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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Antique F. J. Hingelberg Strawberry Sugar Sprinkle Spoon in Sterling Silver
By Frantz Hingelberg
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A sifter sugar spoon in the Rose series by Frantz Hingelberg. Designed and made in 1922 at his workshop in Aarhus Denmark. Fully hallmarke with the year 1922 and Danish 3 towers indi...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Late Victorian Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$259 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian Oval Sterling Silver Renaissance Style Entree Dish
By Arval Argenti Valenza
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 Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,684 Sale Price
33% Off
Table Box hand-engraved and enamelled ornament in Arabic style Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on a guilloché with hand-engraved and enamelled ornament in Arabic style. D...
Category
1990s Italian Islamic Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Collection of Silver Cactus and Lucite Cube Italian Design, 1970s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Collection of silver cactus and lucite cube Italian design 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$1,417 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Dutch Silver Bonbon Basket, D.J. Aubert & Zn
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver bonbon basket, D.J. Aubert & Zn
A rectangular Dutch silver bonbon basket with engraved floral decor and movable handle, raised on ...
Category
20th Century Dutch Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular tabletop jewelery box with inward corners in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides and finished with fine hand engraving. In the center, a beautiful rectangular miniature cm. 4 x 5.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable ivory plate by Roberto Masi depicting the portrait of Madame Boucard by Tamara De Lempicka (1931). Size cm. 14 x 19 x 3.2. Weight gr. 1,248. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1998 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens with different subjects and colours, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous glazing firings at high heat 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...
Category
1990s Italian Art Deco Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Swedish pin tray in silver dated 1865 in Rococo Revival
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful Swedish pin tray in stamped silver dated 1865 (L5) in Rococo Revival. Richly decorated in period style.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
1860s Swedish Rococo Revival Antique Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Dutch Silver Sugar and Cream Set, Van Kempen & Zn, Voorschoten, 1889
By Van Kempen
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver sugar and cream set, Van Kempen & Zn, Voorschoten, 1889
Silver sugar bowl, raised on a round foot and openwork with pearl pattern ri...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of trays. Silver. GONZÁLEZ DE LA CUEVA, Diego (assayer). Mexico City, secon
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of trays. Silver. GONZÁLEZ DE LA CUEVA, Diego (assayer). Mexico City, second half of the 18th century.
With contrast marks.
Pair of oval silver trays in their own colour, each...
Category
18th Century Mexican Neoclassical Antique Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen "Acanthus". Set of four sterling silver tablespoons.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Georg Jensen "Acanthus", a set of four sterling ...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1970s by Giacomo Manzù for Franklin Mint Limited Etition Silver
By Franklin MInt, Giacomo Manzú
Located in Brescia, IT
Giacomo Manzù, 1975
Silver relief by legendary Italian sculptor Giacomo Manzù. This rare piece was made by The Franklin Mint in during the artists lifetime and was an authorized cast...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen "Acanthus". Six short-handled dinner knives in sterling silver
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Georg Jensen "Acanthus". A set of six short-hand...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Georg Jensen, Caravel. Set of six lunch forks in sterling silver.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Georg Jensen, Caravel. A set of six lunch forks ...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 8 Glasses + 1 Pitcher by Argentieri Fratelli Calegaro, 1968
By Calegaro
Located in Roma, RM
Set of 8 Glasses + 1 Pitcher by Argentieri Fratelli Calegaro, 1968
Product Details
Made of silver with a hammered body and embossed decoration, gold-plated interiors.
Glass dimension...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Dutch Large Silver "brij" Spoon by C.J. Begeer Utrecht, 1909
By C.J. Begeer
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch large silver "brij" spoon by C.J. Begeer Utrecht, 1909
A large Dutch silver "brij" spoon in "Hollands glad" (Dutch smooth, translated) pattern
...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Antique Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
800 Silver Tea and Coffee set 4 pieces Made in Italy, 80s.
Located in Palermo, IT
800 silver tea and coffee set 4 pieces
Made in Italy, 80s. Never used. Like New.
Total weight kg. 1.00.
The teapot is 18 cm high, the coffee pot 15 cm.
All the pieces are regularly s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Dutch Silver Art Nouveau Pastry Forks, by Van Kempen en Zn
By Van Kempen
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver Art Nouveau pastry forks, by van Kempen en Zn.
A graceful Art Nouveau pastry fork. Dutch silver hallmarked with "sword" (used during 1906-1953) and Master sign by Fa....
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Dutch silver bread basket by Pressburg and Son, Haarlem, 1956
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver bread basket by Pressburg and Son, Haarlem, 1956
An oval silver bread basket with cut-out vertical lines and graceful handles
The basket is Dutch silver hallmarked with...
Category
20th Century Dutch Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Sedan Chair Carriage Sterling Silver. Ca. 1920s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Antique Chinese Sedan...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Puiforcat : Regency style sterling silver child's set - birth gift
By Puiforcat
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
A fine antique sterling silver child's set composed of a fork a spoon. Beautiful late 19th century (or circa 1900) Regency style production.
Each piece pear the French hallmark Miner...
Category
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dutch Silver bonbon baskets from Reeser and Son, Fa. G.C. The Hague, 1902
Located in Delft, NL
Silver bonbon baskets from Fa. G.C. Reeser and Son, 1902
Silver baskets, The Hague, dated 1902 with openwork silver and garlands and bows. Top an...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of Coasters in Silver and Bakelite. After Carl Milles ”The wind game” 1937
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful pair of Coasters in Silver and Bakelite. After Carl Milles (1875-1955)
”The wind game” 1937. These coasters are manufactured by GAB
(Guldsmedsbolaget) in 1964 in Swedish ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Vintage Sterling Sculpture of a Strolling Bear
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Sterling Sculpture of a Strolling Bear
Item e7249
Small sculpture of a strolling bear in sterling silver, cast in Germany in the 1st half of the 20th century. 61,3 gramm, 2.1...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Silver 800 Barocco Wall Mirror
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous mirror in solid 800 silver made in Milan - Italy in the mid-1950s.
The mirror was masterfully embossed and chiselled with scrolls, shells and flowers, typical of the Baroque...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
2 Dutch Silver Serving Spoons by Gerritsen & Van Kempen, 1949 and 1950
By Gerritsen & van Kempen
Located in Delft, NL
2 Dutch Silver serving spoons by Gerritsen & van Kempen
2 Dutch silver serving spoons with pattern "Hollands glad"
Made by GvK, zilverfabriek, Gerritsen & van Kempen, Zeist/ Voor...
Category
20th Century Dutch Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Dutch Silver box by Zaanse Zilversmederij, 1916
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Silver box by Zaanse Zilversmederij, 1916
A Dutch silver box 835/1000 purity of silver, completely Dutch silver hallmarked. With lion, master's...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Johan Rohde for Georg Jensen, Rare and Early Coffee Service in Sterling Silver
Located in København, Copenhagen
Johan Rohde for Georg Jensen.
Rare and early coffee service in sterling silver. Coffee pot with ivory handle, sugar bowl and creamer.
Dated 1919.
In very good condition.
Early ...
Category
1910s Danish Art Deco Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box portrait of Natalia Nikolaevna Pushkina Lanskaja Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Spectacular table box with inward corners in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, in Art Nouveau style, and in the center a fine rectangul...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Beautiful Sterling Silver Cake or Fish Shovel K+K Monarchy Austria
By Mayerhofer & Klinkosch
Located in Vienna, AT
The item for sale is a beautiful, ornamental rococo cake shovel or fish server. It was made in 1841 according to the hallmark and owned by the K+K Monarc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ghoram Early 20th Century New York Sterling Silver Chocolate Pot
By Gorham
Located in Brescia, IT
New York by Gorham early 20th century chocolate pot in sterling silver
This piece of timeless beauty is made in silver sterling, with an ebonized wooden handle. A delicate bellfl...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,511 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver Tray
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
Stunning in its simplicity, this tray's elegant and Classic design is ideal for serving hors d'oeuvres and drinks during parties and festive gatherings. Handmade of 925 silver, it fe...
Category
2010s Italian Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,277 / item
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Miniature Triumph Motorbike Rubber Tires
By La Medusa Oro
Located in VALENZA, IT
Vintage Triumph custom motorcycle in sterling silver with very accurate detail reproduction.
The wheels are with spokes and rubber tires
Completely handmade made in Italy
757gr...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Salt/Pepper/Toothpick Set in 800 Silver and Crystal, Italy, 1990
Located in Palermo, IT
Salt/pepper/toothpick set in 800 silver and crystal, Italy, 1990
Intact, never used. Small signs of ageing.
Regularly stamped with state marks.
Found in a noble apartment.
Category
1990s Italian Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
$377 Sale Price
20% Off
12 Art Deco Dutch Silver Ice Spoons by Gerritsen and Van Kempen, 1930
Located in Delft, NL
12 Art Deco Dutch silver ice spoons by Gerritsen and Van Kempen (1926-1961).
These 12 Art Deco Dutch silver ice spoons are hammered and has a round, ...
Category
20th Century Dutch Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Small Picture Frame Rectangular English style, early 1900s. Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External cm. 7 x 9 internal cm. 3.8 x 5.8. Weight g...
Category
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1930 Jean E. Puiforcat Modernist Tea Coffee Set Sterling Silver Vermeil Rosewood
By Jean Puiforcat, Puiforcat
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco Modernist tea and coffee set in sterling pure silver, vermeil and rosewood by Jean E. Puiforcat created in the 1930s.
Service including:
- a...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Vermeil
Georg Jensen "Acanthus". Four short-handled dinner knives in sterling silver
Located in København, Copenhagen
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Georg Jensen "Acanthus". A set of four short-han...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Photo Frame baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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 Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Vase
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver vase with a sinuous and classic shape.
The vase was made from a 925 silver plate and subsequently embossed with a design depicting a flowering branch.
The very fine...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Other Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,306 Sale Price
20% Off
Georg Jensen Cactus. A four-person dinner set in sterling silver.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Georg Jensen Cactus. A four-person dinner set in sterling silver.
Comprising four long-handled dinner knives, four dinner forks, and four dinner spoons.
Stamped with after 1944 hallm...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Vase
By Mario Poli
Located in VALENZA, IT
Fully handmade sterling silver vase.
The structure of the body is cylindrical and widens slightly in the upper part, called the mouth of the vase.
The vase is smooth and shiny and ...
Category
1990s Italian Other Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,873 Sale Price
20% Off
Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 silver with geometric design and fire-enameled with Chinese influence style. External cm. Internal 11.6 x 14.6 cm. 6 x 9. Weight gr. 194. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with high thickness plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enamelling 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
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Desk Bell
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Desk bell in sterling silver. The bell is smooth with beaded decorations both on the body and on the knob.
The body is perforated to make the bell sound (br...
Category
1990s Italian Other Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
$470 Sale Price
20% Off
Photo Frame Butterfly-Shaped Fired Enamel on Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterl
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Butterfly-shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent polychrome fired enamels on hand engraving that imitates the veins of the wings. External dimens...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pocket Photos holder Enamel hand carved Napoleon III Style Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Georg Jensen Bernadotte cake server
By Sigvard Bernadotte
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Georg Jensen cake server, in the Bernadotte pattern, designed by Sigvard Bernadotte.
Additional information:
Material: Sterling silver
Hallm...
Category
20th Century Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Frutta Centerpiece
By Braganti
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant centrepiece is a deep dish entirely made in silver whose internal surface is textured with the Classic hammered surface, while the lip is intricately adorned with a magn...
Category
2010s Italian Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$3,795 / item
Silver Tray
Located in Roma, IT
Very nice silver tray. Nicely decorated on edges with flower engravings.
Category
20th Century Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$531
Georg Jensen Cactus. Small serving spoon in sterling silver.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Georg Jensen Cactus. Small serving spoon in sterling silver.
Hallmarked 1945-1951.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: Length 16.7 cm.
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Small Picture Frame Squared for round portrait Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square frame for round photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External cm. 6 x 6 internal diameter cm. ...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Empire Style Squared Shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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 Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Six Beakers with Silver 800 Tray
By Argenterie di Milano
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous 6 beakers plus tray, completely handmade.
Beakers are in sterling 925°°/°°°
The cup is smooth and the stem is cast and finished by chisel. The two-tone, silver and gold br...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
A Dutch Silver Salver by George Reevers, 1856
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch Silver Salver by George Reevers, 1856
A silver rectangular salver with round shapes, made by the silversmith George Reevers, Amsterdam, da...
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Dutch Silver Purse Mount by Keulemans Rotterdam, 1841
Located in Delft, NL
Antique Dutch silver purse mount by Keulemans Rotterdam, 1841
An antique purse mount with ring and chain. With motif of dolphins and a shell-shaped kn...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Box Heart shape Sky tone fire-enameled on guilloche Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloché above and below. Modern contemporary style. Dimensions cm. 8 x 8.8 high cm. 2.8. Weight ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Brazilian Modernist Silver Card Holder by KUKAS, São Paulo
Located in Lisboa, PT
Brazilian Modernist Silver Card Holder by KUKAS, São Paulo, Mid-20th Century
Origin: São Paulo, Brazil
Maker: KUKAS Manufacturas
Period: Mid-20th Century
Material: Silver (hallmarke...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Dutch Silver Box with "De Nachtwacht" Rembrandt by H. Hinne, 1911
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch silver box with "De Nachtwacht" Rembrandt by H. Hinne, 1911.
A silver box in relief with a scene on the lid of the painting by Rembrandt "De Nachtwacht" A rectangular box, raised on 4 legs with a hinged lid. The sides of the box in relief depict a Dutch peasant...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Cigarette Box hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory Salimbeni.
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table box for cigarettes in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché also on the sides. In the center beautiful miniature hand painted i...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver Corkscrew by Josephus Servatius Anderlee, Amsterdam, 1802
Located in Delft, NL
A silver corkscrew by Josephus Servatius Anderlee (1782-1811)
Amsterdam 1802
Hall Mark Of Amsterdam ( 3 crosses of Andreas in crowned shield, use...
Category
Early 1800s Dutch Antique Continental Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
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