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Item Ships From: Florence
Italian 19th Century Renaissance White Glazed Porcelain Figural Group Sculpture
By Carlo Ginori, Capodimonte, Giambologna
Located in Firenze, IT
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...
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Vase
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze vase. This vase is finely chiseled lost wax castings and hand-grounded crystal. On request to customer can modificate the col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Enchanted brass and glass pen holder
Located in Firenze, FI
Add some sophistication and organization to your desk with our glass pen holder featuring a beautiful brass structure. Perfect for holding pens, penci...
Category
2010s Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted Louis XVI style miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature fire enamelled in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century, and fine hand engravings. Siz...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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
Hollywood regency lucite tuxedo set, Guzzini Italy 1970
By Guzzini
Located in Firenze, IT
Smoking Set, ashtray, table lighter and cigars box
Italy 1970
Lucite
Ashtray: H 14.5 x 14.5 x 4 cm
Table Lighter: H 6.5 x 8.5 x 7 cm
Cigars box: H 7.5 x 18 x 10.5 cm
Label on t...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
Italian 19th Century Hand Carved Alabaster Bust Sculpture of a Young Girl Holdin
By Adolfo Cipriani
Located in Firenze, IT
A stunning Italian late 19th early 20th century hand carved alabaster bust sculpture depicting a young baby girl cradling a dove.
The girl wearing a lace bonnet her hair tied back a...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Seguso for Bisazza Pair Mustard Murano Pulegoso Vase Gold Rim, 1993 Signed
By Seguso & Cenadese, Bisazza Vetro, Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Seguso, Livio Seguso
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Set of two splendid Pulegoso vase. One round and the other tall. The round is lighter and the tall darker tone of mustard.
Perfectly executed Pulegoso finish. This is Murano Crucible Pulegoso. The mouth has a rim with external gold leaf difficult to notice because it does not contrast with the background. Just magnificent and rare set.
At first I believed, because of the round shape, that Bisazza was dovetailing Carlo Scarpa original round shape from the 1930s. When I was able to see the pieces and see the year, then all came clear. In the second part of the 1980s there was a re-discover in Interior design of the Native American arts. In particular, the Navaho products. As Carlo Scarpa took his inspiration from Japanese shapes, here Bisazza translated in glass the Navaho pottery art. Here the reason for a hearty color, these orange toned Puligoso is part of the Seguso tradition. Colors that are not in high fashion.
This collection belongs to the Livio Seguso production made under Bisazza ownership for a small period of the early 1990s. Livio continued his artist career with the freedom and the free state of mind that came from not owning a company. Similar path of Luciano Vistosi.
Bisazza, the famous luxury mosaic company, continued Seguso models for the first part of the 1990s. Then closed the furnace and continued to focus with his mosaic collection. His masters, Elio Raffaelli...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Agresti Il Mio Tempo Chest for 28 Watches
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Lockable chest for 28 watches on holders and laying down. Available in briar or polished ebony.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Perfume holder Art Deco style enamel black and white Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Discover a pinnacle of luxury with this parallelepiped handbag perfume holder, crafted from 925/1000 sterling silver and finished with a screwed cap. This masterpiece features exquis...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill Box shaped Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted striped Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent 2-color striped fire enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings in Viennese Art Nouveau style, second half...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Box Black and White Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box Black and White enamel is Inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1920s in Art Deco style and recreated for Cartier USA in 1976.
It is in 925/1000 sterling.
Box Blac...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
END OF THE 19th CENTURY SINGING ANGELS PLASTER BAS-RELIEF BY LUCA DELLA ROBBIA
Located in Firenze, FI
This beautiful life-size plaster cast of the singing angels by Luca della Robbia and part of a collection of plaster casts from a Florentine collector, faithfully represents the orig...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
Pill Box Floral miniature and fine hand-engravings Art Nouveau style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Floral miniature and fine hand-engravings Art Nouveau style Salimbeni.Shaped pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucen...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
21st Century, Hand Carved Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Centrepiece
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century hand carved clear crystal and golden bronze centrepiece. This Centrepiece has got the porcelain base with pure gold decorations and hand-grounded crystal. On request to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Late 18th Century Enamelled and Gilt Metal Circular Table Snuff Box
Located in Firenze, IT
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The cover set with an enamel panel...
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 800/1000 silver gold plated with translucent enamel on guilloché and beautiful enamel miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli in early 1900s Engl...
Category
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio 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 Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1920s Vittorio Zecchin Pale Yellow Large Hand-blown Murano Glass Bolle Vase
By Vittorio Zecchin
Located in Florence, Tuscany
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...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Ovetto Metal Collection Bronze Recycling and Waste Bin by Soldi Design
By Soldi Design
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This so-called world's most avant-garde trash can comes from Italy. The brand of this spaceship is called SOLDI DESIGN! It is an ecological design brand founded in 2008! With the phi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin, Plastic
21st Century, Hand-Carved Green and Amber Crystal and Bronze Box
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Amber and green crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. Each object is handcrafted and th...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XVI Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Bronze Scuplture "Venus Bather" by H.S. München
By H.S. Munchen
Located in Firenze, FI
Lost wax cast Italian bronze sculpture, the subject reproduces 'Venus bather'. The base is made of Bardiglio red marble. Italian manufacture, early 19th century. Made by H.S. München...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Angelo Mangiarotti, Space age brown ceramic vase, Fratelli Brambilla Italy 1968
By Fratelli Brambilla, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Firenze, IT
Space age brown ceramic vase designed by Angelo Mangiarotti (1921 - 2012)
Fratelli Brambilla, Italy ca. 1968
H 27 cm - 22 × 8 cm
Labeled and marked on the base
Conditions: excell...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pill Box monochrome hand-painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired asu guillochè enamel also on all sides and monochrome hand-painted miniature on the lid. Dimensions c...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bottega Michelangeli, Cat wood sculpture, Orvieto Italy 1970s
By Bottega Gualverio Michelangeli 1
Located in Firenze, IT
Cat wood sculpture
Bottega Michelangeli, Orvieto Italy 1970s
composed of assembled wooden sections, bear on the back manufacture's firebrand stamp and numbe...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Murano Glass Mezza Filgrana, Green Amethyst Clear with Gold Leaf, Cenedese Attr
By Cenedese, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Great color combination.
The filigree/filigrana glass is a cane with a color inside. Usually clear on the outside with a core in colored or opaque glass. Most used are white or black filigrana.
This is a self-made filigrana as there is a green coating over an Amethyst core, making the Amethyst almost a dark bronze color. The other cane is clear with amethyst. The twisting (mena in muranese, or ritorto) makes a lay with the back of the vase almost as it is a reticello (once called filigrana, so that explains the term mezza filigrana).
The special color combination was then rolled over pure gold leaf, highlighted with the iridescence smoke and then covered with another layer of high temperature glass to make the gold vivid.
The vase is quite large and carries a squared mouth, in a way of Carlo Scarpa mezza filigrana vases...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Art Déco Style Cubist Craquelé Polar Bear , L&v Ceram, France, circa 1970
By L&V Ceramics
Located in Firenze, IT
Art Déco style cubist craquelé glazed polar bear
L&V Ceram, France, circa 1970
Measures: 30 x 14 x 14 cm
Conditions: Excellent, no dents o chips.
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Opinion Ciatti Snow.White Object Holder
By Maurizio Galante 2, Tal Lancman, Opinion Ciatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Snow.White, an elegant object holder (available in black or white marble) with an inner mirror and details in galvanic gold brass. Part of Once Upon A Time, the collection designed b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine miniature fired enamelled with an image of “fox hunti...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large silver plated spherical brass pitcher
Located in Firenze, FI
Its classic ball shape, sturdy handle, and spout make it perfect for serving wine or water of an elegant and sophisticated table setting. Made from high-quality hammered brass it has...
Category
2010s Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Silver Plate
Belle marble bookend with brass jester
Located in Firenze, FI
Add a touch of playfulness to your living space with our striking marble bookend featuring a brass jester. Not only is it a unique and eye-catching piece, but it's also practical for...
Category
2010s Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pill Box White Enamel Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round rounded pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature on the lid. Viennese Art Nouveau style. Dia...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Salimbeni Pillbox Semi-Invisible Lid Sterling Silver Natural
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Salimbeni Pillbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver, oval section with lid with lost hinge, that is, semi-invisible.
Salimbeni Pillbox has guilloche with Art Deco early 20th century styl...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Handgrinded Crystal Brass tissue box
Located in Firenze, FI
Crafted with meticulous attention to details and craftsmanship, this elegant and precious tissue box is an example of how Bronzetto creates precious objects by combining brass and b...
Category
2010s Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Italian Contemporary "Black and Wild" Collection Butterfly Resin Pocket Tray
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant printed pocket tray portraying an exotic natural setting with a Butterfly on it.
This object is part of a large collection called "the Black and Wild Collection" which in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Table Box Hand-Engraved and Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with a beautiful hand-engraved and fire-enamelled frame and in the center a beautiful hand painted miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres "Odalisque with slave". Dimensions cm. 9.5 x 12.3 x 3.3. Weight gr. 671. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1979 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...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill Box Sterling Silver with Sailboat Hand-Painted with Fired Enamel
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Portapillole rotondo in argento sterling 925/1000 placcato oro.
Portapillole in Argento Sterling con miniatura di barca a vela smaltata e dipinta a mano. Stile inglese primi del XX ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Murano Vase Masterpiece, Doppio Ritorto Amazing Technique, Signed
By Gio Ponti, Fulvio Bianconi & Paolo Venini, Silvio Piattelli
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This vase is a true work of art. It features a bold color palette and creates a beautiful interplay with the light. During its creation, the glass is heated again before blowing to a...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Meissen Small Bust Emblematic of Winter, circa 1750
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Firenze, IT
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As a bearded man wearing a fur-lin...
Category
1750s German Georgian Antique Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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
Italian Contemporary "Black and Wild" Collection Butterfly Resin Pocket Tray
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Elegant printed pocket tray portraying an exotic natural setting with a Butterfly on it.
This object is part of a large collection called "the Black and Wild Collection" which in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
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
Table Box for Cigarettes Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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. Created in the Art Deco style...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of majolica vases, Aetruriae Ars, 1960s
Located in Firenze, IT
Pair of majolica vases, produced by the Aetruriae Ars kiln in Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, in the 1960s. They present rather distinctive decorations with bi-anodized handles.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Maiolica
Clock Cream Enamel on Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small table clock in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, with columns in neo-classical Hellenic style. Swiss mechanical movement from Mai...
Category
1970s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Frame for Oval Photo Borders in Louis XVI French Empire Style Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and with various ornamen...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Kingdom exagonal kleenex box
Located in Firenze, FI
Add a touch of elegance to your home decor with our hexagonal brass kleenex box. Made from high-quality brass, its unique and stylish design adds sophistic...
Category
2010s Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Desk Set stripes enamel Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen and Tray.Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels with two-tone stripes on guilloche and hand engravings, cm. 9.5 x 18. For fountain pe...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Belle marble bookend with brass jester
Located in Firenze, FI
Add a touch of playfulness to your living space with our striking marble bookend featuring a brass jester. Not only is it a unique and eye-catching piece, but it's also practical for...
Category
2010s Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass
Snuff Box Round Guilloche Enamel Box Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to create a starry sky effect. With turquoise enamel circle with hand-engraved motif. Late 1600s Baroque style. Diameter cm. 7.7 cm high. 2.3. Weight gr. 226. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in several specimens in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 800° C -
The Paillons processing, now almost disappeared, and a rare technique recognized as a craft. Several layers of enamel are applied to the object, baked one by one in the oven.
Afterwards, the designs cut out of thin gold leaves, the paillons foils, are applied one by one by hand to form the desired figure. These sheets are then in turn coated...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
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
Table Box Magnificent Arabian Horse Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-etched fire-enameled engraving painted like lapis lazuli stone and...
Category
1970s Italian Islamic Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Golden Bronze Geko
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
Ovetto Gala Collection Shiny Red Recycling and Waste Bin by Soldi Design
By Soldi Design
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This so-called world's most avant-garde trash can comes from Italy. The brand of this spaceship is called SOLDI DESIGN! It is an ecological design brand founded in 2008! With the phi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin, Plastic
Hollywood regency large burl photo frame, Nucci Valsecchi Italy 1970s
By Nucci Valsecchi
Located in Firenze, IT
Hollywood regency burl photo frame
Nucci Valsecchi Italy 1970s
brass, burl, glass
H 40 cm
40 × 2.5 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Table Box Fired Enamel on Guillochè Arab-Style Ornament Sterling Silver Salimben
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 guillochè with hand-engraved and enamelled Arab-style ornament. Dimensio...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box shaped enamel hand painted, engraved and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped enamel is in 925/1000 sterling.
Box shaped enamel has handpainted fired enamels miniature.
Box shaped enamel is engraved and fire-enamelled ornaments.
Box shaped enamel is...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Florence - Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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