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Place of Origin: Italian
Large 925 Sterling Silver Serving Tray, Made in Italy, 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Large 925 Sterling Silver Serving Tray, Made in Italy, 1960s Made by Argenteria Vavassori of Milan. Shaped, embossed, and chiseled entirely by hand. Engraved factory stamps. Good con...
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1960s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Handcrafted Sterling Silver Dolphin Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill Signed Missiaglia
By Missiaglia 1846
Located in New York, NY
Established in Venice in 1846, Missiaglia is one of the world's premier makers of the finest jewelry objects, as well as a select number of bespoke sterling silver tabletop accessories. This handcrafted stylized sea dolphin shaker and pepper mill showcase the skill of Missiaglia's artisans in rendering life-like plant and animal forms in pure sterling silver. The pieces depict stylized dolphins (fantastical sea monsters) wrapping around tridents. They are replete with incredible details including striated tails and fins, and incredibly fine demilune form scales. The pepper grind...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Table Box portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo miniature Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
More than a kilo of sterling silver was needed to create this stunning rectangular tabletop box. Worked with the very complicated guilloche technique, it was then enamelled at high heat with translucent enamel to make the superb workmanship shine through. The fine rectangular miniature cm. 7.5 x 10.7 on vegetable ivory. The small masterpiece handmade by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproduces the famous portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo, by the painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The unenamelled sterling silver parts were then gilded with a 24-carat galvanic bath. In Art Nouveau style, with a “lost” zip, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 15 x 18 x 3.5. Weight gr. 1095. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous enamelling firings at around 800° Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales known as Eugénie de Montijo was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the fall of the Emperor on 4 September 1870. From July 28 to September 4...
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1980s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame large size Red Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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 Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

800 Silver Standard Silverware Set from the Interwar Period, Nola, Italy
Located in Opole, PL
800 Silver Standard Silverware Set from the Interwar Period, Nola, Italy We present you a set of silverware in the original, antique case, which bea...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Scale Model Vintage Sterling Silver Mercedes 500 K, circa 1980
Located in Bath, GB
Beautifully executed along with it's original solid wooden plinth. Both the sterling silver label and the car have matching hallmarked for 925 silver and the Italian maker mark numbe...
Category

1980s Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Six Beakers with Silver 800 Tray
By Argenterie di Milano
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous 6 beakers plus tray, completely handmade. Beakers are in sterling 925°°/°°° The cup is smooth and the stem is cast and finished by chisel. The two-tone, silver and gold br...
Category

1970s Other Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Shell, Sterling Silver Centrepiece, Made in Italy
By Ganci Argenterie
Located in Milano, IT
Sterling silver centrepiece, made in Italy - ag/925/g 1860 Crafted in our workshop in Milano Ganci Argenterie - Hallmark 110MI - one of the oldest Italian Silversmith.         
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Handmade Centerpiece in 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Handmade centerpiece in 800 silver, Italy, 1980s It can be used as a fruit bowl. Very elegant and precious object, it is in excellent condition. State stamps present. Small signs ...
Category

1980s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Mario Buccellati, 20th Century Silver-Gilt and Enamel Jar Depicting a Parrot
By Mario Buccellati
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing a remarkable 20th-century masterpiece—an exquisite sterling silver-gilt and enamel jar adorned with a vibrant depiction of a parrot, skillfully crafted by the renowned ar...
Category

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Stone, Sterling Silver, Gold, Enamel

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 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 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 Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Collection of Silver Cactus and Lucite Cube Italian Design, 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Collection of silver cactus and lucite cube Italian design 1970s.
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Silver Champagne Wine Cooler With Curved Folds, Firenze, Italy, Late 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant silver vessel in the shape of a tulip with a wide opening on a stepped stand, the wall and foot with curved folds, the upper rim profiled and turned outwards, two raised roca...
Category

Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Mario Buccellati Vintage 800, Italian Silver Duckling Figurine
By Mario Buccellati
Located in Braintree, GB
Mario Buccellati vintage 800. Italian silver duckling figurine. Made Italy, Milano, Ca.1930's Fully Hallmarked. The furry duckling figurine i...
Category

1930s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Picture Frame Napoleon III French Empire style laurel ornament Sterling Silver.
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This exquisite Picture Frame Napoleon III is in 925/1000 sterling silver. it has a Squared Shape and sky colour for the fire enameled surface on guilloche. Picture Frame Napoleon III...
Category

1980s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Set of two Sterling Silver Cigarette Cases 19th and 20 Century, Mario Buccellat
By Mario Buccellati
Located in North Miami, FL
A set of two Italian Sterling silver cigarette cases from the 19th and 20th century. They have hand-stamped details and are engraved with flowers and scrolling acanthus. One of them ...
Category

19th Century Antique Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Pair of Early 19th Century Italian Antique Silver Oil Lamps by Vincenzo Belli II
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of early 19th century (1828 – 1859) Italian Antique silver oil lamps (Lucerne) by Vincenzo Belli II. They are in the “Retour d’Egypte St...
Category

19th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Delfini Caviar Bowl
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
This magnificent bowl with lid and base is entirely made in silver and was specifically designed to store and serve caviar. Its Classic shape is adorned with Renaissance-inspired dec...
Category

2010s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Crystal, Silver

Delfini Caviar Bowl
Delfini Caviar Bowl
$5,842 / item
Empire Style Sugar Bowl in 800 Silver, Italy, 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Empire style sugar bowl in 800 silver, Italy, 1950s It belonged to my maternal great-grandparents and is in excellent condition. Very small signs of the time. Gr. 166,00.
Category

1950s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Small Picture Frame Rounded Round English style, early 1900s. Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small rounded round frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External diameter 7 cm, internal 5 cm. Weigh...
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Sterling Silver Modern Menorah
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver menorah made in Italy. It is sleek and modern without any ornamentation. A young and contemporary style and design for an ancient tradition. Bri...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Small shaped Picture Frame red heart Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped frame in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, modern contemporary style. External cm. 7.4 x 7.6 internal cm. 4.5 x 4.8. Weigh...
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate

Box In Hammered Sterling Silver Epoque Twentieth Northern Italy
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Box in hammered solid silver, spherical in shape, the lid is surmounted by a round socket decorated with a flattened button. Dimensions: diameter 24.5 cm - base diameter 17 cm height...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

800 Italian Silver Hand-Beaten "Barcaccia"/Jatta, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Barcaccia/Jatta in hand-beaten 800 silver, Italy, 1980s Purchased by my grandparents in one of the most important silver shops in my city. It weighs almost 3 kg.! Worked and hammered...
Category

1980s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Stylish Buccellati Sterling Silver Stem Flower Salt & Pepper Shakers
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Stylish sterling silver figural salt and pepper shakers. Two flowers (one with gilt traces) set in stand. Each flower has a curvilinear stem, round bud with threaded double-leaf cove...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Small Picture Frame Rectangular English style, early 1900s. Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External cm. 7 x 9 internal cm. 3.8 x 5.8. Weight g...
Category

1950s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

"Jatta" Centerpiece in Hand-Beaten 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
"Jatta" centerpiece in hand-beaten 800 silver, Italy, 1980s Handcrafted production by a well-known Italian silversmith, unique piece. It weighs gr. 900.00. Regularly stamped with s...
Category

1980s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Handcrafted Sterling Silver Seashell Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill Signed Missiaglia
By Missiaglia 1846
Located in New York, NY
Established in Venice in 1846, Missiaglia is one of the world's premier makers of the finest jewelry objects, as well as a select number of bespoke sterling silver tabletop accessories. This handcrafted stylized conch shell shaker...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Solid Silver 800 Bar Sugar Bowl
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large sugar bowl in 800 solid silver in the shape of a "well". The body is round and smooth. A three-step base detaches it from the support surface where it is placed. The lid is smo...
Category

1990s Other Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Cornucopia flower holder in silver. Punches
Located in Lugo, IT
Cornucopia silver flower holder. Possible AL hallmarks Valencia area. Defect, lines as per photo Good condition. Thanks
Category

1960s Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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 Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Italian Sterling Silver Manicure Accessory Stand
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver manicure stand. Three silver "arms" hold tweezers, a nail file, and scissors. The stem is made by braiding two 925 silver wires. The base features three cast and engr...
Category

1970s Other Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Britannia Standard Silver, Steel

Vintage Silver Centerpiece, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Silver vintage centerpiece is a precious decorative object realized in the 20th century. A very elegant silver circular centerpiece with emboss...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Milano by Buccellati Italy Silver Flatware Service 24 pcs Fruit Dessert Set
By Mario Buccellati
Located in Big Bend, WI
Handcrafted in sterling silver and adorned with reeded borders and stylized rope accents, the Milano flatware collection is a fashionable update on traditional design. The house of B...
Category

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

20th Century Hand-Made Sterling Silver Oval Bowl by Ilario Pradella, Italy, 1980
By Gianmaria Buccellati, Ilario Pradella 1
Located in Cagliari, IT
Wonderful oval centerpiece made in sterling silver by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari. New, never used. This centerpiece was personally designed by Gianmaria Buccelati who, by...
Category

1980s Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Table Box Enamel Miniature Moscow Kremlin and Red Square Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-engravings fire enameled hand-painted like lapis lazuli stone and beautiful hand-painted enameled ...
Category

1970s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Sterling Silver champagne bucket ice bottle
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sterling Silver champagne or bottle bucket Italian work from 1970's Hallmark of silver 800/1000 1320 grams
Category

1970s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mario Buccellati Italian 925 Sterling Silver Fallow, Deer Figurine
By Mario Buccellati
Located in Braintree, GB
Mario Buccellati Italian 925 sterling silver fallow - deer figurine. Made in Italy, circa 1950s Fully hallmarked. Dimensions: Length x width x...
Category

1950s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Table Box for Cigarettes in Sterling Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box for cigarettes in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with hand-engraved design in Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels. Measure cm. 6.5 x 10.2 x 2. Weigh...
Category

1970s Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate

Oil and Vinegar Set in 800 Silver and Crystal, Italy, 1990
Located in Palermo, IT
Oil and vinegar set in 800 silver and crystal, Italy, 1990 Intact, never used. Small signs of ageing. Found in a noble apartment.
Category

1990s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Crystal, Silver

Buccellati Italian Sterling Silver Cognac Claret Bar Jug Label
By Gianmaria Buccellati, Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Rare Buccellati sterling silver claret bar jug label. COGNAC embossed on the front in the center. Marks on the back: Gianmaria Buccellati (signature and Ita...
Category

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Table Box Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This awesome Table Box Baroque style is in 925/1000 sterling silver. it has a Rectangular shape with hand-engraved intricate design Black and Green color fire enameled. Table Box Bar...
Category

1970s Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular tabletop jewelery box with inward corners in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides and finished with fine hand engraving. In the center, a beautiful rectangular miniature cm. 4 x 5.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable ivory plate by Roberto Masi depicting the portrait of Madame Boucard by Tamara De Lempicka (1931). Size cm. 14 x 19 x 3.2. Weight gr. 1,248. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1998 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens with different subjects and colours, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous glazing firings at high heat 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

1990s Art Deco Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Picture Frame with enamel on a sunburst guilloché Salimbeni.
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Embrace a timeless treasure that echoes grandeur: an exquisite oval-shaped photo frame, sculpted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. Its translucent enamel adorns a sunburst g...
Category

1970s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

20th Century Italian Silver Champagne Bucket Conic and Octagonal shape
By Vavassori
Located in VALENZA, IT
Conical and octagonal solid silver champagne bucket with convex and flat sectors working. This particular workmanship makes the bucket ve...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Picture Frame Red enamel Empire Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large octagonal table frame for round photos diameter cm. 7, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on sunburst guilloche, with Napoleon III French Empire style borders and ornaments. External cm. 17 x 17. Weight gr. 483. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1978 on the inspiration of previous artefacts from the early 1900s and manufactured in Florence at the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enameling firings at approximately 750 < 800° C. It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925 Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif". With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe. Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style. Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai). Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations. Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag. 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

1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Cigar Box two-tone stripes enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This divine Table Box is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Table Box hand-painted miniature has a Rectangular shape with rounded corners. On the cover there is a beautiful hand-engraved...
Category

1970s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Modernist Italian 800 Silver Small Playing Card Box, C.1950/1960
By Jean Despres
Located in Bath, GB
Hefty Italian silver was used to create this mid-century modern box with a stylish cast silver chain belt and buckle across the top and down the front, beautiful quality and engineer...
Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Silver Tray
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
Stunning in its simplicity, this tray's elegant and Classic design is ideal for serving hors d'oeuvres and drinks during parties and festive gatherings. Handmade of 925 silver, it fe...
Category

2010s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Silver Tray
Silver Tray
$2,277 / item
20th Cebtury Italian Big Sterling Silver Letter Opener
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large, completely handmade, sterling silver letter opener. Perfect for a prestigious desk. The blade is smooth while the hand is embossed by hand on both sides with scrolls and fl...
Category

1990s Other Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Square Table Frame White and Blue Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio 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 Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Photo Frame Black and White Enamel Squared Shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, 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 Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

20th Century Italian 925 Sterling Silver Torsade Vase by Mario Buccellati
By Mario Buccellati
Located in Braintree, GB
20th Century Italian 925 sterling silver torsade vase by Mario Buccellati Made in Italy, 20th Century. Maker: Mario Buccellati Fully hallmarked. Mario Buccellati was born int...
Category

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 silver with geometric design and fire-enameled with Chinese influence style. External cm. Internal 11.6 x 14.6 cm. 6 x 9. Weight gr. 194. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with high thickness plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enamelling firings at approximately 750° < 800° C. It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925 Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif". With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe. Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style. Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai). Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations. Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag. 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...
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