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Period: 1970s
Material: Silver
Mauro Manetti Duck Ice Bucket, Italy, 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant silver plated duck ice bucket by Mauro Manetti, with an metal inlay inside and signed on the bottom.
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
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 Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Classic Bouquet by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 56 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Classic Bouquet by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set, 56 pieces. The handle design is a bouquet of flowers with pierced and beaded detailing. This se...
Category
1970s Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Water Pitcher: Timeless Elegance Restored
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Presenting our exquisite Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, a testament to classic craftsmanship and timeless design, now expertly restored to its ori...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Snuff Box round in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature, surrounded by a frame with leaves on a blue bac...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1970s, Victorian Traditional Towle Silver Plated Lidded Bowl Pinecone Finial
By Towle Silversmiths, Paul Revere
Located in Miami, FL
1970th Towle Silversmiths Company produced footed and lidded bowl,designed in the style by Paul Revere.
This is the 8 inches diameter bow with pine...
Category
1970s American Victorian Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate, Steel
English Art Deco Sterling Silver & Purple Enamel Box, 1972
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco sterling silver and enamel box. Made by Harman Brothers in Birmingham in 1972. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and tabbed; top gently curved with rectangle (va...
Category
1970s English Art Deco Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Figure of English knight produced by Giuseppe Vasari in the 70s
Located in Catania, IT
La figura di un cavaliere britannico in veste militare ,realizzata dal riconosciuto maestro italiano Giuseppe Vasari (1934 - 2005) presumibilmente negli anni Settanta. Marcato sul re...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Marble, Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Bronze
Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table snuff box with 2 slightly rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature; oute...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
English Sheffield Silver Plate Cocktail Shaker
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid-century silver plated barware cocktail shaker with white enameled drink recipes on the sides, including red lion, rob roy, martini dry, bro...
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Sculptural Sterling Silver Choker Necklace by Graziella Laffi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bespoken sterling silver chocker necklace very bold design by Graziella Laffi, Lima, Peru, circa 1970s. The chocker features six subtly hammered roundels radiating into a trio of Axe-shaped fixed pendants, with two smaller ones flanking a large central one. The shape of the axe was often found in the Pre-Columbian art. As a bronze age tool, it symbolizes power. The necklace is not chain link but cast and joined as a solid chocker with box clasp mechanism. The design radiates a sense of history with the primitive tribal geometry in form, yet the necklace appears beyond ethnic, it exuberates a confident and bold modernistic aesthetic. The drop of the necklace on the mannequin (not included) is 11". It has an approximate 16" circumference and weighs 320 grams (10.3 troy ounces). It was tested as 900 purity with XRF analyzer. There is a Peruvian Cultural Ministry label applied and a catalog sticker on verso as shown.
Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...
Category
1970s Peruvian Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Empire Style Squared Shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Gold-plated 925/1000 silver square photo frame with fire-enamelled Empire-style leaves on a rounded edge. External dimensions cm. 9 x 9, internal cm. 7.7 x 7.7. Weight gr. 87. Design...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Gilt Silver Annual Spoon Design Bernadotte 1978
Located in Bochum, NRW
Annual spoon, 1978, design Bernadotte, in original box.
Gold-plated Sterling silver with enamel butterfly decor.
Each marked to the backside "Design Bernadotte Sterling SPORR", 925...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver
Postmodern Lino Sabattini Silver-Plated Metal Serving Plate, Marked, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s - 1980s.
This is a great silver plated metal serving dish.
Its simple design was created by Lino Sabattini.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show sli...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Leaf Bowl by Gianmaria Buccellati, Italy, 1970s
Located in Greding, DE
Bowl in the shape of a vine leaf made of 925 silver, weight: 69g. Stamped at the bottom.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver
Christian Dior Paris Silver Plate Box with Quartz Stone Finial, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautiful modernist silver plate decorative box was crafted for the renowned Christian Dior House for his Home Collection. It features an elegant minimalist round shape with a lid ornate with a large quartz stone...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Stone, Quartz, Metal, Silver Plate
Snuff Box Light Blue Ornament in Relief, Empire Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pocket snuff box with oval section in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, with laurel ornament in relief in Empire style. Wit...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Modern Sculptural Sterling Silver Necklace Graziella Laffi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A highly sculptural sterling silver necklace by Peruvian silversmith and designer Grazielle Laffi (1923-2009), Lima, circa 1970. Marks to ne...
Category
1970s Peruvian Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Niels Erik From Modernist Silver Pendant Necklace with Agate
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A late 1960s or early 1970s pendant necklace by Danish silversmith N. E. From. The ovale pendant has a polished insert of red/rose agate. Its comes with its original 50 cm box neckla...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
925 Stamped Sterling Silver French Art Deco Center Dish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Discover our extraordinary French Art Deco centerpiece, intricately handcrafted from 925 stamped sterling silver. In great condition, this two-piece s...
Category
1970s French Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee, Sterling Silver Knife Rests, Birmingham, 1977
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1977 by Bishtons Ltd., this stylish pair of Modernist, Sterling Silver Knife Rests, are modelled as pheasants. ...
Category
1970s English Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rabinet D'Enfert Paris 1970 Rare Desk Set Duo 24kt Gold Gilding & Silver-Plate
Located in Miami, FL
A desk set duo designed by Ravinet D'Enfert.
Fabulous pieces, made in Paris France by the very exclusive luxury accessories house of Rabinet D'Enfert, back in the 1970's. The work...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Gold, Silver, Silver Plate
Vintage Sterling Silver Frog Condiment Set
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This exceptional vintage cast sterling silver three piece condiment set consists of a salt pot, a pepper pot and a mustard pot.
Each piece has been realistically modelled in the for...
Category
1970s British Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Postmodern Black Murano Glass Lemon with Gold and Silver Flakes, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This lemon is made in black Murano glass with silver and gold flakes and then covered in transparent Murano glass.
It might show slight traces of use since it's...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Sterling Silver Vintage Modernist Hallmarked Salad Servers or Serving Pieces
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of vintage sterling silver hallmarked salad servers or serving pieces are very modernist in design. They were made in Peru ...
Category
1970s Peruvian Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stuart Devlin - Modernist Design Sterling Silver & Gilt Champagne Flutes - 1977
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1977 by Stuart Devlin, this handsome pair of Sterling Silver Champagne Flutes, have cast and gilt floral head d...
Category
1970s English Organic Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box Perforated Lid, Embossed and Engraved Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated lid, embossed and engraved by hand, with fine round miniature diameter cm. 3.8 hand painted in tempera on veg...
Category
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Niels Erik From Modernist Small Silver Pendant with Amber, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small rare and early 1970s pendant by the Danish silversmith N. E. From. This florally inspired pendant has a polished insert of Danish 'red' amber. Hallmark: From, 925s. Measurement...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cast Sterling Silver Pair Of Kingfisher Models - Barnards - London 1972
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1972 by Edward Barnard & Sons, this charming pair of Sterling Silver Models of Kingfishers, are realistically cast.
Each kingfisher measures 3.5"(9cm) tall,...
Category
1970s English Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Cigar Lighter Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table cigar lighter in the shape of a four-leaf clover with frames in 925/1000 sterling silvergold plated and real malachite stone. Piezoelectric m...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Poole 802 Silver Plate Reticulated Celtic Design Serving Dish Platter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Poole 802 Silver Plate Reticulated Celtic Design Serving Dish Platter, circa 1970s. Measurements: 3" H x 11" W x 8" D.
Category
1970s Regency Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Photo Frame Red Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on sunburst guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External dimensions c...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill Box Sterling Silver Hand Painted Miniature Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century, and fine hand engravings. Measure cm. 3,5 x 4,...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Plated Bowl by Gabriella Crespi / Signed
Located in Munich, DE
Walnut style.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Stuart Devlin - Modernist Design Sterling Silver & Gilt Champagne Flutes - 1977
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1977 by Stuart Devlin, this handsome pair of Sterling Silver Champagne Flutes, have cast and gilt floral decoration to the stems, a hand hammered finish, and ...
Category
1970s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box in Malachite with Hinged Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table box in malachite with hinged frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated. The malachite is a large single whole slab on the lid and the stone design becomes...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Malachite, Sterling Silver
7-Piece Set in Crystal and 800 Silver, Taddei Sestini for Kristall Krisla, 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
7-piece set in crystal and 800 silver, architect Taddei Sestini for Kristall Krisla, Italy, 1970.
Set that belonged to my grandparents. Intact. Small ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Murano Sommerso Amber and Silver Flecks Art Glass Fish Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Italian mid-century sculptural Murano glass fish. Realized using the Sommerso technique, a clear layer of glass blown over the amber color glass, worked in bullicante, the air bubbles trapped inside the glass (technique made famous by Archimede Seguso) and infused with Silver flakes throughout. The silver and bubbles bringing the jumping fish alive inspiring the glistening reflections of water, resting atop a sea motif...
Category
1970s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver Leaf
David Anderson Modernist Geometric Enamel and Sterling Bracelet
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful Modernist abstract panel link bracelet featuring green enamel
and sterling geometric squares. It is a vintage bracelet in beautiful condition.
It has a sturdy working ...
Category
1970s Norwegian Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Niels Erik From Modernist Silver Pendant Necklace & Earrings, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A late 1960s or early 1970s pendant necklace with matching earrings/ear-clips by Danish silversmith N. E. From. The set exhibits a delicate texture/polish to its abstract shapes. The pendant comes with its original 40 cm integrated Bismarck necklace...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
Wiwen Nilsson 1974 Sweden Art Deco Pattern Geometric Jar in .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An octagonal creamer jar designed by Wiwen Nilsson (1897-1974).
Beautiful an elegant Scandinavian geometric jar created in Sweden by Wiwen Nilsson, back in the 1974. This beautiful jar have been crafted with Swedish late art deco modernism...
Category
1970s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Guild of Handicrafts - Very Tall Pair of Sterling Silver Candlesticks - 1976
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1976 by Guild of Handicrafts, this very stylish pair of Sterling Silver Candlesticks, are in the Arts & Crafts taste, with a hand planished finish.
Each c...
Category
1970s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Postmodern Sheffield Plated Metal Fruit Basket by Lino Sabattini, Marked, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This fruit basket is made in Sheffield plated metal.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in very g...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Photo Frame baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal notched photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. External dimensions cm. 14.2 x 17.8, internal oval cm. 8 x 12....
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Hollywood Regency Silver- Plate and Resin Figural Cranes by Hauy Pouigo
By Hauy Pouigo
Located in Chicago, IL
A fanciful pair of figural crane sculptures carved in resin with silver plate accents having glass eyes by Italian artist Hauy Pouigo.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Silver Plated Venison Dish with Pyrex Glass Casserole Dish by Sabattini, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s.
This is an elegant silver plated venison dish with a pyrex glass casserole dish and a cover.
It is perfect to serve warm meals, as there is space on the botto...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver
Garrard & Co. - Sterling Silver Wine Coolers - 5.5kg - Hallmarked in 1973
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1973 by Garrard & Co., this striking pair of Sterling Silver Wine Coolers, are in the campagna shape, and ...
Category
1970s English Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Art Deco Style Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular Table Box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire Enamel Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 9 x 11 x 2.8. Weight gr. 324. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1976 inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with top quality slab thickness and large 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...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Black and White Enamel Squared Shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco-style geometric design. External dimensions cm. 14.5 x 14.5 internal cm. 9 x 9. Weight gr. 260. Designed b...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
English Sterling Silver Sherry Decanter Label, 1970s
Located in London, GB
Wonderful sterling silver sherry decanter label, decorated with a lovely lion and vine leaves with grapes. Measuring 5.25 cm / 2 inches by 4 cm / 1.5 i...
Category
1970s English Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gio Ponti for Sabattini “Il Diavolo" Decorative Mask, Italy, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Sculpture and large decorative mask in perforated silver-plated metal 'The Devil' designed by Gio' Ponti and produced by the firm Lino Sabattini,
Limited edition and signed at the b...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Table Box Fired Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine hand-engraving Baroque style on the lid, fire-enamelled in 2 colours. In the center an ancient oval plate...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Vintage Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Figure of a Horse 1977 20th C
Located in London, GB
This is a remarkable Elizabeth II cast sterling silver limited edition model of a horse standing on an oval ebonised base, 1977 in date.
This truly splendid and excellently execute...
Category
1970s Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling 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 Silver Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Stuart Devlin Exquisite Centerpiece with Top in Gilt Sterling 1970s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully crafted centerpiece with base in polished sterling silver and top in gilt sterling by Stuart Devlin, England 1970s (stamped “SD” on bottom). Hallmarked for Stuart Devlin,...
Category
1970s British Modern Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Square Table Clock Art Deco Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table clock with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 11.8 x 11.8. Silver weight gr. 449. Swiss mechanical movement with 8-day charge and alarm. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1976 inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects, in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large 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...
Category
1970s Italian Islamic Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Oval Pill Box Monochrome Fired Enamel Landscape Miniature Art Nouveau Style Ster
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted fine monochrome fire enamelled miniature depicting a landscape in Art Nouveau style. Dimensions cm. 4.5 x 5.5 x 1.4. Weight gr. 70. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1977 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...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Franco Lapini, Silverplate Seal Wine Cooler / Ice Bucket, 1970s, Italy
Located in Firenze, IT
Important Hollywood regency Seal shaped wine cooler / ice bucket.
Franco Lapini, Florence Italy, 1970s
Silverplated, glass eyes. Hand finished.
Hinged head. Signed on the ba...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Silver Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
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Cabinet Display Plates
Baroque Key