Small Oval Dutch Silver Gold Plated Box with a Scene of the Birth of Venus

A Dutch 18th century copper tobacco box A beautiful Dutch 18th century copper tobacco box with engraved on both sides and old Dutch text. The copper box is lined with tin on the ins...

18th century Dutch copper tobacco box 18th century copper tobacco box in oval shape with rims. Engraved with Biblical scenes and Dutch text. Text is: "...

Dutch silver pill box, 1869 A Dutch silver small cartouche-shaped pill box with engraved floral decor on the lid. The silver box has a hinged lid. The box is Dutch silver hallmarked...

French 19th century Ormolu mother of pearl egg shaped perfume box on foot A beautiful egg shaped perfume bottle box, with interior of 2 perfume bottles wh...

Description: Silver jewelry box with engraved plant motifs, enameled with a young figure on the removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: open-winged eagle. Weight: 294...

Description: Silver jewelry box with reliefs and an idyllic scene on enamel and velvet inside. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: standing eagle. Weight: 260.41 grams. Dimensio...

Antique German box with relief decorations of 3 angels ; interior is not gilt . Made ca.early 1900. German hallmarks : 800 ,maker's Kunz J&Co,Hanau...

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...