Enameled Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Enamel ceramic flower vase by Charles Catteau signed Boch La Louvière. Art Deco period. Belgium, circa 1920.

More than a kilo of sterling silver was needed to create this stunning rectangular tabletop box. Worked with the very complicated guilloche technique, it was then enamelled at high heat with translucent enamel to make the superb workmanship shine through. The fine rectangular miniature cm. 7.5 x 10.7 on vegetable ivory. The small masterpiece handmade by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproduces the famous portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo, by the painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The unenamelled sterling silver parts were then gilded with a 24-carat galvanic bath. In Art Nouveau style, with a “lost” zip, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 15 x 18 x 3.5. Weight gr. 1095. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous enamelling firings at around 800° Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales known as Eugénie de Montijo was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the fall of the Emperor on 4 September 1870. From July 28 to September 4...

Set of Six Early 19th Century French Botanical Dessert Plates with Green Borders and Fire-Gilt Trim A rare and refined set of six early 19th-...

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...

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...

This magnificent service dating from 1970, with a multicolored floral decoration, consists of 10 flat plates and 2 serving dishes. Among the dishes, there is a rectangular dish with ...

A Marvelous and Quite Unusual French Japanism Orientalist Mixed-Metal Peacock-Form Centerpiece/Tray, by EUGENE CORNU. Made by Parisian sculptor Eugene Cornu. The bashful peacock bo...

Maison Lecan presents this mid-20th-century zoomorphic modernist ceramic, depicting a stylized fish with dynamic lines and pronounced relief. Typical of Vallauris production (embosse...

A charming Pre midcentury pitcher, American clear glass, circa late 1930s-early 1940s. The Scotty dog glass collectible craze began when President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Scottish Te...

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...

This ceramic jug, with an impressive size of 34 cm high and 12 cm in diameter, is an emblematic work of the artist Simone Carrié. Made in his workshop "Kercy Quimper" during the seco...

quare table frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with edges and ornaments in French Empire Napoleon III style. External cm. 18 x 2...

This pitcher, signed by Alexandre Kostanda, is an emblematic piece of Vallauris' French enameled stoneware, dating from the 1940s. The fame of Vallauris, on the Côte d'Azur, has attr...

Center table serving piece birdy with 2 plates and base in hand painted enameled porcelain. With solid bronze structure and details.

Exquisite Moser cut crystal pink paneled hand decorated design tableware / barware wine goblet service for 12 people. Each glass features a very heavy gilt gold and enameled pink...

Table Box wood style and Coral is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Table Box wood style and Coral has transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engraved wood grain. Table Box wood style a...

Oval photo frame inserted into a harp-shaped object, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché inspired by a model created by Peter Carl Fab...

Made in Italy, 1950s. This set was designed by Italo Casini. It's made in enameled and golden ceramic. The set is incomplete. There are - Teapot 24 x 11.5 h 19 cm ; - Sugar bowl...

This magnificent pair of hand blown "Sevres Blue" opaline cased crystal vases are totally encrusted with thick hand painted enamel decoration. Each large bird is perched atop branche...

A Radiant Octagonal Frame in Guilloché Enamel by Franco Salimbeni This exceptional octagonal frame is a masterclass in contemporary Italian craftsmanship, where the ancient art of g...

Pair of Ambrosius Lamm Dresden Porcelain Coupes or Compotes, circa 1935 Pair of Ambrosius Lamm Dresden porcelain pedestal coupes or compotes, made in Saxony, Germany, circa 1934–193...

Rectangular table box with rounded corners in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with very fine hand-engraving, also on the sides, of peacocks with “ramage” similar to tiger tails,...

Playing card suit-shaped box “heart” in 925/1000 sterling silver with red fired enamel in Art Deco style, early 1900s. With lost hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 9.5 x 10 x...

An incredibly fine set of 8 Worcester porcelain plates. With raised, enameled flowers to the borders on a custard colored ground. Each flower is layered. The bottom layer has ...

Large rectangular photo frame in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamels fired on guilloche in two colors, in a modern contemporary style. External cm. 18 x 22,...

Giorgio Salimbeni Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Photo Frame, Florence, 1970 Elegant rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold plated, and richly decorated wi...

Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels with guillochè stripes and hand-engraved motifs. George V E...

A French blue opaline glass jardinière painted with flowers by Baccarat, signed with a date underneath, formed as a square vessel with rounded corners and a broad open mouth. The bod...

Rectangular frame with a convex shaped upper side in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver and translucent fired enamel on guilloché, with external and internal borders in the French ...

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...

Square photo frame in 9251000 sterling silver gold-plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché. Modern contemporary style. Cut glass. Blue velvet panel. External dimensions 10...

Small travel photo frame for 2 photos in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché and hand-painted floral miniature; blue line on the outside....

Jewel box Baroque style, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated. Jewel Box has fine hand engravings around fired enameled spaces with lapis lazuli type painting. Jewel Box Baroqu...

Discover a French art of living with this square dish in Gien faience, decorated with a magnificent Italian Renaissance decor on a bright blue background. This piece, both elegant an...

A Beautiful 19th Century Moser Gilt and Enameled Amethyst Compote, with Raised Enamel Decoration. The upper bowl is beautifully decorated with 24k gi...

Square external photo frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché and oval border ornament in French Empire Napoleon III s...

19th century French Jersey pitcher.

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...

A monumental porcelain group by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory depicting an allegorical geography lesson centered on study, observation, and mapping of the world. At the heart of the ...

Alfred Dunhill siver Miniature photoframe With Black enamel cat with light blue bow collar Etched DUNHILL LONDON on top of back Hallmarks AD London 1939 Black Easel back, Slides down...

This matching pair of early 20th century Russian drinking cups (or vodka cups, also known as beakers) are made of solid silver. Cylindrical in form, the ...

Pocket photos holder in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels on guillochè, with hand-engraved edges. Empire style Napoleon III. Octagonal hing...

Stunning quality pair of antique Victorian Mary Gregory vases having a quality pair of Mary Gregory green glass vases having quality wavy shaped tops, decorated with white enamel dec...

Oval shape solid sterling silver champagne bucket. The bucket was made entirely by hand starting from a silver plate of adequate thic...

Small rounded round frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External diameter 7 cm, internal 5 cm. Weigh...

Römer Bacchus Wine Aperitif Glasses (Set of 6). Hand-Painted German Design with Original Manufacturer Labels. Height ~ 16 cm. A stunning set of six Römer Bacchus wine aperitif glasse...

Small round frame with flat edge in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External diameter cm. 7.2, internal c...

A Bohemian blue enamelled and gilt glass vase painting by Hermann Pautsch colorless glass, stylized floral decor bordered in gold, gold lines on the edge - other area blue...

This important Picture Frame Green is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24 carats. It is rectangular shaped photo frame. The surface of this Picture Frame Green is fired enamel...

Octagonal table cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with external edges and fired enamels inserted in fine designs in the Baroq...

Elegant Venetian Murano Demitasse Tea Set (9 pieces) hand painted enameled flowers finished in 24 carat gold. Add a touch of timeless elegance with this exquisite vintage hand blown ...

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 ...

Late 19th C/early 20th C brilliant translucent aqua blue hand-blown glass pitcher w/ applied handle. Gilt rim & accents hand painted in enamel with intricate patterns throughout.

Each of these twelve plates features a wide turquoise-blue border, whose finely grained surface gives the piece a velvety texture of exceptional rarity. This border is framed by two ...

Very nice old confit pot or jar with two handles, made in the south of France in the 19th century. Terracotta with yellow enamel, beautifully contrasting with the natural orange tone...

Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some 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...

Shaped box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with painted fire enamels like lapis lazuli stone and beautiful miniature hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing ...

Plant stand circa 1950 in wrought iron, tiles with stylized rooster design by Gabriel Fourmaintraux in Desvres. In good condition, unglued tiles.

Two Fantastic Late 19th Century Green Moser Crystal Pillow Vases with Applied Raised Enamel Falcon's, Acorns, and Oak Leaves, Adorned with 24K Gilding. Each vase is of flattened ovo...

Céramique émaillée et irisée, vers 1900/1920 dans le style de Massier.