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Period: Late 20th Century
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
Italian Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
$620 Sale Price
25% Off
Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver 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
Italian Art Deco Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame with enamel on a sunburst guilloché 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
Italian Empire Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Sterling Silver Model of Queen's Coronation Coach 20th Century
Located in London, GB
An attractive silver model of the Queen's coronation coach, hallmarked for Birmingham 1977, with the makers mark for Toye, Kenning & Spencer Ltd on a red velvet base.
Gold State Coa...
Category
Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame Red enamel Empire Style Sterling Silver 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
Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Cigar Box two-tone stripes enamel Sterling Silver 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
Italian Empire Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Garrard & Co Silver Four Sconce Three Branch Candelabra
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine quality silver three branch candelabra with four candle sconces by Garrard & Co of Regent Street, London and dated 1978. Often refe...
Category
English Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Cebtury Italian Big Sterling Silver Letter Opener
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
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$888 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century 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
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver 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...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Pure 990 Silver Grape Bunch
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italy, a country that produces great wines and an ancient agricultural tradition, could not fail to dedicate its art also to create prestigious objects concerning this excellence for...
Category
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,900 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Hannah Hull by Tuttle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 113 pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
The unadorned Hannah Hull pattern, known for its simple, clean lines, was inspired by old colonial design and was first introduced by Tuttle in 1927.
Monumental Dinner and Luncheon s...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Italian Louis XVI Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1980 Silver and Gold Vermail Glasses _ Set of 6
Located in Brescia, IT
Set Glasses for 2 People (6 pieces)
Italy, 1980
Silver Mark impressed
Very good condiction
h 23 cm / diam 5.5 cm
h 22 cm / diam 5.5 cm
h 20 cm / diam 5.5 cm
Weight: 970 g
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver
$2,626 / set
Clock Cream Enamel on Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small table clock in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, with columns in neo-classical Hellenic style. Swiss mechanical movement from Mai...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Marie Antoinette by Alvin Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 201 pcs Mono P
Located in Big Bend, WI
Superb monumental Dinner and Luncheon Size Marie Antoinette by Alvin circa 1910 sterling silver Flatware set, 201 pieces, in huge vintage chest. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size ...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Oval Sterling Silver Renaissance Style Entree Dish
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
Italian Renaissance Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,724 Sale Price
33% Off
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
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1970s by Luciano Minguzzi for Franklin Mint Limited Edition Silver Cock
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
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Sterling Figural 8 Piece Belt by William B. Kerr Silver Company
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Nouveau Sterling Figural 8 Piece Belt by William B. Kerr Silver Company
USA, circa 1890s
This Art Nouveau sterling silver belt by the esteemed William B. Kerr Silver Company st...
Category
American Art Nouveau Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian Silver Coffe, Chocolate Pot Art Decò Style
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
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$3,085 Sale Price
20% Off
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-engrave...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Winterset by Buccellati Italy Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 103 pieces
By Buccellati
Located in Big Bend, WI
Simple elegance, handcrafted from sterling silver. Made in Italy by the 18th century house of Buccellati, whose artisans emphasize timeless style, integrity of materials, and pleasur...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame Green two-tones enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver 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
Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Table Box hand-engraved and enamelled ornament in Arabic style 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
Italian Islamic Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Stunning Solid Silver Swan Letter Opener by Sarah Jones
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful top quality letter opener by the well renowned modern silversmith, Sarah Jones.
This beautiful example has a handle created from an elegant Swan's head with it's long neck blending into the opener's blade.
The silver is fully hallmarked for London 1984, the makers mark is also present for the highly collectable silversmith, Sarah Jones.
Excellent condition measuring 5 1/4" x 3/4" x 1/2"
Sarah Jones is well known for her small decorative silver which is held in numerous collections including those of the royal family. Having sold her work for ten years at Camden Lock...
Category
British Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Box shaped enamel hand painted, engraved and miniature Sterling Silver 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
Italian Baroque Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Set Of 4 Sterling Silver Bright Cut Wine Goblets Geo 111 Style London 1972
Located in London, GB
Set Of 4 Sterling Silver Bright Cut Wine Goblets Geo 111 Style London 1972
Weighing 23.22 Troy Ounces, these goblets are made in a decent gauge of silver
The style is very much in t...
Category
English Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Miniature Triumph Motorbike Rubber Tires
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
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame with Interlacements in French Empire Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver
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
Italian Empire Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Green with concave corner for oval photo Sterling Silver 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
Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fountain Pen Sterling Silver fired Enamel Guilloche 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
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Serenity by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 74pc Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner Size Serenity by International sterling silver Flatware set, 74 pieces. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 1/2"
12 Dinner Size Forks, 7 5/8"
12 Salad Forks, 6 1/2"
1...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Large Pan with Wood Handle
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
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,342 Sale Price
22% Off
Mid 20th c. Sterling Bowl with Blue Enamel Interior - Barbara Walters Estate
Located in Morristown, NJ
Mid-20th c., a Danish sterling bowl with blue enamel interior and wire scroll handles, marked "E. Dragsted Denmark".
Dimensions:
3"h x 5.5"dia
Condition:
Good/Fair. Scratches to e...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Clock and 2 Candlesticks Table set Sterling Silver Enamel 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
Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1970s by Giacomo Manzù for Franklin Mint Limited Etition Silver
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
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century 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
Italian Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
$382 Sale Price
20% Off
Plate Enamel on guillochè in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver 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
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ruby Pansy Earrings
Located in Round Top, TX
Enameled silver pansies in Tiffany blue and ballet pink with faceted rubies. The flowers can be removed which allows them maximum movement and "dance" when worn.
These are delicate,...
Category
Bohemian Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
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
Italian Modern Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Cigarette Box hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory 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
Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Satin Beauty by Oneida Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 52 pieces
By Oneida
Located in Big Bend, WI
Satin Beauty by Oneida sterling silver Flatware set with satin finish, 52 pieces. This set includes:
12 Knives, 8 7/8"
12 Forks, 7 1/4"
12 Salad Forks, 6 1/2"
12 Teaspoons, 6 1/4"
1...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Box with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and horse racing Salimben
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
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Peter Hertz Danish Silver Wedding Commemorative Spoon, 1992
By Peter Hertz
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine Danish Peter Hertz original boxed gilded silver spoon commemorating the silver wedding of Queen Margreth and Prince Henrik on 10th June 1992. The heavily made spoon has a rounded terminal relief moulded with a central monogram surrounded by elephants with a pierced gilded crown above. The reverse side with royal shields with other heraldic emblems and bearing the date 10...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Small shaped Picture Frame tiles of the Baptistery of Florence 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
Italian Renaissance Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Table Box Heart shape Sky tone fire-enameled on guilloche 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
Italian Modern Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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
Italian International Style Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$2,251 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Sterling Silver Hallmarked Scalloped Bowl Or Bread Basket
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely hallmarked sterling silver scalloped bowl is from the 1980s. It is perfect for serving and can be used as a bread basket. The hallmarks on the back are X958F. This is bow...
Category
American Modern Vintage Late 20th Century 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
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$4,584 Sale Price
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Table Box portrait of Natalia Nikolaevna Pushkina Lanskaja 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
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ballpoint Pen Sterling Silver with Translucent Fired Enamel Guilloche 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
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Heart shape Red passion fire-enameled on guilloche 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
Italian Modern Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, 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
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Chalice & Paten London 1985
Located in Norwich, GB
Elizabeth II sterling silver chalice and paten. Both hallmarked for London, 1985.
Rising on circular foot with engraved grapevines and ears of wheat on the tapering stem, with a cir...
Category
English Victorian Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Silver Swirl by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 52 Pcs Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
Silver Swirl by Wallace c1955 sterling silver Flatware set - 52 pieces. This set includes:
8 Knives, 9"
8 Forks, 7 3/8"
8 Salad Forks, 6 3/8"...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Silver Sculpture by Reed and Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 70 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Large silver sculpture by Reed and Barton sterling silver flatware set of 70 pieces. (See photo of Reed & Barton's 1954 advertisement, as illustrated in Modernism in American Silver ...
Category
Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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