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Sterling Silver For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: Late 20th Century
Penguin by Alcino Silversmith Handcrafted in Sterling Silver with Emu Egg
Located in Porto, 13
Penguin by Alcino Silversmith 1902 is a handcrafted piece in 925 sterling silver with ostrich egg application and black onix eyes.
This penguin is a contemporary sculpture made of chiseled silver plate applicated to the natural emu egg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
21th Century Italian Sterlig Silver Gallery Tray on Feet
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver octagonal rectangular shaped tray.
The edge is finely gallery worked.
An English border has been welded on the upper part to join the handwork and make the whole st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Buccellati Sterling Silver Village Scene Sleigh 2001 Christmas Ornament
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Charming sterling silver Christmas tree ornament/pendant with an image of reindeer sled flying through town. Great for home decor and/or holid...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pocket Cigarette Case Geometric Design Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped rectangular pocket cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guillochè with Art Deco style geometric de...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Heart-Shaped Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped rounded frame with oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè. With hinged silver-gilt foot engraved in Empire style. ...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Hammered Menorah
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand hammered and very modern in shape and design. Each arm is straight and looks like a pipe. It has an industrial, modern look that way ahead of its time. Young and cutting-edge bl...
Category
2010s Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Damian Garrido 2002 Spain Modernist Geometric Figure Vase .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Eometric modernist vase designed by Damian Garrido.
A beautiful sculptural piece, created in Madrid Spain in the silversmith workshop of Damián Garrido, back in 2002. This archite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver 4 Lights Candelabra
Located in VALENZA, IT
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver 4 Lights Candelabra
4 flame sterling silver candelabra.
The base was made with the ella fusion technique and modeled with acanthus leaves. Subs...
Category
2010s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Clover Blossom by Joseph Mayer Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 32 Pc Dinner
By Mayer & Lavenson Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Rare dinner size Clover Blossom by Joseph Mayer, circa 1906, sterling silver Flatware set - 48 pieces. We love the detailing that is on the BACK and the fro...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Liberty Art Nouveau Lost Wax Casting Frame
By Brumal
Located in VALENZA, IT
Silver frame made with the lost wax casting technique.
The frame is in Art Nouveau style and the verifiable weight is all in silver, except for the wooden back.
The decorations are...
Category
1990s Italian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Contemporary English Silver Mezuzah by Rebecca de Quin
Located in London, GB
This elegant and sculptural mezuzah in sterling silver, olive wood and copper is inspired by what a home represents. Named ‘House’ mezuzah by the artist, the form voices protection. The highly polished sterling silver cylinder...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Sterling Silver
Materials
Copper, Sterling Silver
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Gilded Enameled Frame
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Oval Fabergè style frame in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent yellow fired enamel on guilloché and ribbon on the upper part.
12x8,5 cm
photo 5,5x4 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Detachable 6-Light Candelabra
Located in VALENZA, IT
Candelabra in modern and minimal style with 6 flames, divisible into 2 pieces of 3 flames.
This particular construction system is multipurpose because it allows the candelabra can b...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Aegean Weave Plain by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 60 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Aegean Weave Plain by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware set - 60 pieces. This set includes:
12 Knives, 9 3/8"
12 Forks, 8"
12 Salad Forks, 6 7/8"
12 Teaspoons, 6 5/8"
12 Place ...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling and Enamel Kittens Pillbox
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Just in time for Father’s Day we are offering this sterling silver and enamel pillbox. Made in England, there are two kittens painted on the enamel cover. For that feline lover, male...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Tennis Ball Holder
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver tennis ball holder smooth 925 sterling silver ball holder tube, featuring an engraved oval with 2 rackets and balls. The lid is smooth with a lowered central part. Th...
Category
2010s Italian Other Sterling Silver
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
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Silver Cufflinks, Signed Mecan and Goldsmiths Hallmarks, circa: 1970
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Very nice pair of men's cufflinks, in silver with a thousandth grade of 835 - 20 carats.
Very elegant and refined, their round shapes and worked in the background of very beautiful high-end accessories.
Period: 20th century
circa: 1970
Signed: MECAN
Hallmarks: "835" and silversmith.
Male elegance is made in beautiful clothes, but it also goes through the details and jewelry, especially since these gentlemen wear...
Category
1970s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Stuart Devlin Vintage Sterling Silver and Silver Gilt Beaker with Bark Effect
Located in Braintree, GB
Stuart Devlin vintage sterling silver and silver gilt beaker with Bark Effect on Base.
Made by Stuart Devlin.
Made in London in 1972.
Fully hallmarke...
Category
1990s British Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Set of 3 Tiffany Chrysanthemum Sterling Silver Butter Pats
Located in New York, NY
Set of 3 Chrysanthemum sterling silver butter pats. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Plain and round gilt well. Shoulder has rinceaux-sty...
Category
Late 20th Century American Japonisme Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Buccellati Grande Imperiale Sterling Silver Dinner & Lunch Set for 16
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Grande Imperiale sterling silver dinner and lunch set. Made by Buccellati in Italy. This set comprises 216 pieces:
Forks: 16 dinner forks (8 3/4) 16 lunch...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Damian Garrido 2002 Spain Sculptural Candle Holders Figure 4/12 in 925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Geometric modernist candle holders designed by Damian Garrido.
A beautiful sculptural piece, created in Madrid Spain in the silversmith workshop of Damián Garrido, back in 2002. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Swan Toast Rack, 1971
Located in Glasgow, GB
An Elizabeth II sterling silver swan toast rack, by Bishton's Ltd, Birmingham, 1971. The three-division toast rack is in the form of a swan, resting on four ball feet.
Assay: - .9...
Category
1970s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Miniature Reproducing D'artagnan
Located in VALENZA, IT
Miniature in solid 800 silver reproducing D'Artagnan
The miniature was made of solid silver with the fusion technique and subsequently finished with a chisel.
The final finish was in natural, burnished silver and with 24kt gold details.
Marble base
By Geca Silversmith - MIlan - Italy
for ARVAL ARGENTI VALENZA
Silver statuette representing Charles de Batz-Castelmore, comte d'Artagnan.
In 1630, aged about 20, he went to Paris to join the French Guards on the recommendation of a relative of his mother, the lord of Tréville, who also appears in Dumas' novels as his protector . It was at this time that the young Charles decided to adopt the surname d'Artagnan, that of his mother's family. The paternal branch in fact belonged to the bourgeoisie, and Charles preferred to use the surname that would have given him more prestige.
Thus it was that the royal d'Artagnan did 15 years of military service until Cardinal Mazarin...
Category
1990s Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Cigarette Case Two-Tone Striped Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone striped fired enamel on guillochè and hand-engraved ornament. Late Empire Napoleon III style. ...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Asprey London Massive Modernist Decorative Vase in Solid .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Silver vase designed by Asprey of London.
A gorgeous oversize spherical decorative vase, created in London England by Asprey. It was crafted with m...
Category
Early 2000s English Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Barry Kieselstein Cord Sterling Silver Labrador Dog Lizard Belt & Buckle
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Barry Kieselstein-Cord brown genuine lizard skin belt with sterling silver buckle in the shape of the head of a Labrador wearing a collar decorated with a Man in the Moon, nu...
Category
1980s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Megillah Case
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Proudly offering a sterling silver Megillah case. It’s not often we get excited by Judaica but this piece is very special.
A Megillah is the scroll tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Butterfly-Shaped Fired Enamel on Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterl
Located in Firenze, FI
Butterfly-shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent polychrome fired enamels on hand engraving that imitates the veins of the wings. External dimens...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Pair Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Style Photo Frames
Located in London, GB
A truly superb pair of Vintage Art Nouveau sterling silver photo frames, by Harry Frane, London Dated 2011
The beautiful shaped rectangular photo frames are superbly decorated wit...
Category
2010s English Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Baty Serving Dish: a Practical Dish for Sauces or Objects in .925 Silver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The baty dish is a simple, shallow, sterling silver dish that is a superb addition to any table. Its versatility can be attributed to its sleek design. Crafted from sterling silver, this piece is cast in New York, then expertly hand-finished by Heath Wagoner of HW. Studio in his Dumbo studio, making each piece unique. The Baty dish is then work hardened on a stake and brought to a high polish.
The baty dish can dress up any table whether it be a full place setting for each guest, or a simple addition to dressing up any middle-of-the-week takeout. It functions perfectly as a dipping dish for sauces, such as soy sauce or zhug. Off the table, it can be the protective catchall for small trinkets such as earrings, a signet ring...
Category
2010s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Medieval Steel Body Armor
Located in BILBAO, ES
Medieval steel body armor
Body armor made of steel with brown leather straps
It can be placed on a table as a decoration with an interior light
Request info for flatware and diner ware
We sell them individually or in sets
We have a full collection that originally was for 24 servings
This Kingswood pattern was manufactured for 21 years by the Royal Doulton China...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Sterling Silver
Materials
Steel
Cigarette Case Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tabletop cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dime...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1980s Ruzzetti & Gow Italian Sterling Silver Spingle Tibia Fusus Shell
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning vintage 1980s original Ruzzetti & Gow Italian sterling silver wrapped spindle tibia shell is 8.5" long. Has the original tag inside. Excellent table top decorative object. G...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Kiddush Cup & Plate
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are just gaga over this sterling silver Kiddush cup and plate. It has a matt finish and very thin ridges around the goblet and base, as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Israeli Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Roger Doyle Elizabethan Styled Sterling Silver Spirit Cups or Goblet Set & Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of four spirit cups were made by the well known Roger Doyle silversmith of England in 2000 in an early Elizabethan style. The cups are hand-crafte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Elizabethan Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Pitcher, Water Jug
By Brandimarte
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pitcher in 800 silver handmade in Italy.
The jug was made from a silver plate, shaped and welded.
The imposing base of the jug, round in shape, is hammered and proportioned to give...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Christofle, Paris, Ribbed Solid / Sterling Silver Card Case
By Christofle
Located in Bath, GB
A smart twentieth century card case made from sterling / 925 silver, fully marked and signed by this luxury French silversmith.
Beautiful condition measuring 3 5/8" x 2 3/8" x 1/4...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jumping Horse Sculpture 925 Silver Handcrafted Filigree Technique Germany 2005
Located in Salzburg, AT
This sculpture in 925 silver of a Jumping Horse is a true masterpiece of filigree technique.
Filigree comes from the Latin and consists of 2 words filum (thread) and granum (grain).
With the filigree technique, jewelry and objects are made from tiny threads decorated with beads.
Filigree art made of gold and silver threads.
The goldsmith Naser Al-Ybi was born in Damascus in 1962 and learned this art from his father.
Already in the 3rd generation, this goldsmith technique is successfully practiced professionally in the family.
For 16 years, the artist now lives in Germany and has his own studio.
It is historically traditional wedding and costume jewelry objects from Bavaria and Austria in the finest handmade but also small objects in silver such as horses, ships, trays and a unique object like this motorcycle.
Each piece is unique and will not be 100% identical to the previous one when manufactured again.
The term filigree literally means "grained wire" (from Latin filum "thread, wire" and granum "grain") and refers to fine goldsmith's work made of metal threads with attached metal beads. Figuratively, the term is also used for any other fine decorative form, such as that of an iron cutter or chaser.
It is an ancient ornamental wire bending technique made of delicate, thin wires braided (corded) as if into ropes. It is known since about 2000 BC from Troy. However, the Etruscans also developed this goldsmithing technique to perfection in the 8th century BC. Via Spain and Portugal, filigree work reached Friesland and spread from there to the Netherlands and northwest Germany. Today, filigree work continues to be used especially in the Alpine countries, but also in the Oriental countries for costume or folk jewelry.
Wires of gold or silver are soldered in decorative patterns onto a base of the same material. From the 20th century, the wires are also braided into a fine, openwork web without a base and soldered only at the points of contact. The material thickness of the wires is up to 0.01 mm. For ornamentation, one uses either only knotted wires, or wires cut...
Category
Early 2000s German Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Enameled Oil Cruet
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver oil cruet.
The conical body of the cruet is smooth and shiny.
In the central part, olives and olive leaves were embossed and subsequently f...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modern Sterling Silver Olive Spoon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sterling silver Olive Spoon is used to serve olives without them drying out. An elegant touch to serving the savory fruit of the Mediterranean, it will elevate any Taking a note from historical dining when each guest would have an individual utensil for olives during an olive course, this update allows you to serve olives in any form.
Fabricated in sterling silver and then finished by hand in his Brooklyn, NY studio, this piece is the creation of silversmith and jewelry designer Heath Wagoner...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on a fine hand-engraved mountain landscape. Contemporary m...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century Italian Solid Silver Basket
Located in VALENZA, IT
Imposing flower basket in solid 800 silver with base.
The body of the centerpiece is rounded and completely embossed by hand with a wicker basket design.
In the upper part of the c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Girafe Nº 2 by Alcino Silversmith 1902 Handcrafted in Sterling Silver
Located in Porto, 13
Giraffe nº 2 by Alcino Silversmith 1902 is a handcrafted piece in 925 Sterling Silver with twisted head, hammered and chiseled by excellent craftsmen, giving this piece a much higher...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Pocket Cigarette Case Hunting Dogs Miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and fine miniature hand painted...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Comport
Located in VALENZA, IT
Centerpiece with sterling silver base.
The base is round and smooth while the bowl has been shaped and fretworked by hand with volutes.
A beaded border has been welded to the wavy ed...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
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
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Letter Opener Sterling Silver Blue Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped letter opener with rectangular base in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. Base cm. 7.5 x 15.5 long letter opener cm. 21. Weight ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Islamic Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Hammered Sterling Silver Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These sterling silver candlesticks are contemporary and sleek, not your grandmother’s old fashion sterling. A fresh young, modern feel will make any bride want to use these candles...
Category
2010s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Vintage Carved Jade Bowl with Sterling Silver Base by Alcino Silversmith
Located in Porto, 13
This contemporary modern piece is composed by a large vintage carved chinese natural Jade bowl with handmade sterling silver 925 base by Alcino Silversmith...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sterling Silver
Materials
Jade, Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Table Box
By Pampaloni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Rectangular/octagonal table box in 925 silver.
The box was completely handmade in Florence at the end of the last century.
Engraved with floral and abstract motifs, it has been fin...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pocket Cigarette Case Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salim
Located in Firenze, FI
6238-7239- Pocket cigarette case with spring button in 925/1000 fire-enamelled sterling silver with beautiful vessel miniature hand-painted by th...
Category
1990s Italian Empire Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rococo Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1984
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid ...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
2 Cats. Early American Silver Darling Foundation & Silver Monteith by John Coney
Located in valatie, NY
CHRISTIE'S CATALOG : EARLY AMERICAN SILVER 1670-1820 Including the Darling Foundation Collection and Silver from the First Church in Salem - NY -...
Category
Early 2000s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Paper
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Vase
Located in VALENZA, IT
Spherical shaped sterling silver vase. The large diameter of the vase allows you to have a large opening to insert the flowers. The diameter of the "mouth" of the vase is 9 cm.
Croc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Fired Enamel on Guillochè Arab-Style Ornament Sterling Silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with hand-engraved and enamelled Arab-style ornament. Dimensio...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Hand-Engraved and Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with a beautiful hand-engraved and fire-enamelled frame and in the center a beautiful hand painted miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres "Odalisque with slave". Dimensions cm. 9.5 x 12.3 x 3.3. Weight gr. 671. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1979 and manufactured in Florence in numerous 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...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Two-Tone Fired Enamel on Guillochè Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver S
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamel on guillochè and with various ornaments in Louis XVI French Empire style and 4...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Vintage, New and Antique Sterling Silver
Dining and entertaining changed drastically when we began to set our tables with sterling silver for holiday gatherings, wedding receptions, engagement parties and, in some of today’s homes, everyday meals.
Often called the “Queen of metals,” silver has been universally adored for thousands of years. It is easy to see why it has always been sought after: It is durable, strong and beautiful. (Louis XIV had tables made entirely of silver.) Sterling silver is an alloy that is made of 92.5 percent silver — the “925” stamp that identifies sterling-silver jewelry refers to this number. The other 7.5 percent in sterling silver is typically sourced from copper.
Neoclassical-style sterling-silver goods in Europe gained popularity in the late 18th century — a taste for sterling-silver tableware as well as tea sets had taken shape — while in the United States, beginning in the 19th century, preparing the dinner table with sterling-silver flatware had become somewhat of a standard practice. Indeed, owning lots of silver goods during the Victorian era was a big deal. Back then, displaying fine silver at home was a status symbol for middle-class American families. And this domestic silver craze meant great profitability for legendary silversmith manufacturers such as Reed & Barton, Gorham Manufacturing Company and the International Silver Company, which was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898, a major hub of silver manufacturing nicknamed “Silver City.”
Today, special occasions might call for ceremonial silver designed by Tiffany & Co. or the seductive sterling-silver cutlery from remarkable Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, but there really doesn’t have to be an event on the calendar to trot out your finest tableware.
Event- and wedding-planning company maestro Tara Guérard says that some “investment pieces,” such as this widely enamored alloy, should see everyday use, and we’re inclined to agree.
“Sterling-silver flatware is a must-have that you can use every single day, even to eat cereal,” she says. “Personally, I want a sterling-silver goblet set for 12 to 20; I would use them every time I had a dinner party. Ultimately, there are no criteria for buying vintage pieces: Buy what you love, and make it work.”
Whether you’re thinking “ceremonial” or “cereal,” browse a versatile collection of vintage, new and antique sterling-silver wares on 1stDibs today.
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Antique Berry Bowl
Georg Jensen Pot
Charles Edward Antiques
Tiffany And Co Sterling Plates
Antique Serving Cutlery
Antique Minerva
Georg Jensen Book
Silver Egg Spoon
Sterling Silver Christening
Antique Sterling Salt Cellar
Antique Sterling Silver Salt Cellars
Irish Georgian Silver