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Period: Mid-20th Century
Technique: Carved
Antique Pair of Candle Holder Sterling Silver Rococo Style Candlesticks, 1937s
Located in Hampshire, GB
A set of 2 antique silver CG Hallberg, a pair of Rococo-style silver candlesticks, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. Tested with the scratch test, height a...
Category
1930s Danish Rococo Revival Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Buccellati Silver Seahorse Ice Bucket Large
Located in New York, NY
Buccellati silver Seahorse ice bucket large in 800 silver.
Buccellati silver Seahorse ice bucket often used to chill multiple bottles of wine, champ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Pair of Silver Peacock Stand, Decoration Object for Home Decor
Located in Hampshire, GB
A Pair of Artistically created birds for table decor, silver-plated peacocks - ideal for a coffee table or bookends. These figures are Classic Hollywood Regency! They are each unique...
Category
1940s Danish Hollywood Regency Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Swann Silver Salt Shaker A Pair of Antique Salt & Pepper Shaker Swann Wings Tray
Located in Hampshire, GB
Silver Swan Vintage Salt and Pepper, Set of 2 with Tray
Antique valuable silver salt and pepper shaker or Decorative tableware pressed, cast and chased pair of swann. Oval, domed bod...
Category
1940s European Hollywood Regency Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Leaf, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver
Cigarette Case fired Enamel stripes in Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table box with long rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled stripes in Art Deco style. With “lost” hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 10.5 x 15 x 2.3. Weight gr. 548. Inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s in Art Deco style and recreated for Cartier USA in the 1980s, manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick and thick slabs reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 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 catalogue...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Pair of Candle Holder Golden Brass Rococo Style Candlesticks Home Decor
Located in Hampshire, GB
A set of 2 antique golden brass 6-branch Candlesticks, a pair of Rococo-style brass candlesticks, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. Tested with the scratch...
Category
1930s Swedish Rococo Revival Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Griotte Marble, Marble, Multi-gemstone, Metal, Brass, Silver, Gold Plate
Sterling Silver Taxco Mexico Mayan Face Figural Brooch pin
By Taxco
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Los Ballesteros 925 Sterling Silver Taxco Mexico Mayan Face Figural Brooch Pin
Sterling Silver
Period:
1940-1949
Date of Manufacture:
Circa 1945
D...
Category
1940s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
Antique Pair of Candle Holder Golden Brass and Marble Rococo Style Candlesticks
Located in Hampshire, GB
A set of 2 antique golden brass and marble stone, a pair of Rococo-style brass candlesticks, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. Tested with the scratch test...
Category
1930s Swedish Rococo Revival Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Marble, Griotte Marble, Metal, Gold Plate, Silver, Brass
Antique Candlelabra Golden Art Deco Style Candlesticks, A Set of 5 Bronze
Located in Hampshire, GB
A set of 5 antique nickel silver, bronze and glass Art Deco-style candlesticks and candelabra pressed cast, and chased. Circular, curved feet wit...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Leaf, Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver
Table Box Sterling Silver Striped Paillons in pure Gold and flowers Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine floral miniature fired enamelled by the painter Ren...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Pair of sterling Silver Glasses by Tane Orfebres
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Pair of sterling Silver Glasses by Tane Orfebres
Those Glasses are a lovely pieces for those that collect fine Mexican silver, silver by this l...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Sterling Saucer Plates by Tane Orfebres
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Those Saucer plates are a lovely pieces for those that collect fine Mexican silver, silver by this listed maker, or you're looking for a piece like this to dress up your home!
Shows...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of sterling Silver Pedestal Dish Tray Candle Holder by Tane Orfebres
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Those are a lovely pieces for those that collect fine Mexican silver, silver by this listed maker, or you're looking for a piece like this to dress up your home!
Shows typical wear ...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Sterling Silver sauce boat with Handle by Tane Orfebres
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Pair of modern sauce boats with sterling silver legs and handle designed and made by Tane Orfebres in Mexico. The two open sauce boats are decorated with elements of the mythical Que...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Pair of Candle Holder Sterling Silver Rococo Style Candlesticks, 1937s
Located in Hampshire, GB
Antique silver pair of Art Deco-style silver candlesticks, pressed, cast, and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. Tested with the scratch test, height approx. 16 cm, diameter ...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver
Perfume holder pendant in the shape of a cruet Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Perfume holder pendant in the shape of a cruet in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with screwed cap and branch with ivy leaves engraved and fire enameled on both sides. Art Nouve...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel
Perfume holder pendant blue enamel cruet shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Perfume Holder Pendant in the shape of a cruet in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with screwed cap and translucent enamel fired on guilloche. Art Nouveau style from the early 19...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Silver Salt Pepper Shaker, Art Deco Decorative Condiment Set with Tray
Located in Hampshire, GB
A modernist Silver Condiment Set comprising a Salt shaker, a Pepper Shaker, a Mustard Pot & a spoon. The mustard pot has a blue glass bowl and a silver spoon. Each item's exterior ha...
Category
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver, Metal
Pair of Candle Holder Sterling Silver Antique Rococo Style Candlesticks, 1937s
Located in Hampshire, GB
Antique silver CG Hallberg, a pair of Rococo-style silver candlesticks, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. Tested with the scratch test, height approx. 18 c...
Category
1930s Danish Rococo Revival Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
A Pair Antique Silver Salt Pepper Shaker Art Deco Decorative Condiment Set Tray
Located in Hampshire, GB
A pair of modernist Silver Condiment sets comprising a Salt shaker, a Pepper Shaker, a Mustard Pot & a spoon. The mustard pot has a blue glass bowl and a silver spoon. Each item's ex...
Category
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver
Photograph Frame Large Imperial Style White Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver shaped photograph frame with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and rich friezes in Louis XVI French Empire style. External measurements...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
English Sterling Silver Charm Bracelet with Heart Lock Antique Bracelet, 1960s
Located in Hampshire, GB
Open curb link bracelet with heart padlock clasp hung a variety of charms, including, a fire engine, motorcycle, trolley bus, doctor’s bag, dunce hat, barrel organ and an engagement ring with a jewel on top. A Lovely English sterling silver double-link charm bracelet with a safety chain. There are Twenty-Nine charms The bracelet is in excellent condition, with scratching as expected. We have given the bracelet a light clean.
96g total gross weight.
Condition
Excellent condition. This is a fabulous vintage 1960s silver charm...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Early Victorian Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver
Photo Frame Large Imperial Style White and Green enamel on Sterling Silver Salim
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped frame for photographs in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and rich friezes in the French Empire Louis XVI style ...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame large size Red Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photograph frame in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with borders and laurel frieze in Louis XVI French Empire style. Exte...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Enamel on guillochè with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle S
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterlin silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine fired enamelled miniature with hand-painted floral i...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Silver Gold and Gem-Set Clutch with Black Silk Carrying Case, Mario Buccellati
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Rare and one of a kind important Mario Buccellati clutch.
Gold, silver and carved Emeralds evening bag, The silver bag engraved in a sunburst-like Pattern, the clasp set with 11 carv...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Silver
Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver brossè with very fine hand engraving, also on the sides, of “ramage” with leaves and bunches of grapes fire-ena...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Enamel and Guilloche Striped Border Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and internal striped border with French Empire Louis XVI style interweavin...
Category
1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Frame for 2 Photographs Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped frame for 2 photographs in sterling Silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniatures. Viennese Art Nouveau style seco...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver Octagonal Bullet Teapot Dated 1930 Made in London by Richard Comyns
Located in London, GB
Silver Bullet Teapot Dated 1930 Made In London By Richard Comyns.
This style of teapot was first made in the Geo 1 period around about 1720.
It has a good gauge of silver weighing ...
Category
1930s English George I Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Baroque Style Green Table Box with Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Baroque style shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving interspersed with spaces with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and a beautiful h...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver 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 Italian Art Deco Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Snuffbox Pocket Sterling Silver Gold Paillons Lilies of France Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular oval shape pocket snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of p...
Category
1960s Italian Louis XIV Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, 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 enameled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Simone Dainelli inspired by the paintings of Boris Vallejo, in fantastic contemporary style, with hand-engraved frame. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Striking English Cut Crystal and Sterling Silver Art Deco Decanter, 1935
Located in Bath, GB
A truly striking Art Deco decanter made from a hefty piece of glass, beautifully hand-cut. The towering stopper sits in a collar which is wrapped in English sterling silver, fully ha...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Glass
Guilloche Frame Blu Enamel Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold "paillons" in the shape of stars t...
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine miniature fired enamelled with an image of “fox hunti...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1960 Italy Mid-Century Scandinavian Pair Sterling Silver Candleholders
Located in Brescia, IT
This pair of elegant sterling silver candleholders, have been hand made in Sweden in 1960.
Their linear shape give a sense of modern and these pieces are an example of the internati...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
William L. deMatteo, Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Coffee Kettle, ca. 1950s
By William Lawrence deMatteo
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions & weight:
Height: 10.75 inches
Width: 3-1/2 inches
Depth: 5.25 inches
Weight: 27.4 troy oz
This wonderful sterling silver & wood coffee & tea kettle, made by the famous New York master-silversmith William Lawrence deMatteo, very delicately decorated with the sprouts of young sweet peas. Although at first glance, this object casts thoughts about Art Deco, the unusualness of organic decorative elements in combination with the traditional form certainly speaks of its explicit Mid-Century Modern design.
William Lawrence deMatteo (American, 12 October 1923 - 14 May 1988), silversmith and master craftsman, was born in New York City and was the son of Elizabeth Rommelman deMatteo and William Gaitano [Gaetano] deMatteo, an accomplished silversmith who immigrated to the United States from Acciaroli, Salerno, Italy, with his family when he was a boy. William Lawrence deMatteo grew up in suburban Bergenfield, New Jersey, and attended schools in nearby Tenafly, all the while observing and absorbing his father's skillful work. DeMatteo began studying sculpture and fine arts at Columbia University in 1941, but after the United States entered World War II he joined the navy in November 1942 and served in the Pacific theater as a torpedo bomber pilot. On 14 November 1946, in Asbury Park, he married Jayne Walpole, a painter who later co-founded an art gallery. They had three daughters and one son. DeMatteo resumed his apprenticeship with his father and may have continued his studies at Columbia before being recalled to active duty with the navy during the Korean War. He was discharged in 1953.
Bill deMatteo, as he was usually known, visited the restored capital of colonial Virginia while he was still in the service and asked to see the silversmith's shop. Told that Colonial Williamsburg had none, he saw an opportunity for himself. Soon after deMatteo left the navy, he returned to Williamsburg and in July 1953 joined the staff as a silversmith. He created the entire silversmith program and was responsible for the James Geddy Silversmith's Shop, where he trained shopkeepers in interpreting craftsmanship to visitors, instructed and supervised apprentices in all kinds of metalworking, and handcrafted reproductions of eighteenth-century silver items for sale in the shop. DeMatteo also revived colonial silversmith James Craig...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Buccellati Silver Sea Motif Champagne Bucket
Located in New York, NY
Buccellati silver sea motif champagne bucket in sterling silver.
Buccellati champagne bucket, featuring motifs of the sea. Raised vessel in sterling silve...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Carved Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
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