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Place of Origin: Italian
Cavolo Soup Terrine
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
This sumptuous soup terrine is made entirely in silver in the shape of a cabbage, rendered in all its vivid detail. Masterful craftsmanship and a Classic...
Category

2010s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Cavolo Soup Terrine
Cavolo Soup Terrine
$20,947 / item
Vintage Italian Sterling Silver Swan Centrepiece Bowl Jardiniere c. 1920
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Italian Silver Swan Centrepiece modelled with a lovely attention to detail. This Swan is suitable as a Jardiniere, a Bowl or a Champagne Cooler. Made in Italy in c. 1920...
Category

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

20th Century Italian Solid 800 Silver Bread-Shaped Box
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid 800 silver box in the shape of a bread completely made and embossed by hand. Its shape faithfully reproduces the shape of bread. The lid is hinged.
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1960s Other Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Set of 8 Glasses + 1 Pitcher by Argentieri Fratelli Calegaro, 1968
By Calegaro
Located in Roma, RM
Set of 8 Glasses + 1 Pitcher by Argentieri Fratelli Calegaro, 1968 Product Details Made of silver with a hammered body and embossed decoration, gold-plated interiors. Glass dimension...
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1960s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Photo Frame White Enamel and Hand Painted Flower Garlands Sterling Silver Salimb
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
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 Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

1970s by Luciano Minguzzi for Franklin Mint Limited Edition Silver Cock
By Luciano Minguzzi, Franklin MInt
Located in Brescia, IT
Luciano Minguzzi, 1975 Silver relief by legendary Italian sculptor. This rare piece was made by The Franklin MInt Italian in during the artists life...
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Oval Sterling Silver Renaissance Style Entree Dish
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver oval vegetable dish in Renaissance style. The bottom of the vegetable dish is smooth, while on the edge a border made with the casting technique with acanthus leaf mo...
Category

1990s Renaissance Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
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-engrave...
Category

1970s Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Italian Neoclassical Silver Coffee Pot
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neoclassical Silver Coffee Pot. Neapolitan caffettiera in sterling silver with wood handle of neoclassical form and decoration with parrot l...
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Early 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Silver Coffe, Chocolate Pot Art Decò Style
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Coffee - Chocolatepot in solid 800 silver in Art Decò style, made entirely by hand. The body is completely smooth octagonal rectangular with polychrome glass inserts on 4 sides. The ...
Category

1970s Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Picture Frame Green two-tones enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This important Picture Frame Green is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24 carats. It is rectangular shaped photo frame. The surface of this Picture Frame Green is fired enamel...
Category

1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Table Box hand-engraved and enamelled ornament in Arabic style Salimbeni.
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on a guilloché with hand-engraved and enamelled ornament in Arabic style. D...
Category

1990s Islamic Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate

Box shaped enamel hand painted, engraved and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped enamel is in 925/1000 sterling. Box shaped enamel has handpainted fired enamels miniature. Box shaped enamel is engraved and fire-enamelled ornaments. Box shaped enamel is...
Category

1970s Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Photo Frame with Interlacements in French Empire Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and with convex border with enamelled lines, on which are applied interlace...
Category

1980s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Miniature Triumph Motorbike Rubber Tires
By La Medusa Oro
Located in VALENZA, IT
Vintage Triumph custom motorcycle in sterling silver with very accurate detail reproduction. The wheels are with spokes and rubber tires Completely handmade made in Italy 757gr...
Category

Late 20th Century Other Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Picture Frame Green with concave corner for oval photo Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame with concave corners for oval photo cm. 5.5 x 8.5 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche, with French Empire Napo...
Category

1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Fountain Pen Sterling Silver fired Enamel Guilloche Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Fountain Pen Sterling Silver 925/1000 with translucent fired enamel on guilloche. Fountain Pen Sterling Silver has 14 carats gold nib and ink cartridge. Fountain Pen Sterling Silve...
Category

1970s Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Italian Silver Box Raised, 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Italian silver box raised on 4 feet, 1970s Italian silver box in curvy octagonal shape with repousse design of flowers and scrolls The purity de...
Category

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Frutta Oval Risotto Tray
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
Specifically designed to serve and display risotto dishes because of its generous surface and deep bowl, this elliptical dish is a sophisticated addition to the Frutta collection. It...
Category

2010s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Large Pan with Wood Handle
By Argenterie Malagola
Located in VALENZA, IT
Unusual sterling silver ornament with wooden handle in the shape of a frying pan. A tube, also in sterling silver, was welded to the round an...
Category

1990s Other Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century Italian Silver Vase Barocco Style with Handles and Gilded Inside
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous Italian solid silver vase. Body made in one piece without welding. Embossed and chiseled, of rare beauty and precision. Two important handles made of fusion and finely chiseled were welded onto the vase. The inside of the vase has been gilded in thickness with a non-glossy technique in order to make the overhangs visible and appreciable also on the inside. The vase was marked with the "800" but it was not possible to identify the master silversmith On both sides, the names of the owners of the vase, Maria and Gianni, have been engraved by hand Weight: 1184 grams Sizes: Height cm. 30 at the handles Height cm. 23 vase Width cm. 33 at the handles Width cm. 18 vase.
Category

Mid-19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

1970s by Giacomo Manzù for Franklin Mint Limited Etition Silver
By Giacomo Manzú, Franklin MInt
Located in Brescia, IT
Giacomo Manzù, 1975 Silver relief by legendary Italian sculptor Giacomo Manzù. This rare piece was made by The Franklin Mint in during the artists lifetime and was an authorized cast...
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Salt/Pepper/Toothpick Set in 800 Silver and Crystal, Italy, 1990
Located in Palermo, IT
Salt/pepper/toothpick set in 800 silver and crystal, Italy, 1990 Intact, never used. Small signs of ageing. Regularly stamped with state marks. Found in a noble apartment.
Category

1990s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Crystal, Silver

Clock and 2 Candlesticks Table set Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni.
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table set made up of a clock and 2 candlesticks in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fire-enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engravings. The cl...
Category

1980s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pair of Vintage Tiffany & Co. Gilt Sterling Silver Rose Bud Placecard Holders
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of fine signed Italian gilt silver placecard holders. By Tiffany & Co. In gilt sterling silver. Each in the form of a rosebud with leaves and stem. Fully marked to the rev...
Category

20th Century Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Anthemion Salt
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver anthemion salt. Neapolitan silver salt / bud vase of circular form with anthemion engraved rim bordering vermeil washed bowl supported on tripartite base capped by an...
Category

Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Plate Enamel on guillochè in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Plate in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè in Art Nouveau style. Diameter cm. 17.2 high cm. 2.8. Weight gr. 347. Designed by Giorgio Sal...
Category

1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Cigarette Box hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table box for cigarettes in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché also on the sides. In the center beautiful miniature hand painted i...
Category

1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

19th C. Italian Hallmarked Silver Gilt 3-Dimensional Medici Lion & Orb Cane
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Italian Hallmarked Silver Gilt 3-Dimensional Medici Lion & Orb Cane Italy, 19th Century, Unidentified Hallmark A stunning 19th-century Italian silver gilt/vermeil Medici Li...
Category

19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Brass, Steel

Table Box Fired Enamel on Guillochè Arab-Style Ornament Sterling Silver Salimben
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
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 Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Small Picture Frame Squared for round portrait Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square frame for round photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External cm. 6 x 6 internal diameter cm. ...
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and horse racing Salimben
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and with fired enameled oval miniature, hand painted by the painter Renato...
Category

1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Frutta Cup with Tray
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
This trophy-shaped cup is part of the Frutta collection and, like the other pieces in the series, is made entirely in silver with chiseled decorations depicting a variety of fruits a...
Category

2010s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Frutta Cup with Tray
Frutta Cup with Tray
$33,396 / item
Small shaped Picture Frame tiles of the Baptistery of Florence Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. Shaping taken from the tiles of the North Door of the Baptistery of the Florence Cathedral ...
Category

1970s Renaissance Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate

Table Box Heart shape Sky tone fire-enameled on guilloche Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloché above and below. Modern contemporary style. Dimensions cm. 8 x 8.8 high cm. 2.8. Weight ...
Category

1990s Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Straw Holder by Broggi Milano for Hotel Europa in the manner of Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti, Fratelli Broggi, Milano
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A rare art deco straw holder designed by Gio Ponti for Bar Pasticceria Alemagna at Piazza Duomo in Milano. The shape is simple and sleek and elegant. ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver Plate

Salimbeni Purse Cigarette Case Two-Color Enamel Stripes Blue and White
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Purse cigarette case, oval section in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-color enameled stripes. Early 20th century English style. Measures 9 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm. Weight 96 g. ...
Category

1970s International Style Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Octagonal Black Enamel with light Blue Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, 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 Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique 1820s Italian Sterling Silver Jug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Italian silver sterling jug. This exceptional antique Italian sterling silver jug has an oval paneled, flared form onto a circular domed foot. The surface of this antique jug is plain and unembellished, with a matte, subtly planished finish in keeping with the patination of a piece from this period. This impressive piece is fitted with an exceptional cast sterling silver scrolling handle, accented with a leaf design emanating from the thumbpiece, this leaf ornamentation comprises the upper terminal. The circular foot is encircled with a band of embossed bead decoration. This impressive antique silver jug has been independently tested using state of the art technology (Niton XL2 Analyzer) and verified as sterling standard silver (925/1000). Patination or Patina is a subtle coloration or tarnish which forms on the surface of some metals, produced by oxidation or other chemical processes. A good patina proffers an aesthetically pleasing look. Condition This antique silver jug is a very good gauge of silver and exceptional quality for its type. The jug is in exceptional presentation condition. Italian hallmarks struck to the surface of the jug and rim of the foot are all very clear. Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this piece of antique Italian silverware...
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1820s Antique Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

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 Other Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Table Box portrait of Natalia Nikolaevna Pushkina Lanskaja Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Spectacular table box with inward corners in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, in Art Nouveau style, and in the center a fine rectangul...
Category

1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Heart shape Red passion fire-enameled on guilloche Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché above and below. Modern contemporary style. Dimensions cm. 8.8 x 8 cm high....
Category

1990s Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Ballpoint Pen Sterling Silver with Translucent Fired Enamel Guilloche Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Ballpoint pen in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloche. With Sheaffer refil or similar. Diameter mm. 10.5. Total length cm. 14. Weight gr. 52. Designed ...
Category

1970s Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Small shaped Picture Frame 2 oval portrait Plum Purple color enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small shaped frame for 2 oval photographs in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche in Art Nouveau style. External dimensions cm. 5.2 x 7 int...
Category

1980s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

19th Century Italian Solid Silver Basket
By Arval Argenti Valenza
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 Other Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Giorgio by Pampaloni Italy Sterling Silver Silverware Set Service 138 Pieces
By Pampaloni
Located in Big Bend, WI
Pampaloni Tuscany, Italy Over a hundred years ago, in 1902, grandfather Pampaloni founded a workshop that would become one of the most prestigious silver factories in Florence, just a short walk from Palazzo Vecchio. Their difficult labor still achieves impressive results, thanks to innovative design and traditional techniques coupled with the skilled hands of Gianfranco and Francesco Pampaloni. Giorgio by Pampaloni Italian sterling silver flatware set - 138 pieces. This pattern looks similar to Albi by Christofle with classic rounded shape and border. This set includes: 12 dinner size knives, 9 1/2" (one is by Zaramella) 8 dinner size forks, 8" (two are by Zaramella) 16 luncheon knives, 8 1/2" 12 regular forks, 7" 12 salad forks, 7" 18 small teaspoons, 5 1/8" 12 dessert spoons, 7" 12 large dinner spoons, 8" (one is by Zaramella) 12 fish knives, flat handle all-sterling, 8" 12 oyster forks, 5" 2 sugar spoons, 5" 1 salad set w/bone, 9 1/4" 1 roast carving set, 2-pc, 12" & 10 7/8" 1 cheese knife w/pick, 8 1/2" 2 vegetable serving spoons, 9 3/4" 1 vegetable serving fork, 9 3/4" 1 hollow handle butter spreader, 6 1/2" 1 soup ladle 12" Includes bonus large estate flatware...
Category

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Frutta Centerpiece
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant centrepiece is a deep dish entirely made in silver whose internal surface is textured with the Classic hammered surface, while the lip is intricately adorned with a magn...
Category

2010s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Frutta Centerpiece
Frutta Centerpiece
$3,795 / item
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
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 Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Set of Six Glasses in 800 Silver with Internal Gilding, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of six glasses in 800 silver with internal gilding, Italy, 1980s. Small signs of the time, no dents. The total weight of the silver is 1050.00 grams because each one weighs 175...
Category

1980s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Tall & Sleek Pepper Mill Grinder Italian 800 Standard Silver 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tall & Sleek Pepper Mill Grinder Italian 800 Standard Silver 1950s Italy, Circa 1950s This tall and sleek Italian pepper mill grinder, crafted in...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Metal, Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Silver 800 Barocco Wall Mirror
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous mirror in solid 800 silver made in Milan - Italy in the mid-1950s. The mirror was masterfully embossed and chiselled with scrolls, shells and flowers, typical of the Baroque...
Category

Mid-20th Century Baroque Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Pocket Photos holder Enamel hand carved Napoleon III Style Salimbeni.
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket photos holder in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels on guillochè, with hand-engraved edges. Empire style Napoleon III. Octagonal hing...
Category

1980s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Vintage Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage sterling silver, wood-lined cigarette box from circa 1950s measuring 8" wide x 3 7/8" deep x 1 1/4" high. The box weighs 606 grams and is in very good condition.  
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

1960s by Lino Sabattini Italian Design Silver Metal Pair of Bowls
By Lino Sabattini
Located in Brescia, IT
Couple of bowls. Excellent condition.
Category

1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver Plate

20th Century Italian Solid Silver Empire Style Sugar Bowl on Feet
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Important Italian sugar bowl in 800 solid silver made in Florence. The Empire style is characterized by the Classic leaves, embossed and finely chis...
Category

1950s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Silver Mug with Deer Antler Handle
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
This vintage-inspired mug is an excellent way to serve a refreshing drink, improving the taste of any beverage while keeping it perfectly chilled. From the Animals collection, the el...
Category

2010s Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

20th Century Rococo Style Sterling Silver Chocolate/Coffee Pot , Italy, 1989
By Ilario Pradella 1
Located in Cagliari, IT
Extraordinary reproduction of an Italian coffee / chocolate pot of the 18th century hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari. Splendid chisel work typical of the Milanese ...
Category

1980s Rococo Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Italian 800 Silver Carving Set Flatware Art Nouveau
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique Italian 800 silver vermeil flatware cutlery carving set of 8 pcs, Handles decorated with Art nouveau stylisation embossed. .
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

21st Century Italian Sterling Silver Obelisk
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid sterling silver obelisk. Made entirely by hand, the obelisk is completely smooth fixed on a square base of different sizes and sections.
Category

2010s Egyptian Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

21st Century Italian Sterling Silver Obelisk
21st Century Italian Sterling Silver Obelisk
$1,766 Sale Price / item
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Picture Frame 3 oval photos French Empire Napoleon III style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for 3 oval photos cm. 3.2 x 4.2 each in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, with French Empire Napoleon III style...
Category

1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

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