Engraved Decorative Objects

Octagonal table cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with external edges and fired enamels inserted in fine designs in the Baroq...

Rectangular table box with concave corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloché, also on the sides and fine hand engravings in baroque style. With l...

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...

An Antique German Engraved Pewter Jar, 18th Century Description: The jug features a lidded design, and the lid is adorned with a figural element of a lamb, adding to its decorative ...

A small hand-engraved container for tea, tobacco, betel nut, pills etc. Intricate details depicting a hunting-scene all around its outside. The lid features a soldier on an head-dres...

Small round frame with flat edge in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External diameter cm. 7.2, internal c...

American Brilliant Period Cut Glass and Gorham Sterling Silver Yacht Humidor, Dated July 4th, 1906 – “Issaquena” A rare and evocative example of American decorative arts, this super...

Handmade 800 silver jug. Embossed and chiseled with straw design. The handle and the median frame is a braided cord made from 2 solid silver wires. The base of the jug is chiseled wi...

A British interwar Egyptian Revival brass, copper and metal charger, engraved and inlaid with stylized hieroglyphic motifs within a continuous banded border. The central field featur...

1905, England, Unusual and striking Edwardian letter box with leather sides. The curved top and base are mounted with scrolling sterling silver. T...

This sterling silver figural bird or chicken was done by renowned South American silversmith Joaquin Taller in the period and style of Mid-Century Mode...

Rectangular photo frame in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver, with translucent fired enamel stripes on guilloche, two-tone ruby red and emerald green, in a modern contemporary sty...

Snuff Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling. Snuff Box Silver has black fired enamels on guilloché. Snuff Box Silver has a lid with geometric design ...

Oval photo frame inserted into a harp-shaped object, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché inspired by a model created by Peter Carl Fab...

Rectangular table frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and with various ornamen...

Sterling silver Jewel box with Rectangular rounded corners gold plated with translucent fire enamel stripes on guilloche and hand engraved with late Russian Empire style ornament app...

Impressive huge Turkish teapot handcrafted in brass featuring a fluted lid structure with finial on a bulbous container engraved with symbols and wearing a stone beaded necklace with...

Pair of Candlesticks light Green Enamel and hand painted ivy on Sterling Silver Salimbeni Pair of gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver candlesticks with translucent fired enamels on ...

Charming engraving of a young woman signed Henry Ryland. It represents a young woman in profile, with her hair tied up and dressed in the antique style. This young woman looks dreamy...

Completely handmade sterling silver candy box. The box is round and pot-bellied. Embossments and chisels of flowers were made all over the body. The box is divided into three sect...

English Victorian-style sterling silver simple oval easel picture frame with open design on feet and 2 engraved initials in circles on top with green velvet backing.

German mahogany and ormolu bracket clock with gilt bronze pineapple finials, flanking figural floral corner mounts, arched floral side screens, hinged astragal shaped glass door with...

Rectangular for oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External cm. 6 x 9, internal oval cm....

Stunning, French Art Nouveau / Art Deco hand carved or engraved orange and amber/brown layered glass beaker, glass, cup or petite vase in the style of Galle art glass. Beautifully en...

A fine example of an English tall clock with japanned case by clockmaker Phillip Avenell of Farnum (d. 1783). Avenell was part of the renowned and p...

Transport yourself to the elegance of the 19th Century with this exquisite English Sterling Silver Covered Top and brilliant Cut Glass Perfume Bottle. The perfume bottle showcases...

Square snuff box with two slightly domed sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower bouquet, late 1...

Pair of egyptian revival desktop brass obelisks circa 1920. Here we have a pair of art deco period decorative items.  Polished brass obelisks decorated each side with egyptian hiero...

Nice and large engraving by Etienne Charpentier (1705- 1764). It shows a view of the interior decoration of the gallery of the Hotel Villars. There are also some more technical elements in the lower part of the engraving. It is numbered 5.7. This interior is in a Louis XV rocailles system, recognisable by the multitude of curves and the numerous floral and shell motifs. It was inspired by the engraving made by David Blondel, the king's engraver. signed: Charpentier sculp Blondel inv Slight trace of wetness but good general condition Etienne Charpentier was a French engraver, publisher and print dealer...

Émile Gallé (1846–1904) Vase with Botanical Decoration and Metallic Inclusions Rare multi-layered glass vase displaying rich golden-yellow and olive-green tones, enhanced by remarkab...

Nils Landberg for Orrefors. “Expo” Vase, model 4475, 1949. Rare Art Deco vase with deep sandblasted and engraved decoration depicting a floating female figure surrounded by waves and aquatic foliage. A technically accomplished and visually striking example of mid-century Scandinavian glass artistry. Origin: Sweden. Material: Crystal glass, sandblasted and engraved. Dimensions: H. 30 cm, D. 22 cm. Period: 1949. Condition: Excellent condition with minor signs of wear. Engraved text from 1949. Orrefors’ engraved...

Handcarved clear crystal box with Crocodrile made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish. This box has got a oval shape. Each object is handcrafted and the ca...

Nice engraving illustrating the proverb "Spare The Rod And Spoil The Child » (Qui aime bien, châtie bien). The scene takes place in a 19th century bourgeois interior. On the mantelpi...

This stunning Picture Frame is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Picture Frame Louis XVI has a squared shape with green and sky blue color for the fire enameled surface on guilloche and h...

Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting a female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing, hand-...

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....

Rectangular table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamels fired on guilloche and hand-painted floral miniature; external blue staff. Art Nouveau sty...

Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence 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 high heat 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...

Jewelry box in 925 sterling silver. The body of the box is rectangular and shaped which makes its line light and harmonious. The hinged lid is hand-engraved with volutes and Florentine lilies...

One of a kind Memories box to save your most loved and precious life's photos. A precious gift, the casket is in silver 925 gold-plated with Lapislazzuli . Entirely engraved by ha...

Pair of American Edwardian Classical sterling silver candlesticks, ca 1910. Each: Bellied socket; tall elongated ovoid shaft on domed foot. Engraved pendant garlands; monogram. Marke...

Large baroque style sterling silver vase. The body of the vase has been masterfully embossed with shells, flowers and volutes, typical of the Baroque style. Still in the body of the ...

Square photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco-style geometric design. External dimensions cm. 14.5 x 14.5 internal cm. 9 x 9. Weight gr. 260. Designed b...

Beautiful pair of Persian engraved Ghalam-zani Islamic brass vases on Middle Eastern Syrian Moorish style wooden wall decorative brackets. The small Moorish brass vases are finely hand-chased with elaborate designs and presented on hand crafted wooden Arabian brackets inlaid with shell and Syrian fretwork decor. Engraving (Ghalam-zani) is a term, for artistic metalworking, it is one of the original Persian handicraft, the art of engraving and embossing, hammering, repousse and chasing elaborate designs, patterns and shapes on metals such as copper, silver, gold, and brass to form minute detailed reliefs or small engraved patterns. Art engraving has a long history in Iran and in the Middle East back to more than several thousand years ago. Wooden wall brackets...

Handmade George III style oblong box in sterling silver. On the body of the box typical lines with fluted. The lid has the same design but embossed. The han...

This engraving is part of a series of 12 plates called "La Noblesse" ("Nobility"). Numbered 5, it was published with the 11 others between 1620 and 1623. It depicts a lady wearing a ...

A fine and rare 19th century sterling silver snuff box made specifically for the Great Exhibition of 1851, held at the Crystal Palace in Londo...

A beautiful example of Postwar deco design and an early example of the developing Sklo style. This midcentury rectangular vase has been made in a light sh...

Sterling silver vase in Art Nouveau - Liberty style made entirely by hand. The preparation of the structure of the vase required several processing times. The vase was made in differ...

This rare and remarkable Art Deco vase -- created by one of the masters of engraved glass art in the 1930s -- depicts Bellerophon taming the wild, flying figure of Pegasus, having la...

Oval frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-color translucent strips fire-enameled on guillochè and hand-engraving and with French Empire Napoleon III style ornament...

A magnificent early example of Bezalel craftsmanship, this rectangular decorative box—crafted in Jerusalem in 1912—embodies the artistic ideals and national spirit of the Bezalel Sch...

Jewelry box completely handmade in gold-plated sterling silver and brown fire enamel in the shape of a trunk. The shape is rectangular with a convex hinged lid. The frame of the jewe...

19th Century Japanese sterling silver vase with finely carved and embossed chrysanthemum flowers and butterfly. It has its maker’s mark on the bottom.

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 ...

Nice pair of large engravings by Bernard Bailliu is a representation of the work done by Peter of Cortona on the ceiling of the Venus Room in the Pitti Palace...

This engraving represents the National Assembly in the night of August 4 and 5, 1789 realized by Isodore Stanislas Herman after the work of Charles Monnet...

The unbridled boldness of William IV-period silver design is on full display in this grand silver gilt inkstand by William Bateman II. Hailing from one of the most legendary silversm...

Italian jewelry box in solid 800 silver with hard stone made entirely by hand. The body of the jewelry box is round and flower-shaped. The hinged lid has been subjected to different ...

French Art Deco disc-shaped blue-tinted glass perfume bottle (DANS LA NUIT by WORTH) with brand name "Worth" engraved on bottom, and a round flat glass stopper engraved with perfume ...