Silver Sterling Silver
Color: Gold
Material: Silver
Table Box Sterling Silver Striped Paillons in pure Gold and flowers Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine floral miniature fired enamelled by the painter Ren...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Art Deco Sterling Silver-Gilt Egyptian-Revival Two-Handled Centerpiece
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco, sterling silver-gilt, Egyptian Revival, two-handled centerpiece, inspired by the discovery of King Tut's tomb, Birmingham, England, 1922, Bracker and Sydenham - makers. Mea...
Category
1920s English Egyptian Revival Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold
19th Century French Silver Vermeil Flatware Dessert Service for Six, 18 Pieces
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming 19th century French 18-piece cased dessert silverware / flatware set, with its unique, slightly grotesque satyr mask motif and warm ve...
Category
19th Century French Antique Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Table Box Octagonal Black Enamel with light Blue Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 15.8 high cm . 8.2. Weight gr. 974. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects and in different colors, in the headquarters by the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<800° C.
About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier.
Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation.
Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ".
With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones.
At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists.
In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001.
In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State".
We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue.
An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Green in French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table Box Green in French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.
Table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel inserted in a very fine ha...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture frame Cherry Red and Green Enamel gold plated Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with fine engraving of fruit (cherries) fire enamelled with polychrome colours, contempo...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame large size Red Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photograph frame in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with borders and laurel frieze in Louis XVI French Empire style. Exte...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Large two-tone striped enamel Black and Yellow Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on two-tone striped guillochè. In a contemporary style. Ground glass and velvet panel. ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Large Imperial Style White and Green enamel on Sterling Silver Salim
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped frame for photographs in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and rich friezes in the French Empire Louis XVI style ...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box reproducing the painting of a Roman glimpse late 1800s Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuffbox Rectangular for table with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli repro...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel
Photo Frame White Enamel and Hand Painted Flower Garlands Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted floral miniature by the painter Renato Dainelli, fire-enamelled on a white background in Art Nouveau...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rare George iv Gilt-Silver Inkwell, Rundell and Bridge
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Very rare and important piece of George IV silver, highly important silver-gilt Inkwell probably by John Bridge of the renowned silversmiths Rundell & Bridge, Royal Silversmiths to t...
Category
1820s English Antique Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver
Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver brossè with very fine hand engraving, also on the sides, of “ramage” with leaves and bunches of grapes fire-ena...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Yellow Enamel and Flower Garlands Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photograph frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower garlands in the late 19th century...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Black and White Enamel Squared Shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fountain Pen Sterling Silver and 14kt Gold Nib Fire-Enamel Art Deco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Fountain p en in 925/1000 sterling silver and 14 kt gold nib, with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Diameter mm. 11, length cm. 14. Silver weight gr. 53. . Designed by Giorgio Salimbe...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Blue and Light Blue Stripes Guillochè and Enamel Sterling Silver Salim
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels with guillochè stripes and hand-engraved motifs. George V E...
Category
1970s Italian George IV Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Baroque Style Green Table Box with Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Baroque style shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving interspersed with spaces with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and a beautiful h...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Red Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on sunburst guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External dimensions c...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Frame for Oval Photo Borders in Louis XVI French Empire Style Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, 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 Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Black Oval Photo Frame Baroque Style Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval photograph frame, shaped edge in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand engraving, interspersed with black fired enamel in Baroque style. External cm. 7.4 x 11.3. W...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Simone Dainelli inspired by the paintings of Boris Vallejo, in fantastic contemporary style, with hand-engraved frame. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 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 high-fire 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
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Square Table Frame White and Blue Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table frame for round photos diameter cm. 7, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè, with bord...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Orange Square Table Framel French Empire Napoleon III Style Sterling Silver Enam
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with edges in French Empire Napoleon III style. External cm. 18 x 18, internal c...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Art Deco Continental Inlaid Gold & Sapphires Silver Cartier Style Compact
By Cartier
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Art Deco very fine quality Continental silver with gold inlaid compact with inset cut sapphire blue gems in the style of Cartier dating from around 1930. This stylish slightly rectan...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Gold
Tiffany & Co 14kt Gold and Sterling Silver Compact / Vanity Box
Located in Braintree, GB
Tiffany & Co 14kt gold and sterling silver compact / vanity box.
Maker: Tiffany & Co
Made in United States, early 20th century.
Hallmarked 925 Silver 14KT Gold
Patent NrL 1826.722
Fully hallmarked.
For those who appreciate the finer things in life, this Tiffany & Co 14kt gold and sterling silver vanity box is a must-have. Crafted in America...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Silver
Box with wedges Enamel Sterling Silver black and white Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal wedge box in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white colors fire enameled in Art Deco style. Measures 7.8 x 7.8 x 6 cm. Weight gr. 281. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Puiforcat, Set of Elysée Vermeil Gold Sterling Silver Serving Dishes, 7 Pieces
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Suite of 7 (seven) "Elysée" serving dishes made in vermeil (gold-plated solid sterling silver) by Puiforcat.
Set of 7 serving dishes including :
- 1 round plate 27.5 cm diameter (excellent condition)
- 2 rectangular dishes 22 cm x 28.5 cm (very good condition - some very slight scratches)
- 2 round cups of 20, 5 cm diameter (very good condition - some very slight scratches)
- 2 oval dishes of 42 cm x 29 cm (one in very good condition with some very slight scratches - one in used condition with scratches)
All pieces are signed and stamped.
Puiforcat still offers this model for sale, only on request. The price changes every month depending on the price of gold...
Category
20th Century French Louis XIV Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine miniature fired enamelled with an image of “fox hunti...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Set of 24 Antique English Vermeil Gold on Sterling Silver Dessert Cutlery
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Set of 24 English "Vermeil" gold on sterling silver dessert cutlery, circa 1900.
Category
20th Century English Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Hermès French Art Deco Silver and 18-Karat Gold Powder Box with Lipstick
By Hermès
Located in Mexico City, MX
A circa 1940 French Art Deco .950 silver powder box with lipstick by Hermès. The powder box's parts are numbered 138. The box's bottom shows a serial...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Jade, Gold, Silver
Shiebler Silver Match Safe in Gold Vermeil
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Shiebler sterling silver match safe / vesta case in gold vermeil in beautiful leaf design from the late 19th / early 20th century. Rare han...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Overlay on Bronze Mixed Metals Trophy Loving Cup
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Early 20th century Arts & Crafts mixed metals trophy probably made by Heintz Art Metal Co. This beautiful bronze double handled loving cup has a gorgeous ...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Large Sterling Silver Centerpiece Bowl / Gold Interior
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Large Italian sterling silver footed centerpiece bowl with gold washed interior and ribbed design. The bowl is in great condition. Maker's mark 800 silver . Minor wear consistent wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Koch & Bergfeld German Silver Teaspoons with Gold Plate and Enamel, 1884-1893
Located in Delft, NL
Koch & Bergfeld German silver teaspoons with gold plate and enamel, 1884-1893
Koch & Bergfeld silver with gold-plated teaspoons with blue and white enamel
In a presentation box c...
Category
19th Century German Antique Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
Silver-Gilt Dressing-Table Service by Lionel Alfred Crichton, London, 1917
Located in Paris, FR
George V dressing-table service crafted of silver-gilt, comprising an oblong tray, a large jewel box with detachable velvet lining, two hair brushes, two clothes brushes, a comb and a hand mirror, all contained in a fitted red leather covered case.
The border of each piece is chased with strapwork on a matted ground, engraved with an early 18th century style cartouche surrounding a vacant shield. The rich and delicate decoration is composed of naturalistic plants and animal motifs. The jewel box and tray are beautifully embellished with grotesque in Renaissance style, depicting mascaron, animals and foliated scrolls, in a fantastic architectural setting.
Hallmarked "CRICHTON BROS LONDON & NEW YORK", along with several English silver marks as follow:
- Maker's mark "LAC" (for silversmith Lionel Alfred Crichton...
Category
1920s English Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Silver Black Enameled Box by Leo Wagner, 1921-1922
By Wagner
Located in Delft, NL
Silver black enameled box by Leo Wagner, 1921-1922
An octagonal Austrian (Vienna) silver black enameled with a gold-plated interior box made by Le...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Silver
Pair of Vermeil and Cut Glass Claret Jugs by Tétard
Located in London, GB
Pair of vermeil and cut glass claret jugs by Tétard
French, early 20th century
Measures: Height 27cm, width 14cm, depth 12cm
This superb pair of claret jugs is by the French fir...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
English Sterling Vinaigrette Rare Form, Birmingham, 1832-1833
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This is a rare form English sterling Birmingham 1832-1833 by Jos. Willmore. HCD is the monogram. Gold wash on the inside. Measures: 1” by 1 1/2” tall with ring. The English hallmarks...
Category
1830s English Early Victorian Antique Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Antique English Hand Pierced and Engraved Sterling Vinaigrette, Nathaniel Mills
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous and rare antique English hand pierced and engraved sterling vinaigrette
Hallmarked throughout, Birmingham, 1838-1839. Please note except...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Georgian Antique Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
'Four Seasons' Shot Cups by Rebecca de Quin
Located in London, GB
Crafted from sterling silver with yellow gold, rose gold and rhodium gilding, Rebecca de Quin’s four seasons shot cups are a magnificent display of her gifte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold
20th Century American Sterling Silver and Gold Biscuit Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique American sterling silver and 14 karat gold biscuit box; an addition to our diverse silver box collection
This exceptional antique Ameri...
Category
20th Century American Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Summer Song Gold by Lunt Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set Vermeil
By Lunt Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Summer Song by Lunt Sterling silver flatware set of 48 pieces. This set is vermeil (completely gold-washed) and includes:
12 knives, 9".
12 forks, 7 1/4".
12 salad forks, ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Silver Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
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