Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
to
286
2,471
129
29
100
472
1,899
158
730
471
477
200
169
131
107
50
64
142
219
116
87
301
277
208
160
138
125
75
60
49
45
27
19
12
11
8
2
1
10,969
55,224
42,710
25,609
20,328
1,549
997
2,007
1,011
796
612
392
Height
to
Width
to
2,629
2,625
2,625
341
169
125
85
59
Material: Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau French Tetard Sterling Wash Basin / Jug
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 20th century Art Nouveau French tetard sterling wash basin and jug . The silver pedestal jug is decorated with exterior foliate swags and scrolls design details with multi tiered ruffed edge decoration . The handle is also designed with foliate decoration including pussy willows and terminates in a forward facing dolphins head surrounded by leaves . The matching pedestal wash basin base...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$15,985 / set
Snuffbox Fired Enamel Miniature on Lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature on the lid. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Measurements cm. 5....
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Crystal Italian Pampaloni Decanter with Sterling Silver Shot Glass Stopper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very hard to find -- Crystal Italian Pampaloni decanter with sterling silver stopper
The one shown has a unique Sterling Silver stopper of a jigger, ...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver & Glass Claret Jug Topazio Portugal
Located in Marbella, ES
This is a fine early 20th century silver mounted Claret jug / pitcher. Made in Portugal hand crafted using 925 sterling silver by Topazio. The silver mount is decorated with a Cherub mask...
Category
Early 20th Century Portuguese Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,251 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Cut Crystal and Sterling Silver Box, Birmingham, 1931
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent large box made from a hefty piece of English crystal with a variety of intricate cutting creating an impressive and truly glamorous piece.
The hinged rims are made f...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$990 Sale Price
20% Off
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted Louis XVI style miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24carats.
Pill Box Silver is Round with translucent fired enamels on guilloché.
Pill Box Silver has a hand-painted miniatur...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
AUSTRIAN 1915 Art Deco Enameled Guilloche Vinaigrette Box In .935 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
A Viennese Austrian art deco enameled Vinaigrette box.
This is a beautiful box created in Vienna Austria during the early art deco period, back the 1915 and 1918. This Viennese box ...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel, Sterling Silver
$3,115 Sale Price
30% Off
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Humidor or Cigarette Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period desk box, humidor, or cigarette box with verdigris green patina
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Sterling silver on bronze, with ce...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Scottish Silver Mounted Tiger Cowary Shell Snuff Box, 1817
Located in valatie, NY
Scottish silver mounted tiger cowary shell snuff box, 1817. The hinged lid is inscribed with "W. Legget Stock Bridge 1817," surrounded a laurel wreath,...
Category
Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 1829 Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By Thomas Freeman
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George IV English sterling silver vinaigrette; an addition to our silver boxes collection.
This impressive antique G...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Pill Box with Miniature, 19th Century Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature enamelled by the painter Romano Buccioni, in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century. Dimen...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Auguste Leroy & Cie (1912-1935) and Baccarat Silver and Enamel Box circa 1920
Located in CA, CA
Auguste Leroy Paris & Cie (1912-1935) Art Deco Baccarat box, sterling silver with black enamel lid and jadeite Chinoiseries chimera shaped handle. Hallmarked
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Sterling Silver Bowl Small Fruit Basket Relief Pictori Decorative Object
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique silver bowl small fruit basket with relief, openwork decorative object hallmarked sterling silver oval bon bon dish bowl intricate cut out ...
Category
1930s Swedish Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$497 Sale Price
25% Off
Tiffany & Co. by Concord Sterling Silver Art Deco Hand Hammered 8 Day Clock 1930
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Concord for Tiffany & Co.
STYLE / REFERENCE: Hand Hammered / Art Deco 8 Day Travel Clock
METAL / MATERIAL: Sterling Silver
CIRCA ...
Category
1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Tiffany Sterling Silver Candle Holders Designed by Louis C Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Tiffany & Co. sterling silver candle holders, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, with curvilinear wave-style motifs. They measure 3 1/3'' in height by 3 3/4'' in diameter at ...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Small shaped Picture Frame tiles of the Baptistery of Florence Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. Shaping taken from the tiles of the North Door of the Baptistery of the Florence Cathedral ...
Category
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Antique Vintage English Walking Stick Cane Wooden Gold Plated Cow Horn Handle
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Stylish Fine Quality Polished Ebony 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 silver collar with a vacant cartouche and a wonderful wide mount with matching chased decoration. 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. Nice straight stick in wonderful condition.
Length: 35.5" (89cm) Width of handle: 4.25" (11cms).
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 Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
TANE Mexico Signed Amazing Sterling mixed metal bird sculpture Taxco
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
TANE signed sterling silver mixed metal sculpture of a bird. . Beautiful golf leaf decoration, with amazing and intricate detail. Do not miss this amazing sculpture. Very few come up...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Cut Crystal Sterling Silver Oil Vinegar Cruet Set 1825 George Piercy
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Pair of English Hand Cut Crystal and Sterling Silver Oil and Vinegar Cruet Set of outstanding quality, early Nineteenth Century.
Each cut full lead crystal bottle of tradit...
Category
Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Silver-Plated Candlestick with Ornate Detailing, Victorian / Edwardian
Located in Wembley, GB
A pair of refined antique silver-plated candlestick, designed with elegant proportions and ornamental detailing typical of late 19th to early 20th-century tableware. The piece featur...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver
$477 Sale Price / item
53% Off
Fine Cloisonné Enamel Silver Pill Box
Located in Worcester, GB
Fine Cloisonné Enamel Silver Pill Box
A finely crafted kidney-shaped sterling silver pill box, delicately enamelled throughout in vibrant shades of cobalt blue, turquoise, burgundy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Humidor or Cigarette Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period humidor or cigarette box
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Sterling silver on patinated bronze, with cedar lined interior.
Measures...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Pair of Modern square Candlesticks
By Pampaloni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of candlesticks in sterling silver completely handmade in a modern style. The base is square with steps while the stem, also square, is completely smooth with the upper part tha...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Georg Jensen Sterling Silver 2-Light Candelabra #324 Pomegranate
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Georg Jensen sterling silver 2-light candelabra, in Pomegranate pattern number 324, beautifully hand-hammered and adorned with stylized geometric motifs. They measure 9'' in ...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique English Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
By William Aitken
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by William Aitken in Birmingham in 1905. Rectangular window in shaped scrolled surround mounted to stained wood with hinged ...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorham Art Deco Sterling Silver 14-Inch Amphora Vase, 1913
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver vase. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1913. Tapering cylinder on raised and spread foot; tapering mouth-to-base scroll-bracket handles. A striking example of p...
Category
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorham Modernist East Wind Sterling Silver Sphere Shaped Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Modernist flower vase.
In sterling silver.
By the Gorham Manufacturing Company.
From the East Wind series.
With a globular or spherical body with a fluted opening and tape...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 10.4 x 13.4 x 3.2. Weight gr. 530. Designed by Giorgio Sali...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
George III period sterling silver cake basket made in London in 1767
By Robert Albin Cox
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1767 by Robert Albin Cox, this striking, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Basket, features pierced and punched bead decoration to the sides, shaped gadroon...
Category
1760s English Rococo Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Danish Sterling Silver Two Light Candelabra by Georg Jensen
By Georg Jensen
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare pair of antique Danish sterling silver two light Pomegranate pattern candelabra made by Georg Jensen; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
These magnificent and rare antique Danish cast sterling silver candelabra have a circular bulbous form, in the Pomegranate pattern.
The surface of each exceptional example of antique silverware has a subtly planished finish.
Each impressive two light candelabrum retains the original hallmarked scrolling arms, supporting two rounded organic-shaped baluster capitals with plain circular dished drip pans.
The scrolling arms of each candelabra incorporate magnificent scrolling leaf and bead decoration, all in the Arts and Crafts style.
The plain bulbous columns surmount a plain circular foot, accented with a petal decorated border to the junction.
The bases of these magnificent cast candelabra are not weighted.
The hallmarks struck to the underside and one of arm of each include:
Maker's mark: Georg Jensen (these marks were used between 1925-1932)
Designer's mark: GI (Georg Jensen)
Silver quality/purity mark: Sterling, 925, S (925/1000)
Country mark: Denmark
Importer's mark: GS (Stockwell & Co (George Stockwell))
Import hallmark: London
Import date mark: q (1931)
Such examples struck with full London import hallmarks are rare to the market.
Condition
These antique Georg Jensen silver candelabra...
Category
1930s Danish Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Inkwell
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period sterling silver on bronze inkwell
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 5.38"W x 5.38"D x 2.5"H
Good orig...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Sterling Silver
table box enamel sterling silver peacocks with “ramage” Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with very fine hand-engraving, also on the sides, of peacocks with “ramage” similar to tiger tails,...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Big Oval Jewel Box Baroque Style, with Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Jewel box Baroque style, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated.
Jewel Box has fine hand engravings around fired enameled spaces with lapis lazuli type painting.
Jewel Box Baroqu...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Baroque Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Pr Mid-Century Modernist Sterling Silver Candleholders by Carlo Camusso Ca. 1955
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered is a unique pair of sterling silver serpentine Mid-Century Modernist candleholders. They are of fine quality holloware tubular design, weighing 173 grams each (6 oz.) for a t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Japonesque Sterling Silver Vase with Early Union Square Mark
Located in New York, NY
Japonesque sterling silver vase. Made by Tiffany & Co. in Union Square, New York. Lozenge pillar bowl on 4 scroll-mounted rectilinear volute-scroll supports. Engraved ornament: Flowe...
Category
1870s American Japonisme Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
1920s Art Déco Swiss Sterling Silver and Enamel Movado Ermeto Watch/Chronometer
By Movado
Located in North Miami, FL
1920s Art Déco Swiss sterling silver and enamel Movado Ermeto expandible watch/chronometer
By: Movado
Material: silver, sterling silver, enamel, metal, glass, crystal
Technique: cast, molded, metalwork, polished, silvered, enameled
Dimensions: 0.5 in x 2 in x 1.5 in
Date: early 20th century, circa 1920
Style: Art Déco
Place of origin: Switzerland
A 1920s Movado Ermeto pocket chronometer, crafted in sterling silver with black and crimson red enamel. This Art Déco piece features a retractable case that expands to reveal the time, complemented by Arabic numerals and a winding crown at the top. The case is adorned with geometric enamel patterns in vibrant hues, contrasted by polished silver borders that emphasize its sleek, modernist form.
Notably, the interior bears the maker’s marks, including "Movado" and "Carlos U. Perret," a prominent Argentine importer, alongside the purity hallmark "0.935" indicating the high-grade silver. In 1926 Movado Ermeto watches...
Category
1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Victorian 'Monteith' Sterling Silver Bowl Hallmarked in 1890 with Removable Rim
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1890 by Aldwinckle & Slater, this striking, Victorian, antique sterling silver bowl, is in the 'Monteith' style, with a removable scalloped rim, lion mask dro...
Category
1890s English Queen Anne Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage English Sterling Silver Jewelry / Ring Box in the Form of a Dresser
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderfully handsome and unusual jewellery box in the form of a bow fronted dresser on legs or a dressing table with two solid silver knobs to the fr...
Category
1920s English Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Round Sterling Silver & Guilloche Enamel Picture Frame USA 1920
Located in London, GB
An impressive Large Art Deco Round Sterling Silver & Guilloche Enamel Photograph Picture Frame Date Circa 1920. Origin USA.
This wonderful Muted Rose Pink enamel frame is very good...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Italian Sterling Silver Madonna, circa 1830
Located in Milano, IT
Embossed and engraved silver plaque
La Madonna del lago (The Madonna of the Lake)
Probably Milan, post 1824
Brass frame
It measures 16.14 in x 13.85 in (41 x 35.2 cm) and it weighs 10.357 pounds (4.698 g): silver 1.31 pounds (598 g) + brass 9.03 pounds (4.100 g)
State of conservation: some abrasions on the bottom. The frame is old, but not original.
The plaque is made up of a sheet of embossed and engraved silver, and held in a solid brass frame. It depicts the “Madonna del lago” – “Madonna of the Lake” - (the Madonna with Child and San Giovannino) by Marco d'Oggiono (Oggiono, 1474 circa - Milan, 1524 circa), while changing only the background landscape. Almost certainly the subject reproduced in the plaque was taken from a famous engraving by Giuseppe Longhi (Monza, 1766 - Milan, 1831), one of the greatest engravers of his era.
The silver is unmarked, probably because originally the Madonna was due to be exposed in a church: sometimes precious metals destined for worship and liturgical use would be exempted from payment and were, therefore, not marked.
It is very likely that the plaque was made in Milan because in this city in 1824 the engraving by Giuseppe Longhi was made and printed. In addition, in Milan, the alleged lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci in his Milanese period (1482-1500) would be produced; this is the painting from which Marco d'Oggiono took his version.
The painting
Marco d?Oggiono was one of Leonardo da Vinci's most brilliant students and collaborators (D. Sedini, Marco d’Oggiono, tradizione e rinnovamento in Lombardia tra Quattrocento e Cinquecento, Roma 1989, pp. 151-153, n. 56; p. 225, n. 124, with previous bibliography). His style reflects in every way that of the Tuscan Maestro, so much so that he was the one who executed some copies of da Vinci's paintings. The execution of the “Madonna del Lago” probably draws inspiration from a lost painting by the Maestro, created while he was living in Milan (1482-1500). There are many similarities with other works by Leonardo such as the “Vergine delle rocce” or the “Vergine con il Bambino e San Giovannino, Sant’Anna e l’Agnello”.
The painting, from which the drawing and then the famous engraving were taken, is found today at the M&G Museum of Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, where it came to rest after the sale of the Harrington Collection in London in 1917.
The work appears in the inventories of the collection of Napoleon and Joséphine Bonaparte at the castle of Malmaison, before 1809.
The Malmaison building was born and developed in the 17th and 18th centuries. In the 18th century it belonged to Jacques-Jean Le Coulteux du Molay, a wealthy banker. Later, during the Directory, Joséphine Bonaparte de Beauharnais bought it on April 21st, 1799, but settled at the castle definitively only after her husband separated from her in 1809. She remained there until 1814, the year of her death. When Joséphine died, the estate passed to her son Eugène de Beauharnais, who moved to Munich with his whole family in 1815, bringing with him the collection of paintings he inherited from his mother. Eugène died in 1824 and his wife Augusta of Bavaria (von Bayern), unable to keep it, in 1828 sold the Malmaison to the Swedish banker Jonas-Philip Hagerman.
It is likely that in this period Augusta also sold part of the paintings inherited from her husband, including the “Madonna del Lago”. This painting then came into the possession of Leicester Stanhope, fifth Earl of Harrington (1784 - 1862) and then was passed down to his descendants.
In 1917, at the death of Charles, eighth Earl of Harrington, his brother Dudley inherited the title and properties and he put up a part of his collections for sale. Among these, precisely, the painting by Marco d'Oggiono was to be found.
On the occasion of that auction the painting was presented as a work by Cesare da Sesto, by virtue of a handwritten note by the Countess of Harrington on the back of the table. However, already in 1857, the German critic Gustav Waagen had identified Marco d'Oggiono as the author of the painting, then exhibited in the dining room of Harrington House in London (Treasures of Art in Great Britain, in 4 volumes, London, 1854 and 1857).
The engraving
Giuseppe Longhi was one of the most renowned engravers in Italy between the end of the 18th century and the first quarter of the 19th century.
In 1824 Giuseppe Longhi, based on a design by Paolo Caronni, made a famous engraving of the painting of Marco d?Oggiono. The activity of Longhi was then at the peak of his notoriety, enough to earn him very substantial commissions; it is not risky to suppose that some of his successful engravings were also reproduced using other means: in our case in silver. (A. Crespi, a cura di, Giuseppe Longhi 1766–1831 e Raffaello Morghen...
Category
1820s Italian Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
Antique Italian 800 Hand Chased Silver & Ruby Inset Minaudière Vanity Case
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, 20th century.
A beautiful Italian 800 silver miniadiere or makeup compact case. The case has rubies inset to the top which accents the hand chased floral decoration. The si...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Sterling 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 Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Sterling Silver Bowls / Centrepieces
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large pair of antique George V English sterling silver bowls / centrepieces in the Art Nouveau style, an addition to our presentation silverware collection.
These magnificent and large antique George V English sterling silver bowls/centrepieces have a compressed circular form onto a knopped pedestal and domed circular foot.
The plain body of each piece is encircled with an impressive band of applied and chased olive leaf festoon decoration consisting of overlapping leaf designs with a bead motif to subdivision.
Both sides of each piece is further ornamented with exceptional and large applied vacant cartouche bordered with a ribbon tied oak and olive branch, in addition to a scrolling and leaf motif to the upper portion.
The upper portions of these concaved cartouches are subtly elevated and joined to the moulded decoration to the shaped rim.
These antique silver bowls are fitted with impressive and large Art Nouveau style scrolling handles with plain plateaued upper portions and subtle thumbpieces.
The knop to the pedestal is encircled with an impressive chased band of oak leaf and acorn decoration accented with a tied ribbon design.
These fine examples of Art Nouveau silverware...
Category
1910s English Other Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$110,575 / set
Snuffbox guilloche pattern and a hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on a guilloche pattern and a hand-painted floral miniature, with fine hand-engravings on the si...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique George III Sterling Biscuit Box (1814)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III sterling silver biscuit box; an addition to the Georgian silverware collection.
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique ...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$5,463 / set
Hermes Desktop Magnifier Paperweight in Silver, 1960s
By Hermès
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Hermes Paris magnifying glass desk accessory with domed lens ensconced in a silver frame with a belt design. We've left the oxidation and patina untouched and simply added a ...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Italian Silver Candlestick with Ostrich Egg, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Italian candlestick in silver 925 with ostrich egg. This incredibly stylish piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s, clearly in the style of Gabriella Crespi.
In fabu...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Silver, Sterling Silver
Snuff Box fine hand engraving, fire enamelled, in “Rococo” style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving, fire enamelled, in “Rococo” style from the early 19th century. Measurements cm. 4.5 x 7.7 x 2. ...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Triptych niche with a sculpture of Virgin Mary with Child Jesus
Located in Madrid, España
Triptych niche with a sculpture of the crowned Virgin Mary with the enthroned Child Jesus located in the center, flanked by scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary on the doors. Gilt...
Category
1920s Spanish Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Nielsen Sterling Amethist Brutalist Mid Century Ring
Located in Miami, FL
A large sterling silver ring.
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
Spherical frame for 2 portrait translucent fire enamel on guilloché Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Spherical frame for 2 hinged photographs in 925/1000 sterling silver goldplated with translucent fire enamel on guilloché. Modern contemporary style. Sphere diameter cm. 7.5. Weight ...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Georg Jensen Large Monumental Silver Punch Bowl 268A
Located in Hellerup, DK
A rare find for collectors and enthusiasts, An extra-large exquisite Georg Jensen sterling silver centerpiece punch/ice ice bowl or wine cooler, design #268a, by Johan Rohde. This i...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pillbox shaped fire enamel hand painted floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché and hand-painted floral miniature, with fine hand engravings. Viennese Art Nouveau...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Novelty Antique English Sterling Silver Jewelry Box, 1921
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderfully handsome and unusual jewelry box in the form of a bow fronted drawers on legs or a dressing table with two solid silver knobs to the fron...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
EDWARDIAN 1900 Pforzheim Guilloché Enamel Pendant Mirror-Box In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
German pendant mirror box in Guilloché enamel.
This is a beautiful guilloche open-box pendant created in Pforzheim Germany during the belle Epoque-Edwardian period, back in the begi...
Category
Early 1900s German Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Silver
$1,118 Sale Price
30% Off
Victorian Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by William Hutton, London 1899
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by William Hutton & Sons Ltd., this ornate Victorian sterling silver biscuit box is set on an integrated footed tray raised on cast scroll feet, and ...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette Case, 8 Section Sterling Silver Natural
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette Case, octagonal section, in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette Case has a spring-loaded button and opening
Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette C...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
TIFFANY & CO. 1905 Charles T. Cook Desk Magnifier Glass In .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A desk magnifier glass designed by Tiffany & Co.
This is a desk magnifier glass created in 1905 at the Tiffany & Co. in New York City. This beautiful piece was carefully crafted during the Edwardian period in solid sterling silver .925/.999 and fitted with a round loupe glass, which is framed into the sterling. The magnifier is very useful and was made under the Tiffany's directory period of Charles T. Cook (1902-1907). As with all Tiffany pieces, the quality and design are beyond compared. Exceptional and rare example of Tiffany's finest work. This a perfect gift and display beautiful in a desk.
Country: New York City, United States.
Period: Edwardian, 1905
Designer: Period C, for 1902-1907 Charles T. Cook.
Weight: 266.5 Grams, (170.85 Dwt).
Measurements: 210 mm by 106 mm by 16 mm (8.25 x 4.16 x 0.63 inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the "C" for the period of Charles T. Cook and signed in full as follows. "TIFFANY & CO. MAKERS STERLING SILVER C.".
Tiffany Hallmarking
Tiffany silver holloware and flatware is generally marked Tiffany & Co and generally includes date letters indicating the period it was made. Flatware also usually includes a pattern number. The first date letter "M (old English) used by Tiffany’s represented Edward C. Moore, who was the head of tiffany's silver operations until 1891. after his death, the date letters were based on the initial of the current tiffany president; 1891-1902 Charles L. Tiffany (T), 1902-1907 Charles T. Cook (C), 1907-1947 John C. Moore (M), 1947-1955 Louis De Bian Moore (B), 1955-ca.1965 William T. Lusk (L).
The Tiffany dynasty
Was founded in 1837 at 259 Broadway in New York City by Charles Louis Tiffany and partner John B. Young. It began not as a jewelry & silver emporium...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
$1,225 Sale Price
30% Off
20th Century Italian Pure 990 Silver Grape Bunch
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italy, a country that produces great wines and an ancient agricultural tradition, could not fail to dedicate its art also to create prestigious objects concerning this excellence for...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,915 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Buccellati Sterling Silver Holly Branch
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Buccellati Sterling Silver holly branch centrepiece, naturalistically modelled as a cluster of overlapping holly leaves with finely chased veins and serrated edges, the centre accent...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Read More
How a Craving for Color Revolutionized Glass
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
Kazuyo Sejima’s Flowering Tree Blooms Year-Round
The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
He Wrote ‘Oedipus Rex,’ but Do You Know What He Looked Like?
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Cigar Culture Was Once the Peak of Masculinity. Now, It’s a Compelling Curiosity
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
African Travel Plans on Hold? This Ardmore Leopard Vase Brings the Beauty of the Savanna to You
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Zoë Powell’s Magnolia 05 Vessel Is Handmade from Clay She Unearthed Herself
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life into a Space with Plants
The pair behind the Instagram account @houseplantclub share their tips for making any room of the house gloriously green.
More Ways To Browse
Italian Whippets
Japanese Imari Jars
Jere Owl
Large Bronze Elephant
Large Bronze Horse Sculpture
Large Wood Elephant
Leather Alarm Clock
Liberty Leather Animals
Marie Antoinette Portrait
Meiji Fukagawa
Mexican Cat
Moose Sculpture
Mounted Animal Head
Murano Angel
Murano Glass Dog Sculpture
Murano Glass Jellyfish
Murano Rooster
Occupied Japan