished with a rounded knop to the lower portion.
The hexagonal swept foot incorporates a subtle plain circular sunken well.
Each candelabrum does not have a weighted base.
These exceptional candelabra were crafted by the renowned London silversmith Richard Comyns of William Comyns & Sons Ltd.
Condition
These vintage sterling silver candlesticks are an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
The components have been professionally polished and are in presentation condition.
Full hallmarks struck to the surface of each base and part hallmarks to the sleeve of each labra are all very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply due to the exceptional gauge of silver.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this pair of vintage 3 candle candelabra...
Category
1950s English Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These sterling candlesticks by Reed and Barton are beautiful. They have a delicately etched design both on the upper body and on the base. The base is oval shaped with a scalloped ed...
Category
1940s American Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings at around 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...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Period Sterling Silver Heart-Form Trinkets Box Having a Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver, heart-form trinkets box having a hinged lid and gilded interior, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1895, James Aitchison - maker (by Appoint...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Ceased Table Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Oblong sterling silver hinged table box.
The body of the box is smooth. The lid is smooth with embossed bellflowers
The lid is embossed and chiseled with bellflowers-shaped motifs
Th...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist Abstract Bird Sculpture Sterling Silver and Stone
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Bird Sculpture Sterling Silver and Stone
signed
2.75 h x 1.75 w x 3.75 d
Preowned original vintage condition
See all images fo...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
Very large and impressive pair of Victorian silver candelabra - 1889 by Garrard
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1889 and 1893 by R & S Garrard & Co., this handsome, and large pair of Antique Sterling Silver Candelabra, are cast, will hold 5 candles each and are in the G...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Beautiful Pair of Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Angel Motif Column Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Rare pair of beautiful, Art Nouveu, sterling silver, Joshua Reynold's winged angels'/cherubs' motif, column-form candlesticks (made in the Edwardian Period), Birmingham, England, yea...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Danish Silver Chamber Candlestick
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Danish silver chamber candlestick; part of our silver candlestick / candelabra collection.
This fine antique Danis...
Category
1880s Danish Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Silver box with red stone cabochon by GAB, Sweden, 1930
Located in Paris, FR
A silver box with with red stone on the lid , cedar wood interior, height approx. 4 cm, length approx. 12.5x8.5cm. Marked "GAB" with several stamps for silver. made in Sweden circa...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
French Art Deco Sterling Silver, Enamel Glass-Mounted Burled Walnut Table Box
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous, rare, Art Deco, sterling silver, rust colored enamel and beveled glass-mounted burled walnut table box with hinged lid, Paris, circa 1910...
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1910s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period sterling silver on bronze desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 3...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Sterling Silver
21st Century Italian Sterling Silver Fountain Pen
Located in VALENZA, IT
Fountain pen made of solid silver, completely handcrafted and engraved with baroque volutes.
The care with which this fountain pen was made denotes the experience and artistic hand ...
Category
2010s Italian Other Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Gorham Sterling Silver and Cut-Glass Handled Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, antique Gorham sterling silver and cut-glass handled basket. The glass insert has etched engraving and the basket has embossed and pierced decoration. An excellent example of...
Category
1910s American Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Inkstand 272
Located in Hellerup, DK
A rare early and large Georg Jensen sterling silver Inkstand, design #272 by Johan Rohde in 1918.
This exceptional piece features a rectangular raised base with a hand-chased scroll edge border of Nordic design. The set includes a pair of matching ink wells along with a third column well, designed to hold desk utensils. All three wells are fitted with hinged lids for both elegance and practicality.
The inkstand also includes two opposing small square trays with removable lids, each adorned with a single floral bud motif. Completing the set is the original Georg Jensen sterling silver ink well pen...
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1910s Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Clock Cream Enamel on Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small table clock in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, with columns in neo-classical Hellenic style. Swiss mechanical movement from Mai...
Category
1970s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Small Egg style Faberge Enamel hand painted wreaths Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché and an hand-painted miniature of garlands in Russian Art Nouveau style, inspired by the e...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 800/1000 silver gold plated with translucent enamel on guilloché and beautiful enamel miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli in early 1900s Engl...
Category
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Black Amethyst Silveroverlay Vase Antelope Landscape by Rockewell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco Black Amethyst Silver Overlay Vase Antelope Landscape by Rockewell Silver Company, Established in Meriden, CT, 1905
A captivating Art Deco black amethyst glass vase...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mario Buccellati's 925 Sterling Silver Figurine of a Squirrel
Located in Braintree, GB
Mario Buccellati's 925 sterling silver figurine of a squirrel
Made in Italy, circa 1950s
Fully hallmarked.
Mario Buccellati's sterling silver sculpture of a squirrel holding a ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
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