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Table Box Octagonal Black Enamel with light Blue Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 15.8 high cm . 8.2. Weight gr. 974. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects and in different colors, in the headquarters by the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<800° C.
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
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Tessellated Penshell Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated horn and pen shell jewelry box attributed to Maitland Smith
Category
Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell
Custom Glass Mermaid Water Aquarium Tank Pool
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Large 13' tall 1631 Gallon Glass Water Tank with Steel Base featuring a steel industrial grade base with the styling of a 1930s industrial Aquarium. The tank is made of 4" thick glas...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
$11,700 Sale Price
35% Off
Maitland Smith faux Malachite box
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a faux painted malachite lidded box by Maitland Smith in 1980s
Category
North American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint
Black Box Octagonal with black edge enamel with pure Gold Paillons Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Table Box Octagonal is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Table Box Octagonal
Table Box Octagonal has translucent fired enamels on guilloché.
Table Box Octagonal has black edge with pure g...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Empire Pewter 701 Covered Trinket Ring Dish Decorative Box Blue Velvet Inlaid 89
Located in Miami, FL
Scandinavian Modern silver color Jewelry decorative covered box, Trinket, Keepsake by Empire Pewter 701.
Inside is laid out with royal blue velvet and su...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Table Cigar Box two-tone stripes enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This superb Table Cigar Box two-tone stripes enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
it has a rectangular shape with rounded sides Table Cigar Box has hand engraving, with orange and ...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Maitland Smith tessellated horn jewelry box.
Category
Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn
Japanese Porcelain Vintage Trinket Lidded Boxes Set of Three
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Japanese porcelain vintage trinket boxes with lid, set of 3.
Vintage Asian porcelain Japanese trinket boxes with Geishas figures wearing traditional kimonos.
Japanese porcelain decorative box, each box with a different design, perfect for storing small items or use them as decorative boxes on a table or shelf.
Asian Trinket Box...
Category
Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Maitland Smith Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Maitland Smith decorative jewelry box made of two tone tessellated pen shell with brass detailing.
Category
Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell
Vintage Horn and Wood Pyramid Monumental Box Rare Style of Karl Springer 80
s
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and commanding vintage horn and wood monumental Karl Springer style pyramid box makes a statement. The size alone is most unusual. The interior wood color is black and ...
Category
American Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
20th Century Sterling Silver Italian Gilded and Enameled Table Box
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round haped silver gilded 925/1000 table box with translucent enamels on guilloche with hand-painted floral miniatures and gold paillons
Made in Italy
1.400 grams
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
Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$17,225 Sale Price
20% Off
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted Louis XVI style miniature 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
Italian Louis XVI Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Karl Springer Hinged Lid Kyoto Box / Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Outstanding hinged and lidded Kyoto box by Karl Springer. Fair amount of storage with suede panel lining on bottom and top. Brown and ivory lacquer is hand applied. Sits in a parsons...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Jewelry Box in Exotic Tigers Eye
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative jewelry box in tessellated exotic tigers eye with velvet interior.
Category
Indian Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Precious Stone
Malachite Octagonal Box
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a vintage malachite and brass inlay octagonal box in good condition, no chips or cracks.
Category
Brazilian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Brass
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Maitland Smith tessellated stone large decorative box.
Category
Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Gucci Ceramic Catchall with Gilt Box, Italy 1980s
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant and refined, this ceramic catchall by Gucci dates to the 1980s and reflects the brand’s iconic blend of luxury and functionality. The deep green glaze is accentuated by the c...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Nathalie Du Pasquier Gravieux Accueil Box from Objects for the Electronic Age
Located in Chicago, IL
Memphis Milano designer, Nathalie du Pasquier, Gravieux Accueil Box for Arc 74, 1983. Signed with decal studio label to lid: [Objects for the Electonic Age Mi...
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Maitland Smith Tessellated Box Art Deco Revival
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Wonderful 1980s Art Deco revival box by Maitland Smith constructed out of tessellated marble with inlaid brass detail.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Nils Fougstedt Pewter Box for Firma Svenskt Tenn, 1986
Located in Stockholm, SE
Nils Fougstedt (1881-1954), Pewter Box for Firma Svenskt Tenn, 1986
This is an exquisite tin box adorned with intricate meadow flowers in relief. The delicate floral patterns bring ...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Decorative American Craftsman Studio Wood Lidded Box, 1980
s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Decorative American Craftsman Studio Wood Lidded Box, 1980's
Two-piece, oval-shaped, worked, unknown hardwood box with doweled lid made by Jerry Starr, sculptor, NJ, USA. Produced i...
Category
Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Maitland Smith Mother Of Pearl Box
Located in Houston, TX
Maitland Smith Mother Of Pearl Box.
Offered is a very large decorative box of tessellated mother of pearl in the geometric Art Deco styl...
Category
Philippine Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Box Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite and Silver Christian Dior Style, Italy, 1980s
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular decorative box in tortoiseshell-effect lucite and Silver in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1980s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Enrique Garcel Colombian Tessellated Horn and Brass Decorative Box, 1980s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One absolutely gorgeous decorative box by Enrique Garcel 1980s. In two tone tessellated horn and brass bands surrounding it. The brass hinges make this box extremely sturdy with good...
Category
Colombian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1980s Modern Tessellated Stone Rectangular Lidded Box
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a modern, tessellated stone storage box attributed to Maitland Smith, circa the 1980s. This gorgeous box features a tessellated stone exterior with inlai...
Category
North American Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Vintage Italian Round Box 1980
s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unearth the charm of a Vintage Italian Round Box from the 1980s. Crafted with exquisite Italian finesse, this elegant piece embodies the allure of a bygone era. Its rounded silhouett...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Rich Chapman Black Laquer Brass
Mirrored Octagonal Oblong Treasure Box
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sumptuous large black enamel box by Chapman having a marvelous interesting 8 sided oblong shape, mirrored top, brass decoration and plush velvet inter...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of Original Vintage Metal Containers of Cognac Hubert de Polignac
Located in Sofia, BG
Set of three vintage empty metal containers for Cognac Hubert de Polignac.
Made in England circa 1980 in different sizes from 24 to 33 cm high.
Nice present for a man.
Category
British Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Decorative Wooden Box Attributed Dean Santner Studio Organic Modern
By Dean Santner
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a decorative wooden box, Attributed to artist Dean Santner.
The box features a sleek, rectangular design with rounded edges.
The lid is composed of differen...
Category
American Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Ceased Table Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Oblong sterling silver hinged table box.
The body of the box is smooth. The lid is smooth with embossed bellflowers
The lid is embossed and chiseled with bellflowers-shaped motifs
Th...
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$4,741 Sale Price
28% Off
Italian Gilt and Blue Ceramic 1970s-1980s Box with Pois and Strap
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This vintage box is made from hand painted and gilt ceramic with a pois and strap relief decoration. it was designed and manufactured in Italy between the 1970s and the 1980s. The bo...
Category
Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Karl Springer Lacquered Snakeskin Decorative Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A scrupulously-crafted, decorative trinket or jewelry box by Karl Springer comprising a rectangular body with a domed, hinged lid and a suede-lined interior. The outside is wrapped e...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Suede, Animal Skin
$1,400 Sale Price
70% Off
Studio Del Campo Enameled Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful decorative lidded-hinge box from famed Italian ceramic house Studio Del Campo of Turin, Italy.
Lid is comprised of an enamel coated copper square with a brass trim and lin...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Bill Long Large Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A great organic shaped Box
Integrated carved interior tray
Beautiful wood selection
A large organic example of American Craft
Category
American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$3,500
Vintage Italian Decorative Box by Gabriella Crespi 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Vintage Italian Decorative Box by Gabriella Crespi, dating back to the 1980s, exemplifies the renowned designer's unique artistic ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Boho Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Apple Lidded Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Playful sophistication meets masterful craftsmanship in this vintage Maitland Smith tessellated stone apple box. Handcrafted in signature inlaid marble with vibrant tones of russet, ...
Category
Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass, Enamel
Vintage Solid / Sterling Silver Box by Sarah Jones - Teddy Bear
Located in Bath, GB
A highly collectable piece of modernist silver, this adorable small is topped with a teddy bear finial. Of course, being hand-made by the well renowned modern silversmith, Sarah Jones, it is lovely quality and the box is heavy made of a heavy gauge of silver.
The underside is fully hallmarked for London 1988 together with the maker's mark. This superb heirloom quality box would make a fabulous box for the tooth fairy. It measures 1.89" tall or 4.8cms / 1.18" in diameter or 3 cms and weighs 48 Grams / 1.54 Troy Ounces.
Excellent vintage condition.
SARAH JONES studied history of medieval art at the University of East Anglia before working for the Greater London Arts Association. In the early 1970's they sent her to interview the ecclesiastical silversmith Michael Murray for their magazine, and he insisted that she make something, a ring, which she sold for £12. This inspired her to take part time training with him before renting a workshop next door in Clerkenwell. Camden Lock Market opened in 1974 and she had a stall there for 8 years, and also exhibited at Goldsmiths' Fair in 1975. In 1979 the Queen, who has the world's largest collection of Faberge flowers...
Category
British Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Signed T. Anthony Vintage Leather Briefcase Made in England
Located in Redding, CT
Signed T. Anthony Vintage Leather Briefcase made in Englund. Classic attaché for that working man or woman. Iconic simple design. Signed on it's hunter green interior. Perfect prop ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Vintage Italian Decorative Wood Box 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Vintage Italian Decorative Wood Box from the 1980s is a beautifully crafted box with intricate woodwork, originating from Italy. Adorned with t...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Modernist Long and Flat Lucite Box, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional modernist lidded box, crafted in Italy circa 1980, embodies both sophistication and practicality with its exquisite Lucite construction. The rare elongated, flat rec...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite, Acrylic
Vintage Italian Rectangular Oversize Wood Box 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Vintage Italian Rectangular Oversize Wood Box from the 1980s is a stylish and spacious wooden container, showcasing Italian craftsmanship and 1980s design aesthetics. With oversi...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Decorative Oversize Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian decorative vintage box made with wood and silver plate, the box is in good conditions and is ready to be inserted in a mid century modern room.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Italian Faux Marble Lacquered Box
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Faux Marble Lacquered Box.
Offered is a stunning well executed Italian decorative box with several varieties of specimen marble in a geometric pattern.
This box is the perfec...
Category
Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Lucite, Transparent Box, Italy, c. 1980
Located in New York City, NY
Lucite, transparent box.
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Esa Fedrigolli Sculptural Bronze 1980s Italian Box
Located in New York, NY
A sculptural decorative lidded bronze Italian box designed by Esa Fedrigolli for Esart. Signed
Category
Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Late 20th Century Hand-Crafted Wooden Organic Treasure Box Square Design Inlay
Located in Lisse, NL
A unique, decorative and multipurpose box.
If you are looking for a handsome and stylish box for keeping your jewelry or other 'objects of Virtue' than this handcrafted piece could be perfect for you. The maker has gone to great length in making this box, because all sides are perfectly inlaid with square faux shell...
Category
European Art Deco Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Boat Shaped Teak Box with Tamborine Door, 1981
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boat Shaped Teak Box
signed BAE, 1981
Tamborine Door
Blue Velvet on Interior
"In nice vintage as found condition with some minor wear to wood surface."
"Takes some pressure / forc...
Category
American Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
Vintage Padlock Key Box in Patinated Brass, Japan 1980s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Japanese novelty wall mounted key hanger in the shape of this jumbo padlock in patinated brass. Curious details with xl revits and key.shaped handle. ...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$199 Sale Price
44% Off
Tessellated Faux Horn
Wood Round Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Round tessellated faux horn box with wood lining. No makers mark or signature
Category
American Tribal Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Box in wood, for jewelry or candle, France 1980
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box has a beautiful Patina. In perfect condition, you can use it as a jewlery box, or even to put a candle in the glass inside part.
It has been made in France circa 1980
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver 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
Italian Queen Anne Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Staffordshire Enamel Old Hall Pink Clover Trinket Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Staffordshire Enamels Old Hall trinket box, England, circa 1980s.
A hand-enameled Clover and Butterfly design on a pink base with copper framing.
A Butterfly appears on the interi...
Category
English International Style Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Egidio Broggi, Italy Silver Plate and Gold Plate Swirled Box, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a fantastic silver plate decorative box created by Italian designer Egidio Broggi, Milano. The rare piece was crafted in Italy circa 1980. This impressive box features an ove...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Maitland Smith Box
Located in Tampa, FL
Vintage Maitland Smith mother-of-pearl box from the 1980s. This is a larger example, fully clad in luminous mother-of-pearl tiles that create a soft, reflective surface. The thin bla...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Japanese Antique Lacquer Natsume (box for matcha powder) Boat 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a box for the matcha powder using while tea ceremony in Japan.
It is called 'Natsume'. It is made with wood. The design is a boat and it is hand painted. The material is with...
Category
Japanese Showa Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pill Box Sterling Silver Art Nouveau with floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Pill Box with Floral Miniature by Romano Buccioni for Salimbeni, Florence, 1980
Charming shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold pla...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
White Marble Box With Glass Top
Located in Clearwater, FL
Crafted from solid white marble with elegant gray veining, this refined box features a clear glass lid etched with a delicate design. The natural stone adds weight and timeless beaut...
Category
Taiwanese Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Silver Plate and Wood Box with Agate Stone Slab Decor, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional modernist silver-plate lidded box has a design reminiscent of Gabriella Crespi's prestigious production. The rare piece was expertly crafted in Italy circa 1980. The...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Stone, Metal, Silver Plate
Box Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 14.5 cm high. 3. Weight gr. 648. With clear amethyst of cts. 15.40, set on the lid, cut in the shape and size of the "Hortensia", one of the hundred most famous diamonds in the world...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
