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Item Ships From: Florence
Giant Vase or Ice Bucket in Murano Glass, Barovier & Toso style
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Very large vase in Puligoso glass with four vertical applications Morise with 24K gold leaf embedded.
The Puligoso finish is extremely well executed with small bubbles allover the gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
19th CENTURY AGATE JEWELLERY BOX
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful jewelry box made of agate with golden brass finishes, small in size. The turned feet are also made of agate, giving the piece a particular elegance. The hard stone, due to ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Agate, Brass
Japanese lacquered wooden box decorated in gold
Located in Firenze, FI
Black and gold lacquered wooden Japanese box with designs reminiscent of art deco style with double decorative element in pure gold. Red lacquer interior . Late 1800s early 1900s per...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Art Deco Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Letter Opener Sterling Silver Blue Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped letter opener with rectangular base in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. Base cm. 7.5 x 15.5 long letter opener cm. 21. Weight ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Islamic Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century, Hand Carved Clear crystal and silver Bronze Candelabra
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
21st Century, Hand-Carved Turquoise Crystal and Silver Bowl in Classic Style
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st Century hand carved turquoise crystal bowl with metal parts in lost wax in silver bronze.
This centrepiece is a limited edition, we have o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Egg style Faberge Blue Savoia Enamel Medium Size Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This awesome Table Box Baroque style is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
it has a Rectangular shape with hand-engraved intricate design Black and Green color fire enameled.
Table Box Bar...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Black Polished Box for 20 Pens with Suede and Leather Detail
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Black polished wooden pen box with anti-tarnish suede and leather handles for your collection of writing instruments.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Suede, Wood
Russian Empire Fabergè style Rectangular photo frame with 2 oval borders and orn
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with 2 oval borders internal size cm. 4 x 5.2 and ornaments with festoons a...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
LATE 18th CENTURY PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL TERRACOTTA VASES
Located in Firenze, FI
Pair of terracotta vases, made with a stick. The vases have a square base, a globular body decorated with raw engravings. The handles, of great originality and characteristic, are de...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Table Box table box with finely embossed and hand-chiseled Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular shaped table box with finely embossed and hand-chiseled lid in Baroque style. Velvet interior. Dimensions cm. 11.7 x 21 x 4.5. Weight gr. 1000. Designed by Giorgio Salimb...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Carved Wood Palm Tree Sculpture 1980
Located in Florence, IT
Vintage palm tree sculpture handcrafted in wood carved with leaves, coconuts and trunk.
High decorative object.
Category
1980s Colonial Revival Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Snuff Box Sterling Silver Green and Sky Stripes Guilloche Enamel Box Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleo...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$3,108 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Italian Contemporary "Habitat Collection" Coral & Shell Resin Tray
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant printed pocket tray with handles represents marine elements such as shells corals seahorses on a delicate blue and white striped background. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Marble Bowl on Pedestal or Tazza Centerpiece
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian 19th century ( 1810- 1860 circa) antique neoclassical marble tazza or bowl on pedestal features round lines finished with a rolled edge both on top and on socle. This hi...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Perfume Holder pearl grey color fired enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Parallelepiped perfume holder for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with screwed cap with translucent fired enamel on guilloché. English style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 2.5 x ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Picture Frame internal border with enamelled leaves Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Behold the epitome of elegance and craftsmanship: a square table photo frame, meticulously crafted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. This masterpiece features translucent fi...
Category
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box Black enamel Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling.
Snuff Box Silver has black fired enamels on guilloché.
Snuff Box Silver has a lid with geometric design ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Small shaped Picture Frame red heart Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped frame in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, modern contemporary style. External cm. 7.4 x 7.6 internal cm. 4.5 x 4.8. Weigh...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Small Picture Frame Round English style, early 1900s. Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small round frame with flat edge in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External diameter cm. 7.2, internal c...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Small shaped Picture Frame 2 oval portrait Blue Navy 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 Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Egg Plum enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg Plum enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Egg Plum enamel has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand.
Egg Plum enamel is Russian...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Galileo marble sphere paperweight
Located in Firenze, FI
Looking for a way to add some style and sophistication to your home? Our marble sphere is the perfect choice! With its chic design and high-quality const...
Category
2010s Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass
$1,253 / item
Italian Antiques Louis XIV Urn Lacquer and Gilt Vases
Located in Firenze, IT
Sourced in a sumptuous Roman villa, never before seen on the antiques market, these Italian large scale Louis XIV urn vases originally used as enormous palm holders exude royalty, a ...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Small shaped Picture Frame Four-leaf clover lilac Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Four-leaf clover shaped frame for oval photo in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent lilac fired enamel on guilloche, modern contemporary style. External cm. 8.5 x 8...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Snuff box perforated, embossed and hand-engraved lid and miniature Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated, embossed and hand-engraved lid, with fine oval miniature cm. 3.2 x 4.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable i...
Category
1970s Italian Rococo Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill Box Hand Painted Miniature of a Lady with Small Dog, Art Nouveau Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Domed round 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated pillbox with fire enamels above and below, and hand-painted miniature of a lady with small dog, in Viennese Art Nouveau style second ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen & Tray for Desk Set enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with hand-painted fired enamel like turquoise stone, cm. 9.5 x 18. For fountain pen (4577-5210) with 18 carat gold n...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in gilded 925/1000 silver with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone. On the lid, a very fine fire-enamell...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Louis XVI White Photo Frame Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of a garland of flowers with oval border interna...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Evening Bag Sterling Silver Shape of an Envelope Black Fired Enamel Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Evening bag in the shape of an envelope in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Measure cm. 8.2 x 4.7 x 13.5 - interior with beveled mirror and velvet lining. With trian...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
$8,777 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Capodimonte Polychrome Porcelain Incense Burners Vases with Flowers
By Capodimonte
Located in Firenze, IT
An exquisite pair of early 19th century Italian Capodimonte Rocococ style polychrome porcelain incense burners in the form of urn shaped vases with two handles and pierced lids.
The...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large brass box with shell knob
Located in Firenze, FI
Add a touch of elegance to your home with our charming brass box. Perfect as a storage or decorative item, it features a charming decorated paper cover and a pretty brass knob on the...
Category
2010s European Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$659 / item
Egg Purple Red enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg Purple Red enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Egg Purple Red enamel has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand.
Egg Purple Red...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italian Contemporary "Habitat Collection" Coral & Shell Resin Pocket Tray
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant printed pocket tray represents marine elements such as shells corals seahorses on a delicate blue and white striped background. The finish is ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Table Box Heart shape Red passion fire-enameled on guilloche Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché above and below. Modern contemporary style. Dimensions cm. 8.8 x 8 cm high....
Category
1990s Italian Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century, Hand-Carved Black and Clear Crystal Vase in Classic Style
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century hand carved black and clear crystal vase with the frame in lost wax bronze.
This vase is a limited edition, we have only a few pieces. It's particular hand-carved and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Picture Frame Sterling Silver Octagonal Yellow Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamels on guillochè. Modern contemporary style. Exterior 17 x 18.5 cm, interior for round photo d...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings at around 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...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Decois in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Picture Frame vertical lines Art Deco has white fired enamels on guilloché.
Picture Frame vertical lines has two...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Red enamel Empire Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large octagonal table frame for round photos diameter cm. 7, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on sunburst guilloche, with Napoleon III French Empire style borders and ornaments. External cm. 17 x 17. Weight gr. 483. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1978 on the inspiration of previous artefacts from the early 1900s and manufactured in Florence at the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enameling firings at approximately 750 < 800° C.
It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include:
manufacturer's mark: 391FI
metal mark fineness:925
Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif".
With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe.
Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style.
Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai).
Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations.
Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag.
About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
CINETICO Murano Glass Brass Mobile Chandelier Red and Yellow Glass Elements
By Silvio Piattelli, Effetre International Company
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This exquisite Murano glass chandelier boasts delicate glass elements that shimmer and radiate a cozy, welcoming ambiance, making it the perfect centerpiece for any living space. Man...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Metal
21st Century, Hand-Carved Turquoise Crystal and Golden Bowl in Classic Style
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
21-st century hand carved turquoise crystal bowl with metal parts in lost wax in golden bronze.
This centrepiece is a limited edition, we have o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Gio Ponti & Pietro Chiesa, Unique Cigars Box, Fontana Arte, Italy, 1930
By Fontana Arte, Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Firenze, IT
Unique piece. “Grissinato” turned wood box with decorated blue crystal, blue corrugated crystal lid, hand-decorated. “Pipe smoking man” decoration.
Designed by masters Gio Ponti &...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$8,634 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Huge Craftmanship Ceramic Parrot Hand Painted Vase with Lid '1 of 2'
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Colorful and exotic artisanal hand painted vase with lid portraiting a blue and green parrot and vegetation on black background.
This vase is entirely hand painted by the ceramists of the artisan company "Ceramiche Batignani" founded in Tuscany in 1907 by Gastone Batignani...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$1,726 Sale Price
20% Off
Table Box shaped tiles of the Baptistery of Florence Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with painted fire enamels like lapis lazuli stone and beautiful miniature hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing ...
Category
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box for Cigarettes in Sterling Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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 Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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 Baroque Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century clear crystal silver bronze decorative box-
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century, clear hand-carved crystal, chromed bronze box with intricate detailing and a bold geometric style. The domed lid features a radiant sunburst pattern, topped with a uni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Golden Bronze Lizard
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Porcelain box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated golden finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for eve...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XVI Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Medium brass box with butterfly knob
Located in Firenze, FI
Add a touch of elegance to your home with our charming brass box. Perfect as a storage or decorative item, it features a charming decorated paper cover and a pretty brass knob on the...
Category
2010s European Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$569 / item
Picture Frame oval photos French Empire Napoleon III style Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of a garland of flowers with oval border, intern...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Evening Bag with fire enamelled stripes in Art Deco style Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval evening bag in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire enamelled stripes in Art Deco style. Measurement cm. 5.5 x 10 x 14.8, interior with ground mirror. Weight gr. 748. Created in 1...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Treasure Rectangular Brass Box with Zippered Top
Located in Firenze, FI
Discover the perfect rectangular brass box with a zippered top for your treasures! This high-quality box is perfect for storing jewelry, trinkets, and other...
Category
2010s Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Crystal Box with Flamingo
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Hand carved crystal box with Flamingo in brass made with the artisan lost wax technique with dark burnished finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind.
The style of this box is a modern reinterpretation of an object from the second half of the 18th century in France.
Also Oggetti d'Arte will follow with the same passion the request of the most qualified studies of interio architecture from around the world, helping them in achievement of their most ambitious projects.
This box, at the customer's request, can be made with different metal finishes and with different crystal colors so that it can be inserted in the best possible way within your furniture. This box is included in Animal Box...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XVI Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Watch Box for Nine Watches in Briar with Leather Detail
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Elm briar and striped mahogany for your collectable watches. Leather handles. Briar box for nine watches.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pill Box oval Silver Sterling Enameled and handcarved Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Domed oval pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè, top and bottom, with fine hand-engravings. Viennese Art Nouveau style second h...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Louis XVI Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engraved wood grain Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-engraved ornaments in late Napoleon III Empire style and transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engrave...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ceramic penguin sculpture, Italy 1980
Located in Firenze, IT
Ceramic penguin sculpture
Italy 1980
33H x 24 x 17 cm
Conditions: perfect conditions
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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