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Technique: Hand-Crafted
Navajo Old Pawn Safety Pin Key-Tag in Sterling Silver
Located in Round Top, TX
A signed Risdon Key-Tag vintage Navajo Old Pawn key tag that has a hand-bezel-set turquoise stones embellishing an extra large safety pin in solid sterling silver. This piece is sign...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
Anthony DiRienzi Silversmith Studio Hand Made Sterling Silver Spoon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Silversmithing Studio of the late artisan Anthony DiRienzi, a sterling silver spoon, Philadelphia - circa early 1980s.
American Arts & Crafts in the Art Nouveau style, enti...
Category
1980s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Cigarette Case floral miniatures and inserts of gold paillons Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with external edges and fired enamels inserted in fine designs in the Baroq...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Victorian Sterling Silver Shoe Horn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning sterling silver shoe horn. A wonderful addition to your dressing table, the closet or Sock drawer!
Beautiful sterling handle with strong metal plated piece to use for pr...
Category
Early 20th Century European Victorian Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver
JAMES DIXON & SONS 1904 Sheffield Large Liquor Flask In .925 Sterling &
Located in Miami, FL
Liquor flask bottle designed by James Dixon & Sons.
Very handsome and handy liquor flask bottle, created in Sheffield England by the silversmith James Dixon & Sons, back in the 1904...
Category
1970s English Edwardian Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,118 Sale Price
30% Off
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 Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Sterling Silver Scent or Perfume Bottle with Chased Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique perfume bottle is signed by an unknown English maker and dates to approximately 1898 and done in the period Victorian style. The bottle is done in sterling silver with a...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted 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
1990s Italian Renaissance Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,688 Sale Price
33% Off
Antique French Silver Wine Taster Honoring Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very unique and ornate antique silver wine taster was made in France in circa 1780 and is hallmarked, however the maker cannot be ident...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Box pure gold paillons and fired enamel miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire enamels, with pure gold “paillons” on the upper circle, fine fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Br...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Silver Salt Pepper Shaker, Art Deco Decorative Condiment Set with Tray
Located in Wembley, 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 Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
$556 Sale Price / set
43% Off
Small Picture Frame Rectangular for oval portrait Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular for oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External cm. 6 x 9, internal oval cm....
Category
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Tapio Wirkkala Finnish Silver Leaf Shape Handled Bon Bon Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning mid-century Finnish silver leaf shaped handled bon bon dish designed by Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) dated 1965. The dish is of a simple leaf shaped design formed like a hea...
Category
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
18th Century Empire Silver Baccarat Crystal Salt Cellars F. Durand Napoleonic
By Charles Nicolas Odiot, Francois Durand
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
18th Century Museal French masterpieces.
A pair sterling silver and Baccarat crystal salt cellars.
The 2 oval crystal bowls carried by ...
Category
19th Century Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver decorative Vase or Bowl
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sack-shaped sterling silver vase or bowl.
The vase was completely handmade starting from the sterling silver plate, skilfully modeled until it took the shape of a sack.
The body wa...
Category
2010s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,411 Sale Price
20% Off
ALLAN ADLER 1950 Modernist Salt & Pepper Shakers In .925 Sterling Silver
By Allan Adler
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of salt & Pepper shakers designed by Allan Adler (1916-2002).
This is a pair of minimalist salt and pepper shakers designed by the American silversmith Allan Adler, back in 194...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$908 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Penguin by Alcino Silversmith Handcrafted in Sterling Silver with Ostrich Egg
Located in Porto, 13
Penguin by Alcino Silversmith 1902 is a handcrafted piece in 925 sterling silver with ostrich egg application and black onix eyes.
This penguin i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
C R Ashbee GOH. A Rare Pair of Arts & Crafts Hand-Crafted Hammered Silver Salts.
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee for the guild of handicraft.
A rare pair of Arts & Crafts silver salt bowls with roll-over rims and dot decoration to the bowl edges stood on fou...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Fountain Pen in Sterling Silver fired Enamel Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Fountain pen in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloche. With 14 carats gold nib and ink cartridge. Diameter mm. 10.5 Total length cm. 14. Weight gr. 45. ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
$921 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Georgian Sterling Silver Pocket Cigar Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This sterling silver and intricately engraved cigar case was made in London England in circa 1831, during the reign of King George IV. The top and bottom are both ornately engraved w...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Console Miniature with Mirror
Located in VALENZA, IT
Console miniature in 925 silver with mirror and marble top, wooden details.
This miniature was made in 925 silver with the fusion technique.
The supports under the top depict three...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Marble, Sterling Silver
$1,371 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Salt Cellars
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italian salt cellar Completely handmade, worked in fusion and finished with chisel.
The handle represents the God Bacchus with his arms crossed behind his head.
As a tradition the God is decorated with bunches of grapes with his feet on bunches and branches.
Its side salt holders...
Category
1990s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$832 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box floral miniature fire-enameled on guilloche vertical stripes 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 fired enamelled miniature with hand-painted floral ...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Russian Empire Fabergè style Rectangular photo frame with 2 oval borders and orn
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with 2 oval borders internal size cm. 4 x 5.2 and ornaments with festoons a...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Cigarette Box fine hand-engraved and two-colour fire-enamelled. Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with a fine hand-engraved design and two-colour fire-enamelled with other fi...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Art Nouveau Revival Italian Sterling Silver Vase
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver vase in Art Nouveau - Liberty style made entirely by hand.
The preparation of the structure of the vase required several processing times. The vase was made in differ...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
19thc Sterling Silver Vases with Cranberry Glass Inserts-Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These amazing and heavy sterling silver 19thc vases with removable cranberry glass inserts are in fine condition. The sterling bases are marked sterling and also have hall marks on t...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,516 Sale Price / set
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
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Baroque Jatte Centrepiece
Located in VALENZA, IT
This type of centerpiece was very much in vogue in the prestigious and aristocratic houses of the 1700s.
It was used to contain fruit or be decorated with floral compositions and po...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$4,634 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Porcelain and Pure Silver Fish Shakers by Emilia Castillo, Mexico, 1998
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming pair of porcelain and pure silver salt and pepper shakers designed and handmade by Emilia Castillo, Mexico, in 1998. Each piece is sculpted in the form of a stylized fish, b...
Category
1990s Mexican Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Ashtray Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone and Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table ashtray in the shape of a four-leaf clover with structure in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated and external and internal lining in real malachite stone. Dimensions cm. 12 x ...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Malachite, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
$9,230 Sale Price
20% Off
Four Mid Century Sterling Silver Double Branch Candlesticks by J. Tostrup Norway
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of four double branch sterling candlesticks were made in the period and style of Mid-Century Modern and are signed by J. Tostrup of Norway. Each candlestick has a black enam...
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Antique Sterling Silver Edwardian Serving Tray with Stylized Rope Border
By Henry Atkin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and substantial antique serving tray was made by the Atkins Bros. silversmiths of England and dates to approximately 1900 and done in the period Edwardian style. The ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Perfume Holder 3 color fired enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical handbag perfume holder in 925/1000 sterling silver with screw cap and fine manual engraving of Art Deco style decorations, with 3 colours of fired enamels. Diameter cm. 2...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Sterling Silver Cymric Candlesticks, Archibald Knox for Liberty and Co
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Exceedingly Rare and Important pair of Museum quality old English sterling silver Cymric candlesticks. Exceptional example of silver from the Art...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$8,850 Sale Price / set
70% Off
Thomas Barker 1825 London Georgian Pair of Fruit Spoons in Gilded .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of fruit spoons designed by Thomas Wilkes Barker in 1825.
Gorgeous pair of antique Georgian fruit spoons in mint condition. They was created in London England at the atelier ...
Category
18th Century English George IV Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$875 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Evening Bag with fire enamelled stripes in Art Deco style Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval evening bag in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire enamelled stripes in Art Deco style. Measurement cm. 5.5 x 10 x 14.8, interior with ground mirror. Weight gr. 748. Created in 1...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enameled engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature in 18th century French Empire style. Dimension...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Silver 'Fiddle Head' Tea/Dessert Spoon - Germany - Late 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique 'Fiddle Head' pattern silver tea or dessert spoon - assayers 'zigzag' test mark & hallmark - Germany (likely) - late 18th century.
Excellent antique condition - no loss - no...
Category
Late 18th Century German Georgian Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$434 Sale Price
30% Off
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
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
A Pair Antique Silver Salt Pepper Shaker Art Deco Decorative Condiment Set Tray
Located in Wembley, 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 Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
$1,338 Sale Price / set
35% Off
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Tea and Coffee Set with Matching Tray
By PRIA & SARI
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large oval tea and coffee service in 800 solid silver on feet, completely handcrafted and lightly hammered. The oval shape, particularly difficult to make as it is completely shaped ...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. Silver / Gilt Pair Continental Candlesticks
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Tiffany & Co. silver gilt pair of decorative continental style tableware candlesticks with exterior floral design details. Each candlestick is in great condition. Lacking nozzles. Mi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Silver
Mappin & Webb Sterling Silver and Blue Glass Salt and Pepper cellars dated 1919
Located in London, GB
Presenting for sale a stunning pair of Art Deco Sterling Silver Hallmarked Salt (and/ or Pepper) Cellars with their original Blue Glass liners made by the renowned UK silversmiths Ma...
Category
1910s British Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$588 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Sterling Silver Tableware Carneool Agate Flatware Serving Set Antique
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique sterling silver & Agate serving set.
Fabulous floral engravings on the fork and spoon.
Handles made of ribbed agate
Condition good.
Fully hallmarked.
Year letter 1899
Sil...
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch High Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Tableware Carneool Agate Flatware Pie Scoop Server
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique Dutch sterling silver cake server
Made of silver and carneool agate
Engraved with typical Victorian - Biedermeier pattern
Origin The Netherlands
Hallmarked : on the back ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch High Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Tennis Ball Holder
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver tennis ball holder smooth 925 sterling silver ball holder tube, featuring an engraved oval with 2 rackets and balls. The lid is smooth with a lowered central part. Th...
Category
2010s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$832 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Pint Beer Tankard Mug Jacob Marsh London 1770
By Jacob Marsh
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & elegant antique George III Sterling Silver pint mug or tankard by Jacob Marsh, London 1770.
The tankard of very pleasing plain baluster form, with an inverted rim and raise...
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, 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
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Clock Sterling Silver Large with Horse Sculpture Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large table clock in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè, formed by a rectangular base of cm. 12 x 24 x ...
Category
1980s Italian Islamic Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$31,622 Sale Price
20% Off
Cigar Box Cylindrical for table blue enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical table cigar box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, with hinged lid. Modern contemporary style. Diameter cm. 5 height cm....
Category
1990s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame pearl gray enamel and hand-painted Garlands Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square photo frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with translucent pearl gray enamel fired on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of late 19th century Viennese Art Nouveau ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff box Enamel Double opening Sterling Silver flower bouquet Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with two slightly domed sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower bouquet, late 1...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Centrepiece with fruit on Cristal Base
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid sterling silver oval centerpiece with fruits and leaves composition made by chiseled silver sheet.
The fruit and leaves have been modeled by hand from the silver plate, shaped ...
Category
1990s Italian Other Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, 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
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Elizabeth II Modernist Sterling Silver Cruet Set Birmingham 1965
Located in Norwich, GB
A stylishly simple Elizabeth II Modernist silver five piece cruet set. All pieces have full hallmarks for E.E.A Birmingham 1965.
The set comprises a twin handled stand, mustard p...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Black Box Octagonal with black edge enamel with pure Gold Paillons Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Table Box Octagonal is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Table Box Octagonal
Table Box Octagonal has translucent fired enamels on guilloché.
Table Box Octagonal has black edge with pure g...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
1800s - A Chinese Antique Silver Stand / Tazza, Handcrafted, Nanking
Located in Skien, NO
**Rare and Collectible Primitive Chinese Antique Silver Stand / Tazza, 1800s**
Elevate your collection with this exquisite and rare Chinese antique silver stand, or tazza, dating ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Italian Sterling Silver Table Clock with Enamels as Lapilazuli, Swiss Movement
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
20th century sterling silver table clock 925/1000 with fire enamel painted as lapis lazuli, Swiss quartz movement "Nepro".
Made in Italy.
The Miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$3,877 Sale Price
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