Florence - Decorative Objects

Charming clock with walnut veneer case and gilt bronze finishes. The floral and phytomorphic garland decorations, such as pine cones, add a touch of elegance and antiquity. The feet ...

6238-7239- Pocket cigarette case with spring button in 925/1000 fire-enamelled sterling silver with beautiful vessel miniature hand-painted by th...

Sterling silver powder case, produced for Cartier, fired enamel manufactured by Salimbeni. Powder case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and red fired enamel. Openi...

Cat wood sculpture Bottega Michelangeli, Orvieto Italy 1970s composed of assembled wooden sections, bear on the back manufacture's firebrand stamp and numbe...

Armored armoire in polished ebony, brass accessories in ruthenium. Safe with biometric opening device, drawers and trays lined for watches and jewelry. Available with 36 Swiss made w...

Rectangular outer oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché and ornaments in the French Empire Napoleon III style. External ...

Red briar and mahogany multigame, polished finish, leather handles. Contents: 36 cms mahogany roulette, rake, 365 poker chips, bosso chessmen, backgammon, poker dice...

Hollywood regency grissinato bamboo jewelry box RCM Italy 1970 marked H 6 cm - 26 × 15.5 cm Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.

Rectangular shaped photo frame in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloché with borders in the French Empire Louis XVI style. External dimensio...

Polished white bird's-eye maple armored armoire with leather bow, 24-karat gold-plated accessories. Round handle with biometric opening device and emergency key integrated. Inside pullout / pull-out necklace holder and drawers lined for jewelry. Leather handles on drawers. Secret compartment. Available...

Set of 4 playing card suit-shaped boxes in 925/1000 sterling silver with Art Deco style fire enamels, early 1900s. Total weight 793 g. Designed by Renato Salimbeni in 1951 inspired b...

Elegant Italian Empire period gilt wood frame crafted in Tuscany, dating from the early 19th century.
This richly carved piece features wide bands with deep laurel leaf decoration, s...

For serious collector's of Murano glass, this wonderful Spiral Bowl by Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) was hand-blown in Murano at the Venini furnace in the 1980s. It is part of the well ...

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...

Armoured jewelry armoire in polished white bird’s-eye maple and 24-karat gold hardware. Inside, safe with biometric opening device. Drawers and pull-out trays lined for jewelry. Six ...

Square table box for cigarettes with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Measure cm. 12.7 x 12.7 x 3.2. Weight gr. 640. This piece is the result of t...

Rectangular shaped photo frame in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloché with borders in the French Empire Louis XVI style. External dimensio...

Large egg on smooth tripod with 8-day mechanical skeletal Swiss movement with alarm, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché and hand-paint...

Rectangular table frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloché with edges and frieze in French Empire Louis XVI style. External cm. 16 x 23...

Unique and precious lost-wax bronze sculpture. Entitled "Marching Soldiers," it depicts two marching soldiers, their legs apart, wearing the distinctive helmet of a World War II infa...

Square table box with rounded corners, made of 925/1000 sterling silver, featuring an Art Deco design in fired enamel. Dimensions: 10.4 x 10.4 x 3.2 cm. Weight gr. 425. Designed in 1...

Pair of large Chinese vases with polychrome cloisonné work, characterized by an elegant shape sinuous profile lends elegance with wide body, short and slightly flared neck, finished ...

Pair of Modernist-Style Murano Glass sculptures in a head-shaped Picasso-inspired design, mounted on a black Murano glass cylindrical base. The elongated face is made of translucent/...

Square pill box with 2 slightly rounded sides, in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamels fired on guilloché. Dimensions: 4.3 x 4.5 x 2 cm. Weight: 95 g. Design...

Ladies’ cigarette case rectangular convex “olive” shape in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white fire enamel with Art Deco style design. With “lost” hinge, that is semi-invis...

21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to customer can modificate the color...

A Modern Heirloom: Large Square Guilloché Enamel Frame by Giorgio Salimbeni Presented is a commanding and radiant square photo frame, a masterwork of contemporary Florentine jewelry...

Rectangular pocket cigarette case with long rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver with red and black fire-enamelled stripes. With button and spring opening. Measurements cm. 10.3...

Add a touch of sophistication to your home with our brass pedal bin. Made from high-quality brass, this bin is both functional and stylish, providing a pract...

Egg on tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, Russian Empire style inspired by Carl Fabergè eggs late 1800s, early 1900s. Measurem...

Large oval table jewelry box with shapes, Baroque style, in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver, with fine hand-engravings around green spaces enameled at high temperature and a lar...

21st century hand carved clear crystal and silver bronze candelabra. This candelabra is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded glass. This Candelabra has got 6-flames. O...

Modernist lucite and brass box Italy 1970s brass, faux tortoiseshell lucite H 10 × 12 × 20 cm Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use

Rectangular table frame with concave corners for oval photo cm. 5.5 x 8.5 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche, with French Empire Napo...

From the historical icon, Pauly & Co Shop in St Marks Square, this hand-blown 1940s pale pink Murano Glass Candelabra is still in perfect condition and signed Pauly & Co on t...

Ladies' handbag cigarette case with an oval section in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent enamel on a guilloché and a monochrome, hand-painted miniature of a landscape, in the E...

A wonderfully fine extra-large pale yellow hand-blown Murano glass vase by Vittorio Zecchin made in the 1920s. This tall vase is in very good condition. It has decorative 'bolle' air...

Polished white bird’s-eye maple or polished walnut matte finish armored chest, 24-karat gold-plated accessories. Round handle with biometric opening device and emergency key integrat...

A 1940s solid silver photo frame with the original sticker 'Argenterie Torino' on the stand. The frame has an indented decoration throughout and solid wood stand and back.

Rectangular table photo frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with translucent two-tone striped enamels fired on guilloche and hand-engraved ornaments. Late Empire Napoleon ...

21st Century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze potiche. This potiche is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to customer can modificate the...

Shaped rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-etched fire-enameled engraving painted like lapis lazuli stone and...

21-st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze potiche. This potiche is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand ground crystal. On request to customer can modificate th...

Armored armoire in polished Ebony, brass accessories in Ruthenium. Safe with biometric opening device, drawers and trays lined for watches and jewelry. Available with 54 Swiss made w...

Armored jewelry case with pull out necklace bars. See information below for details of item variations. Gold variation: Shiny gold steel. Inside d...

This compelling Italian 19th century white glazed porcelain sculpture depicts ‘The Rape of the Sabines’, after a monumental work by the Renaissance artist, Giambologna (1529-1608) th...

Exquisite Reuge S.A. Musical Table Box Description:Discover a stunning large rectangular table box featuring elegantly concave corners, showcasing the exceptional craftsmanship of th...

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...

Kleenex brass rectangular box with captivating artistic lion feet. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this elegant accessory seamlessly blends functionality with aesthetics...

Mid-Century Elegance: Rectangular Guilloché Enamel Frame by Renato Salimbeni This refined rectangular photo frame is an exquisite example of the Salimbeni atelier’s mastery, blendin...

This vase shows many features that are on the Marinuzzi Zecchin vessel production. It's costolato sfumato with typical hansw handles and the curl at the upper end. Has the costolato...

Large oval table box with mechanical musical movement by the Swiss company Reuge S.A. in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché and on fine ...

Polished ebony contemporary armored armoire. Matte finish, ruthenium accessories. Inside drawers for jewelry, with fronts covered in white leather. Safe can be anchored to the wall w...

Cigarette case in the shape of a packet of long cigarettes in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel in Art Deco style, early 1900s. With lost hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. ...

Large Murano Vase with vertical beads in Cobalt blue and baloton regularily spread bubbles in the clear part. The clear part carries 24K gold leaf that is printed with baloton (a pin...

Rectangular photoframe in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on a guilloché pattern embellished with a very fine hand engraving. External border in Fr...

Add a touch of elegance to your home decor with our brass turtle figurine with a green marble base. Made from high-quality brass and featuring a beauti...

Box for 54 pairs of cufflinks in black polished wood with leather handles.

Decorative ram’s head sculpture executed in plaster and finished with a hand-applied green patina intended to evoke the appearance of naturally aged bronze. Inspired by the animal f...

Mid-century grissinato woodland mirrored glass jewelry box Fontana Arte, Italy 1960 Glass, wood, brass H 7 cm - 32 × 20 cm Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.