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Technique: Hand-Crafted
Picture Frame Napoleon III French Empire style laurel ornament Sterling Silver.
Located in Firenze, FI
This exquisite Picture Frame Napoleon III is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
it has a Squared Shape and sky colour for the fire enameled surface on guilloche.
Picture Frame Napoleon III...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, 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
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique French Napoleonic Sterling Silver Tableware Regency Empire Fish Slice
By Odiot, Dorlyn Silversmiths, Barbour Silver Co., Gorham Manufacturing Company, Benedict Silver Co. 1
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
French sterling silver Fish slice
Finely pierced flowers, engraved dolphin and an ebonized handle
Handle with a dolphin entwined.
Origin France first quarter 19th century, Paris
...
Category
Early 18th Century French Regency Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
$1,374 Sale Price / set
35% Off
An Antique Silver 800 Napkin Holder, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Antique Silver 800 Napkin Holder, 19th Century
Offers elegant design and craftsmanship. Home decor, Interior design and collectibles.
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
...
Category
19th Century English Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair Of Large Empire-Style Silver Candle Holders, Hermann Südfeld, Vienna, c1890
Located in Vienna, AT
Two large, elegant, simple silver candlesticks on a round base, round foot grooved on the sides, smooth shaft raised in the centre with a profiled constriction, shaft widening conica...
Category
1890s Austrian Empire Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Small shaped Picture Frame Four-leaf clover lilac Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Four-leaf clover shaped frame for oval photo in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent lilac fired enamel on guilloche, modern contemporary style. External cm. 8.5 x 8...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Pair of 20th Century Silver Pheasants
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 800 silver pheasants. Gold vermeil. European (probably Austria).
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$2,475 / set
Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen and tray for a Desk Set green enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
4640-5320 - Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, cm. 9 x 17.5. For fountain pen (4568-5201) with two-tone st...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, 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 Sterling Italian Silver Tea Caddy George III replica
Located in VALENZA, IT
George III tea caddy replica.
Obtained from a silver sheet, it is rectangular in shape with shaped sides, it is embossed and chiseled with floral motifs and shells. The feet reprodu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Georgian Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Swann Sterling Silver A Pair of Antique Salt & Pepper Shaker Swann Wings Tray
Located in Wembley, GB
Silver Swan Vintage Salt and Pepper, Set of 2 with Sterling Silver Tray
Antique valuable silver salt and pepper shaker or Decorative tableware pressed, cast and chased pair of swann....
Category
1940s European Hollywood Regency Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
$604 Sale Price
20% Off
J. L. Schlingloff, German Silver Basket with Glass Liner, Early 20th Century
By Jean L. Schlingloff
Located in Chatham, ON
J. L. Schlingloff - Antique twin handled chased and reticulated silver basket - highest quality workmanship by a master Continental silversmi...
Category
Early 20th Century German Belle Époque Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Snuff Box reproducing the painting of a Roman glimpse late 1800s Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuffbox Rectangular for table with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli repro...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel
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
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
$843 Sale Price
20% Off
Archibald Knox Liberty & Co Silver Art Nouveau Silver Teapot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine and rare Art Nouveau Liberty & Co silver teapot designed by renowned designer Archibald Knox (British, 1864-1933) and dated 1900.
Archibald Knox, was a Manx designer of Scot...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Silver Champagne Bucket Baroque Style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Important Baroque style Champagne bucket made of 800 solid silver.
The body is shaped, chiseled and engraved with volutes and shell typical of the Baroque style. In the lower part a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$4,218 Sale Price
25% Off
Small shaped Picture Frame 2 oval portrait Blue Navy color enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small shaped frame for 2 oval photographs in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche in Art Nouveau style. External dimensions cm. 5.2 x 7 int...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
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
20th Century Maciel Mexican Sterling Silver Tea Set
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This tea set is made by renown craftsmen Maciel of Mexico. It was made in sterling silver with embellished fluted lobed decoration. The set contains 6 pieces and all of them are hall...
Category
20th Century Mexican Neoclassical Revival Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$10,000 / set
Modernist Sterling Silver Salt & Pepper Pots By George E Grant London 1971
Located in Norwich, GB
An Elizabeth II Modernist sterling silver salt and pepper pot set by George Edward Grant - London 1971. Fully hallmarked.
These superb pots are of cylindrical form with textured ban...
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
$32,052 Sale Price
20% Off
Box with fired enamels and fine horse racing miniature Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche and large fire enamelled rectangular miniature hand painted by the painter ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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
Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen & Tray for Desk Set enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with hand-painted fired enamel like turquoise stone, cm. 9.5 x 18. For fountain pen (4577-5210) with 18 carat gold n...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 10.4 x 13.4 x 3.2. Weight gr. 530. Designed by Giorgio Sali...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
HERMES Paris 1970 Table Menu-Cards Holders With Napoleon Coins 925 Sterling
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Table cards holders designed by Hermes.
This is a very rare and unusual set of four table menu-card holders created in Paris France by the luxury house of Hermes, back in the 1960-1...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Russian Silver Pavel Ovchinnikov & Ivan Khlednikov Gilt Cloisonné Enamel Casket
By Ivan Khlebnikov, Pavel Ovchinnikov
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare full sized Imperial Russian 1891 Cloisonné enamel casket box made from solid silver with g...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Chiocolate Pot
Located in VALENZA, IT
Baroque style sterling silver chocolate pot.
The object was completely handmade in Italy by the silversmith Lorenzo Ferrari who had the laboratory in Milan in via XXV Aprile.
The body, in the central and upper part, was worked with the technique of the embossing and the chisel in the front part, with typical baroque scrolls, leaving a smooth central coat of arms for any noble coats of arms or family initials. The back of the body is smooth.
In the lower part, on the whole body, a design with pods, alternating large and small, has been embossed and chiseled. The handle of the chocolate maker...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$5,320 Sale Price
24% Off
Picture Frame Sterling Silver Octagonal Yellow Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamels on guillochè. Modern contemporary style. Exterior 17 x 18.5 cm, interior for round photo d...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box fired enamels and round cameo Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Behold the epitome of elegance and craftsmanship: a square table box, meticulously crafted from gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver. This masterpiece features exquisite engravings a...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Evening Bag Sterling Silver Shape of an Envelope Black Fired Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Evening bag in the shape of an envelope in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Measure cm. 8.2 x 4.7 x 13.5 - interior with beveled mirror and velvet lining. With trian...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
$8,770 Sale Price
20% Off
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
TIFFANY & CO. 1921 John C. Moore Pair of Open Salts Cellars .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Salt cellars designed by Tiffany & Co.
Beautiful antique pair of salt cellars created at the Tiffany & Co. in New York city, back in the 1921. This model was crafted in solid .925/.999 sterling silver with high polished finish. made under the directory presidency of John C. Moore during the art deco period, between 1907-1947. The cellars were designed with classical George III styles, based in the original designs made in London by Dorothy Mills in 1755. As with all Tiffany pieces, the quality and design are beyond compared. Exceptional and rare example of Tiffany's finest work.
Components: Two salt cellars and two salt spoons.
Weight: 190.95 Grams, (122.45 Dwt).
Measurements: 76 mm by 76 mm by 33 mm (3 x 3 x 1.30 Inches).
Hallmarks: They are each stamped with the maker's mark, the silver assay mark, the order number, the inventory reference, the letter M for John C. Moore and signed as follow, "TIFFANY & CO. 19002 MAKERS 6145 STERLING SILVER 925-1000 2174/2176" respectively" and "REPRODUCTION ORIGINAL BY DOROTHY MILLS LONDON 1755".
Tiffany & Co. Marks
Tiffany silver hollowware and flatware is generally marked Tiffany & Co and generally includes date letters indicating the period it was made. Flatware also usually includes a pattern number. The first date letter "M (old English) used by Tiffany’s represented Edward C. Moore, who was the head of tiffany's silver operations until 1891. after his death, the date letters were based on the initial of the current tiffany president; 1891-1902 Charles L. Tiffany (T), 1902-1907 Charles T. Cook (C), 1907-1947 John C. Moore (M), 1947-1955 Louis De Bian Moore (B), 1955-ca.1965 William T. Lusk (L).
The Tiffany Dynasty
The original company was founded in 1837 at 259 Broadway in New York City by Charles Louis Tiffany and partner John B. Young. It began not as a jewelry & silver emporium...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Modern Solid Silver Jug Pitcher
Located in VALENZA, IT
Modern style solid silver pitcher.
The shape of the jug is oval and has been completely handmade from an 800 silver plate.
The body of the object is...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$3,594 Sale Price
31% 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...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box with wedges Enamel Sterling Silver black and white Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal wedge box in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white colors fire enameled in Art Deco style. Measures 7.8 x 7.8 x 6 cm. Weight gr. 281. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
LUC LANEL Paris For Christofle 1930 Art Deco Silver Plated Geometric Hand-Mirror
By Christofle, Luc Lanel
Located in Miami, FL
A geometric hand mirror designed by Lucien "Luc" Lanel for Christofle.
This is a beautiful hand-mirror designed in Paris France during the art deco period by Lucien "Luc" Lanel for the house of Christofle, back in the 1930. The useful hand-mirror has been crafted with sharp geometric shapes in solid silverplate with polished finish. It is a very nice piece of decorative art and is fitted with an octagonal beveled mirror.
Lucien "Luc" Lanel
Luc Lanel (1893-1965) was a very talented sculpture and creator. Very talented designer and ceramist had received his training at the École des arts décoratifs in Paris. He worked mainly with silver or silver-plated metals as well as bronze for the companies Süe et Mare and - as head of the galvanoplastic department - for Christofle, Paris from 1920 to 1946. As a skilled illustrator, he was also responsible for the company's advertisements. Together with the furniture designer Jules Leleu, he received various commissions for interiors and cruise ships. As early as 1928, he created various ceramics in collaboration with his wife Marjolaine Giradet. After the end of the Second World War, the couple concentrated almost exclusively on ceramic work. In addition to regular participation in the Paris Salons and other exhibitions at home and abroad, he also appeared at the Exposition Internationale des Art Décoratifs et Industriels in 1925, as well as at the 1937 Paris World's Fair. His most important creation was the “Odulations” collection and other iconic designs created for the First-Class dining room and the Grand Bar of the great ocean liner the S.S. Normandie which was considered the epitome of Art Deco Design in every way.
Country: Paris, France.
Period: Art-Deco, 1930.
Weight: 391.8 Grams, (0.40 Kg).
Measurements: 250 mm by 103 mm by 16 mm (9.85 x 4.05 x 0.63 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with French marks; the maker's and manufacturer marks and signed as follows, "CHRISTOFLE".
Condition: The overall condition of this Christofle hand...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Modern Bird Motif Sterling Silver Necklace and Earrings Set Graziella Laffi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A highly sculptural sterling silver jewelry suite consisting of a necklace with bird pendent and a matching pair of earrings. The three-piece set was crafted by Peruvian silversmith ...
Category
Late 20th Century Peruvian Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Huge Antique Sterling Silver Salver or Footed Tray with Ornate Floral Engraving
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This enormous and very substantial antique salver or footed tray was made by Hunt, Roskell, Tate, Storr and Mortimer of England and dates to 1865 and done in the period Victorian sty...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Louis XVI White Photo Frame Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of a garland of flowers with oval border interna...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Base Talcum Powder Holder Black and White Art Deco 925 Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Hexagonal base talcum powder holder in black and white fired enamel in 925/1000 sterling silver with perforated screw cap and pressure counter-cap, in Art Deco style. Base cm, 5.3 x ...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Ewer wine service, cut Crystal handle ornate chiseled solid silver 19th
By Henri Soufflot 1
Located in Paris, FR
19th-century French twisted and hand-engraved crystal ewer with sterling silver mount. The handle is beautifully adorned with stylized acanthus leaves, while the upper part of the mo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Jewelry Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Jewelry box in 925 sterling silver. The body of the box is rectangular and shaped which makes its line light and harmonious. The hinged lid is hand-engraved with volutes and Florentine lilies...
Category
1990s Italian Renaissance Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Pheasant Nº2 by Alcino Silversmith 1902 in Sterling Silver 925 with bone beak
Located in Porto, 13
Pheasant by Alcino Silversmith 1902 is a handcrafted piece in 925 sterling silver with bone beak
The piece is totally handcrafted, hammered and chiseled by excellent craftsmen, gi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Two-Tone Fired Enamel on Guillochè Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver S
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamel on guillochè and with various ornaments in Louis XVI French Empire style and 4...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Sterling Silver Sugar Shaker
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Large Sterling silver sugar caster, beautiful model with beautiful decorations in Regency style. The spreader has hallmarks of the city of Chester, dated 1905. The maker's mark is al...
Category
Early 1900s English Regency Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ottaviani Large, Lux Wood Box & 800 Silver, Card, Dice, Poker Game Horse/Stallion
By Ottaviani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful game box, hand made by Ottaviani in Italy Rocanati, this box has R mark and also shows 925 sterling mark on side of the R. All chips and card seem to be in the box and some...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Decois in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Deco has white fired enamels on guilloché.
Picture Frame vertical lines has two...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
An Antique Silver 800 Napkin Holder, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
An Antique Silver 800 Napkin Holder, 19th Century
Offers elegant design and craftsmanship. Home decor, Interior design and collectibles.
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
...
Category
19th Century English Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Box for Cigarettes in Sterling Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box for cigarettes in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with hand-engraved design in Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels. Measure cm. 6.5 x 10.2 x 2. Weigh...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
20th Century Pirced Handicraft Sterling Silver Serving Tray, Italy, 1998
Located in Cagliari, IT
Gorgeous sterling silver two handled serving tray. Splendid work of the great Italian silversmiths.
The wonderful hand-made work makes the edges of this object look like a lace.
M...
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1990s Italian Baroque Revival Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set Picture Frame+Table Box Enamel two-tone ruby red and emerald green Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular Photo Frame in Gold-Plated 925/1000 Silver: Imagine a frame that frames your most precious memories with elegance and modernity. This frame is made of gold-plated 925/100...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Antique Vienna Biedermeier Silver Sugar Box With Pear Knob, by Thomas Dub, 1863
Located in Vienna, AT
Biedermeier silver sugar bowl in rectangular basic form on four rocaille feet, the walls of the container drawn in towards the top and provided with folds, which run straight on the ...
Category
1860s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
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...
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1970s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case Romantic couple Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular desk cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enameled miniature depicting a romantic couple in Art Nouveau...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Gorham Mixed Metal copper sterling silver coffeepot Turkish Japanese style
By Gorham CO.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mixed metal and sterling silver Turkish style coffeepot made for Gotham Co , marked and date E 40 on bottom.
Category
1890s American Japonisme Antique Hand-Crafted Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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