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Item Ships From: Europe
George II Creamboat Made in London in 1740 by Joseph Sanders
By William Cripps
Located in London, GB
A VERY FINE GEORGE II CREAM BOAT MADE IN LONDON IN 1740 BY JOSEPH SANDERS.
The Creamboat has an elongated, shallow, form which rises to an everted and shaped rim. The main body st...
Category
1740s English George II Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen, Kaktus, set of twelve sterling silver dessert spoons.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, Kaktus, a set of twelve sterling silver dessert spoons.
Stamped with the post 1944 hallmark.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: L 16.9 cm.
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Sterling Silver Pierced Quaich, Edward & Sons, 1926
By Edward & Sons, Sheffield 1
Located in Glasgow, GB
A sterling silver Quaich by Edward & Sons. The Quaich is of pierced circular rounded form, fitted with twin handles, and sitting on a circular spreading foot.
It is hallmarked She...
Category
1920s British Modern Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Cheroot Case from Mtb ‘Brave Borderer, ’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A silver cheroot case from MTB ‘Brave Borderer,’ of rectangular form, the exterior textured, the interior gilt and incised with an image of the boat above the legend ‘H.M.S. “Brave Borderer” 1858-59’ and the initials ‘N.D.F’. Fully assayed.
The Brave-class fast patrol torpedo boats...
Category
1850s English Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Silver Gilded Diamonds Whistle Russian Empire Moscow Lebedkin, circa 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Whistle made of gilded silver
The decoration consists of diamonds covering an anchor.
Additionally there is a small handle shaped as a steering wheel.
Original casket existing!
...
Category
Early 1900s Russian Other Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Goldsmith Tallois - Jug In Sterling Silver Said
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Curious jug called "Askos" in solid silver, mounted on tripod base. The elongated, bulging body is pushed back wide. The spout is delicately hemmed. The handle with chiseled winding ...
Category
20th Century Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Viennese Silver Centerpiece Bowl with Handle by Jarosinski & Vaugoin, circa 1925
By Jarosinski & Vaugoin
Located in Vienna, AT
Oval shaped massive silver bowl with movable bow handle.
The plan is radially driven, merging into a wave-shaped edge lined with volutes, accentuated by cartouches and flower panicl...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Odiot - 126pc. Antique 19th Century French 950 Sterling Silver Flatware Set
By Odiot
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from a Private Mansion in Paris, A Magnificent 126pc. 19th Century French 950 Sterling Silver Flatware Set by the World's Premier French Sil...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling 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 Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of George III Salvers/Stands Made in London in 1810 by William Frisbee
By William Frisbee 1
Located in London, GB
The Salvers/Stands are of the finest quality and stand on four cast panel feet, with a scroll end and reeded edge. The main body is oval in form with a raised rim which is decorated ...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Export Silver Box
By Hung Chong & Co.
Located in London, GB
This large Chinese silver box is chased with chrysanthemum blooms on a finely grained background. Marked Hung Chong for the retailer, and with a maker's mark of "華"（Hua). Hung Chong ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Dutch Silver Bread Basket, Van Kempen & Begeer, 20th Century
By Van Kempen
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Silver Bread Basket, Van Kempen & Begeer, 20th Century
An oval round Dutch silver bread basket with floral openwork decor and pearl rim. The basket has
a scalloped shape. The...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Lelièvre (eugène-alfred) – tiffany solid silver coffee pot circa 1880 art nouvea
By Lelièvre Paris
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Large solid silver coffee pot with flat bottom, ovoid body, carved ebony handle, fixed with an umbel flower decoration. We find this same decoration under...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Deco Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Viennese Art Nouveau Silver 5-Light Candelabra by Josef Kurzweil, circa 1900
By Viennese Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Decorative large five-light silver candelabra on a round base, with embossed and chased geometric and floral decor.
Finest work of simple elegance by the master Josef Kurzweil, ac...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of 18th-Century Colonial Silver Chalices
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of 18th-Century Colonial Silver Chalices – Hand-Carved – Ornate Handles
Elevate your collection with this exquisite pair of 18th-century colonial silver chalices, masterfully h...
Category
Late 18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of George I Tazzas Made in London in 1725 by William Darker
By William Darker
Located in London, GB
AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF GEORGE I TAZZAS MADE IN LONDON IN 1725 BY WILLIAM DARKER
The Tazzas stand on a trumpet shaped spreading foot and the circular top has a slightly raised rim ...
Category
1720s English George I Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box fired enamels and round cameo Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio 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 Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Chamber Candlestick by Robert Garrard II
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver chamber candlestick made by Robert Garrard II; an addition to our collection of Victorian silverware.
...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Six Silver Miniature Bonbon Baskets, Bonebakker, Amsterdam, circa 1928
Located in Delft, NL
Six silver miniature bonbon baskets, Bonebakker, Amsterdam,1928
Six silver very small bonbon baskets in boat shape and openwork. Dutch silver, made by Carl Bonebakker & Son, Amste...
Category
20th Century Dutch Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
1970s by Giacomo Manzù for Franklin Mint Limited Etition Silver
By Giacomo Manzú, Franklin MInt
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 Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 20th century 925 sterling silver bowl
Located in Braintree, GB
Late 20th century 925 sterling silver bowl by Victoria Silverware Ltd.
Made in England, Birmingham, 1996
Fully hallmarked.
Dimensions:
Height: 13.3 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Weight: 368 g...
Category
1990s British Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Italian Silver Box Raised, 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Italian silver box raised on 4 feet, 1970s
Italian silver box in curvy octagonal shape with repousse design of flowers and scrolls
The purity de...
Category
20th Century Italian Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Silver Cup JAPANESE KORO COVER - Engraved Cup with Enamel20th century
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique silver cup or Decorative Japanese cup, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. Tested with the scratch test.
Decorated with ...
Category
1880s Japanese Japonisme Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
$3,513 Sale Price
28% Off
Silver Champagne Wine Cooler by Walter and John Barnard, London, 1889
By Walter and John Barnard
Located in Vienna, AT
Silver gorgeous Champagne & Wine Cooler vintage (last quarter of 19th century) of finest appearance
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!! SILVER WEIGHT: 27.51 OZ 780 GRAMS !!
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Excellently manufactured nicest quite heavy bowl made of massive silver, with two handles ( = highest manufacturing quality !) :
The bowl can be used as cooler for champagne or white wine where ice cubes have to be put into. - This elegant silver item has round base / the cooler is abundantly decorated - its surface is worked in finest manner. The decorations were made by chiselled / chasing work: Acanthus scrolls as well as flower's blossoms attached to leavy stems growing out from area below decorate the cooler's part below like a frieze / additionally, there is a bulged border of stylized leaves existing, running around at bowl's upper part two hoisted handles partially covered with so-said pearl ornaments existing.
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MADE 1889
branded by UK HALLMARK
maker's mark: WBJ into a shield ( = Walter & John Barnard), number 190 / LONDON, dated 1889
branded by UK / LONDON OFFICIAL STAMP: so-said LION PASSANT with year's mark O of 1889 STERLING...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of Antique English Sterling Silver Bow Picture Frames, 1915
By E. Mander & Son Ltd
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning pair of oval photograph frames, made from English sterling silver topped with ribbon and bow mounts.
The backs are made from solid oak incorporating a folding easel bac...
Category
1910s English Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Sterling Silver 79-Piece Flatware Set in Faneuil Pattern Art Deco
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in London, GB
Tiffany & Co., sterling silver flatware set from the 1920's in Faneuil pattern and Art Deco style, with a beautiful geometric design, consisting of 91pieces: - 6 salad forks measuring 6 3/4'' in length - 10 luncheon forks measuring 7'' in length - 14 luncheon knives measuring 9 1/8'' in length - 8 Fish knives measuring 9 1/8'' in length 8 flat butter spreaders measuring 5 3/4'' in length - 14 soup spoons measuring 7'' in length - 14 dessert spoons measuring 7'' in length - 3 serving spoons measuring 7'' in length - 2 Ladels measuring 5 3/4'' in length 1 Sugar Sifter measuring 5 3/4'' in length - 1 Gold wash Caserole Spoon measuring '' in length 1 Vegetable Spoon measuring 8`'' in length - Total approximate weight (including 0.5 oz per knife) is 6300 Grams. 202 ounces. Each piece bears hallmarks as shown. All non monogrammed. The legendary Tiffany brand was founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in Connecticut as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium," with the help of Charles Tiffany's father who financed the store for only $1,000 with profits from a cotton mill. Tiffany & Co. soon became a highly regarded brand for jewellery, gemstones, and silver. In 1845, Tiffany was a pioneer when it launched the Blue Book, which at the time was the first mail-order catalogue to be distributed in the US. In 1878, Tiffany won the gold medal for jewellery and a grand prize for silverware at the Paris World Fair Exposition...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dutch Silver and Blue Crystal Glass Spice Spreader, 1845
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch silver and blue crystal glass spice spreader, 1845
A silver and blue crystal glass spice spreader dated from 1845. An openwork holder for the crystal bowl with flower garl...
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, 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 Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Viennese Art Nouveau Silver Platter in the Shape of a Boat, circa 1900
By Viennese Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Large silver plate shaped like a boat in a smooth, simple design with a three-dimensional rocaille band on the edge of the raised, exposed rim.
Branded by the Diana's head mark, the...
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Silver 800 Flower Bowl Jardiniere Austria Art Nouveau, circa 1911
By Viennese Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
Stunning art nouveau large silver flower bowl / jardiniere with original glass liner
Hallmarked (Austrian - most probably viennese - silver)
manufactured before 1911
It is an outs...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Victorian Silver Wine Jug
By Daniel & Charles Houle
Located in London, GB
An extremely elegant Victorian silver claret jug with pear-shaped body decorated with hand-engraved floral swags and garlands. It has an ov...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Inkwell with Silver Top and Silver Overlay
Located in Folkestone, GB
An unusual circular glass inkwell covered with filigree silver overlay and with hinged hexagonal finial-set top with silver collar.
London 1900 by Comyns of London.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
English Silver Fish Server Set by John James Whiting, 1856
Located in Delft, NL
English silver fish server set by John James Whiting, 1856.
English silver fish servers in leather box. The original leather box with satin and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Small shaped Picture Frame 2 oval portrait Plum Purple 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 Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Enamel Miniature Moscow Kremlin and Red Square Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-engravings fire enameled hand-painted like lapis lazuli stone and beautiful hand-painted enameled ...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique 20th Century Solid Silver Collapsible Travel Cup & Case, c.1911
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century solid silver collapsible travel cup. Compact in size with a tapered body made from five pieces, fits perfectly into a pocket trav...
Category
1910s British Other Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Smart English Silver Art Deco Cigarette or Cigar Box, 1937
Located in Bath, GB
A truly iconic Art Deco double-lidded cigarette or cigar box with the most fantastic shaped handle to the top.
The box is entirely engine-turned and stands on four elegant feet. T...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dutch Mid 19th Century Wooden Spoon Box with 12 Silver Tea Spoons
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch mid 19th century wooden spoon box with 12 silver tea spoons
A mahogany wooden spoon box with red velvet fabric with 12 silver tea spoons. Dutch s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
"Jatta" Centerpiece in Hand-Beaten 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
"Jatta" centerpiece in hand-beaten 800 silver, Italy, 1980s
Handcrafted production by a well-known Italian silversmith, unique piece. It weighs gr. 900.00.
Regularly stamped with s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Dutch Silver Purse Mount beaded bag by Ringenoldus, ca 1830
Located in Delft, NL
Antique Dutch Silver Purse Mount beaded bag by Ringenoldus, ca 1830
An antique purse mount with black beaded bag. The silver mount with motif of a Lion in medallion. Dutch silver ha...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Holy Water Stoup with Tap
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Holy water stoup in 800 solid silver.
Made entirely by hand, embossed and chiseled with leaves and pods motif. The lid is removable to allow water to ...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$13,917 Sale Price
20% Off
Volmer Bahner Salt & Pepper Set in Sterling Silver & Enamel Guilloche, 1960s
By Ovesen and Volmer Bahner
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Beautiful set consisting of salt and pepper shaker in sterling silver and maroon/red and lemon yellow enamel guilloche. This ...
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$352 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 4 Sterling Silver Traprain Dishes or Tastevins, Brook & Son, 1937
By Brook & Son, Edinburgh 1
Located in Glasgow, GB
This set of four sterling silver Traprain Dishes, or Tastevins, echoes a historic design unearthed from the Roman silver hoard at Traprain Law, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1919. Each dis...
Category
1930s British Classical Roman Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,537 Sale Price
20% Off
Samuel Pemberton 1807 Sterling Silver Nutmeg Grater
By Samuel Pemberton
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine, and impressive, large antique Georgian English sterling silver nutmeg grater made by Samuel Pemberton; an addition to our si...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Handbag perfume holder enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
4824-5542 - Rectangular handbag perfume holder with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with screw cap and pin. With translucent 2-color striped fire enamel on gui...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Very Fine Pair of George III Wine Goblets, London, 1807, Thomas James
By Thomas Johnson, London 1
Located in London, GB
These exceptional Wine Goblets stand on a square pedestal foot decorated with circular reeding and an eclectic mix of bright cut and prick dot designs. The foot rises to a vase shaped bowl, with beautiful rim engraved with bright cut designs, including stylised foliate motifs and wriggle work bands. The front of the bowl is engraved with an unusual contemporary Crest. The interior is finely gilded and the foot displays...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Enameled Table Clock
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Art deco octagonal table clock cm. 10x10 in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent black and red fired enamels on guilloché, Swiss mechanical skeletal movement, winding 8 days
The miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$8,839 Sale Price
34% Off
Peter Hertz Danish Silver Wedding Commemorative Spoon, 1992
By Peter Hertz
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine Danish Peter Hertz original boxed gilded silver spoon commemorating the silver wedding of Queen Margreth and Prince Henrik on 10th June 1992. The heavily made spoon has a rounded terminal relief moulded with a central monogram surrounded by elephants with a pierced gilded crown above. The reverse side with royal shields with other heraldic emblems and bearing the date 10...
Category
1990s Danish Scandinavian Modern Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen "Acanthus". Four short-handled dinner knives in sterling silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
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 Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Three Antique Sterling Silver Designers Teaspoons
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Three sterling silver teaspoons by three different old famous designers ,with assorted beautiful decorations and patterns , perfect and rare: Blackington Co., Alvin Co., Fontenac pattern by International Silver Company.
Can be sold INDIVIDUALLY.
Everyone was used exclusively for 5 o'clock tea.
They are three little sculptures...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Dutch 19th Century Silver Chatelaine with 4 Cachets and Charms
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch 19th century silver chatelaine with 4 cachets and charms
Silver chatelaine with 4 cachets and charms.
The charms are a very small miniature knife...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique George II Sterling Silver Cream Pail (1752)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George II English sterling silver cream pail; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George II sterl...
Category
1750s English Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Novelty Duck Letter Opener by Sampson Mordan & Co.
Located in Bath, GB
A rare and highly collectable letter opener made from solid English sterling silver with the handle mounted with a charming Duck figure.
The underside is fully hallmarked London ...
Category
1920s British Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of George III Irish Silver Celtic Point Basting Spoons John Keene, 1799
Located in Glasgow, GB
A pair of George III Irish silver Celtic point pattern basting spoons. The spoons are engraved with a family crest. Hallmarked with the date letter...
Category
1790s British George III Antique 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 Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous 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
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Antique Russian Neillo Enamel Kiddish Cup Dated 1845
Located in London, GB
Antique Russian Neillo Enamel Kiddish Cup Dated 1845
Heavy quality russian silver kiddish cup, made by Alexander Nordert Gotovski in St Petersburg with the assay master's mark of And...
Category
1840s Baltic Baltic Antique Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
English Sterling Silver Cream and Sugar, Art Deco, London, 1935
By Charles Boyton & Sons, Ltd.
Located in Bath, GB
A fine quality and very stylish cream and sugar set made from a good heavy gauge of sterling silver with a very elegant Art Deco design.
Each piece is fully hallmarked for London ...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver and Enamel Compact, 1952
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY:
No additional costs will be added to this order.
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
Elizabeth II English sterling silver and enamel...
Category
1950s British Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$1,353 Sale Price
18% Off
Modernist Italian 800 Silver Small Playing Card Box, C.1950/1960
By Jean Despres
Located in Bath, GB
Hefty Italian silver was used to create this mid-century modern box with a stylish cast silver chain belt and buckle across the top and down the front, beautiful quality and engineer...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
