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Period: 20th Century
Box engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enameled engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature in 18th century French Empire style. Dimension...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Little flower
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
A jewelry box created as a tribute to the American musician and composer Sidney Bechet, by one of the leading figures in 20th-century French ceramics, who turned her art into an ode ...
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
$1,135
Vintage Oriental Chinese Cloisonné Squash Multicolor Vine
Floral Motif Box
Located in Plainview, NY
Vintage Oriental Chinese Cloisonné Squash Multicolor Vine & Floral Design Box
This exquisite vintage Chinese cloisonné box is crafted in a graceful squash (gourd) form, a traditiona...
Category
Chinoiserie 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Enamel
1970
s New Old Stock Pharmacy Tins - Pate Du Mezenc - Large Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1970's New Old Stock Pharmacy Tins - Pate Du Mezenc - Large Quantity Available.
We sourced these tins from a tin factory in the south east of France. New old stock and never used. ...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Steel
Hermes Leather Box
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black painted leather, oak interior.
Impressed manufacturer's mark to underside ‘Hermès Paris’.
1955
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Leather, Oak
$1,700
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 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver and Shibayama tobacco box with combination vesta case lid
Located in London, GB
A very fine and rare silver shibayama tobacco and combination vesta case lid and strikers on pot. Decorated with individual hand crafted insects in semi precious stones. The Shiba...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique South Asian Round Copper Bronze Box with Lid from India 19th C.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique 19th century beautiful handcrafted decorative round tinned copper bronze South Asian box with lid, latch and handle.
A very fine antique Pandan or B...
Category
Indian Agra 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper
Pollock Inspired Drip painted Folk Art Box with Lid
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice folk art hand made and hand painted homage to Jackson Pollock in a drop style. It is monogrammed TJ on the interior lid.
In good overall condition with minor imperfections
Category
American 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Bank Cases
Located in Copenhagen, DK
50 vintage storage boxes or bank cases from a Danish Bank.
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal
$3,586 / set
TOP-HAT 1920 Antique Deco Hat In Silk With By The Brooks Brothers In Round Box
Located in Miami, FL
An antique Top-Hat designed by the Brooks Brothers.
This is an antique black Top-Hat, retailed by the Brooks Brother Company in Madison Avenue, back in the 1920's. The hat is very w...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Silk
$628 Sale Price
30% Off
1980s Modernist White and Pink Lucite and Silver Italian Rectangular Vanity Box
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This italian Vanity Box encapsulates the exuberance and style of its era, offering a compelling synthesis of form, function, and aesthetic appeal. It serves as both a practical stora...
Category
Italian Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver
Cigarette Case Two-Tone Striped Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone striped fired enamel on guillochè and hand-engraved ornament. Late Empire Napoleon III style. ...
Category
Italian Napoleon III Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Korean Trunk Chest or Box circa 1920s with Luck and Longevity Characters
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome antique Korean trunk or chest with beautiful brass details and the auspicious Chinese characters for luck and longevity carved into the f...
Category
Korean Chinoiserie 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern faux Burl Lucite and Brass Italian Luxury Jewelry Box
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Glamorous 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Box in faux Burl Lucite and Brass
This luxurious Italian decorative box is a stunning example of high-end design from the 1970s and 1980s, ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
4-Tier Stacking Metal Canister Set by Lincoln Beauty Ware, USA, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
1960s Lincoln Beauty Ware 4-Tier Stacking Metal Canister Set – Green Retro Kitchen Storage
Vintage 4-tier stacking metal canister set by Lincoln Beauty Ware, USA, circa 1960s. Featu...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal
Art Deco French Ivory
Celluloid
Vanity Jewelry Box Set Pyralin Du Barry
Located in Van Nuys, CA
French ivory (Celluloid) vanity jewelry pink and blue velvet lined box set by Pyralin Du Barry, circa 1900.
Larger box
Measures 2" high x 6.5" W...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
$203 Sale Price / set
31% Off
Antique German Sterling Silver Sugar Box (1927)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German sterling silver sugar box modelled in the form of a partridge; part of our collection of s...
Category
German Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Box Of Stencil Numbers And Letters
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Vintage Box Of Stencil Numbers And Letters.
Well loved and used set of stencils as shown, diligently saved in a tin. Dimensions: 11x12x0.2cm
Workshop Report:
Our workshop team insp...
Category
20th Century Boxes
Materials
Sheet Metal
Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Box with Grapes and Leaves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Breathtaking folk art hand-carved wooden box with grapes, vine and leaf detail.
This Dionysian solid wood box is a compliment to any kitchen, great for recipe cards or tea bags. Can also be used for mementos, 420, or a vintage postcard collection.
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Paradigm Humidor Company Cigar Box Marquetry Wood Inlay
By Dunhill
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Paradigm Wood Inlay Marquetry Humidor Cigar Box
5.5 h x 12 w x 9.5 d
Preowned vintage
Refer to images.
Category
Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pill Box shaped Louis XVI hand painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant Pill Box in 925/1000 Sterling Silver
Description:Elevate your collection with this exquisite shaped pill box, beautifully crafted from 925/1000 sterling silver and elegantly ...
Category
Italian Louis XIV Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Asian Octagonal Lacquer Box with Turtle Closure
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Asian Octagonal Lacquer Box With Turtle Closure.
Lovely 20th century Asian lacquer box with Greek key design and a metal turtle closure.
Th...
Category
Asian Post-Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
1950s Staved Teak Humidor by ESA Denmark
By ESA
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s ESA High quality tobacco humidor made of staved teak wood.
It provides a sufficiently humid microclimate.
Aesthetically pleasing design with a spring-loaded screw lid.
Ideal...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Teak
One of a Kind Studio Charles B. Cobb Storage or Jewelry Box, US, 1978
Located in Berlin, DE
Absolute high end studio box by Charles B. Cobb. Made in American walnut.
A fantastic piece of American studio craft.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Bodil Eje Danish Rosewood Box by Alfred Klitgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully crafted solid rosewood trinket box by Danish craftsman Alfred Klitgaard, circa 1960s. Very detailed construction and exquisite finish with a gorgeous Bodil Eje orange / l...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Rosewood, Ceramic
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Guilloche silver cigarette case
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver cigarette case with bands at the top, figures of a young lady and gentlemen in high definition enamel and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Br...
Category
European 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,875 Sale Price
50% Off
Art Deco Porcelain Box by Édouard Marcel Sandoz for Theodore Haviland
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Art Deco Porcelain Box by Édouard Marcel Sandoz for Theodore Haviland
This exquisite sculptural box showcases the unmistakable zoomorphic aesthetic of Sandoz, one of the great master...
Category
French Art Deco 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Brass Hollywood Regency Faux Bamboo Cannisters
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful pair of brass Hollywood regency faux bamboo cannisters, circa 1970s. The cannisters are in very good vintage condition with a great patina and measure 4.5"W x 4"D x 7.25...
Category
North American Hollywood Regency 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Table Box floral miniature fire-enameled on guilloche and stripes Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with fine floral miniature fire-enamelled on guilloche, enamelled edge with vertical stripes. Viennese Art N...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
1930s Carl Aubock Large Art Deco Jewelry Storage Cigarette Box, Roll Top, Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
A rare, curved and large Art Deco storage box, jewelry box, or cigarette dispenser featuring a roll-top lid with a small brass handle, dating from the 1930s. This is an early design ...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Memphis Style Postmodern Mixed Wood Jewelry Box with Drawer
Located in San Diego, CA
Memphis style Postmodern mixed wood jewelry box with drawer, circa 1998. The box measures: 9" W x 9" D x 7.25" H and is made of a variety of hard woods including ash, walnut and mapl...
Category
American Post-Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ash, Maple, Walnut
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Jean Gillon Tobacco Jar for Italma Wood Art Brazil
By Jean Gillon
Located in London, GB
Cigar humidor or tobacco jar from the 1960s.
This iconic piece from the Italma Wood Art collection was created by Brazilian designer Jean Gillon. Very well crafted from the finest st...
Category
Brazilian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Snuff box Enamel Double opening Sterling Silver flower bouquet Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with two slightly domed sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower bouquet, late 1...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Surrealist Style Carved Wood Decorative Box
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist Style Carved Wood Decorative Box.
This lovely decorative box is hand carved and quite interesting. Great coffee table or bookcas...
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Boho Tramp Art Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Discover the intricate artistry of this vintage Tramp Art box, executed in the distinctive "Crown of Thorns" style. A striking example of handcrafted Folk Art, this architectural pie...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Classic Burl Walnut with Inlaid Brass Swiss Music Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This beautiful burl walnut music box with elegant brass inlaid top plays four different tunes. The rich sound resonated richly and has the workings made in Switzerland. The on and of...
Category
Swiss 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hermes, Carrou
selle Saddle Box
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
HERMES "Carrou'Selle" saddle box Oak, felt and aluminium H : 66 cm ; D : 47 cm. In its original box
Storage box for saddle in oak, felt and aluminium:
- ...
Category
20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Raymor Glazed Ceramic Smoking Set Italy, Box, Lighter and Ashtray
By Raymor
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century Raymor Glazed Ceramic Smoking Set Italy, Box, Lighter and Ashtray
Offered for sale is an Italian mid-century modern Raymor smoking set including a covered cigarette box,...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$475 Sale Price / set
31% Off
Tessalated Maitland Smith Faux Horn Gentleman
s Dresser Box
Located in Ferndale, MI
Elegant wood lined dresser box with hinged lid. Tessalated faux Horn exterior with brass trim. Interior is wood lined. Retains Maitland Smith label.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Round Lidded Pewter Box by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
A lidded Pewter Box made by Just Andersen in the 1920s. A lovely piece for a beautiful spot.
* A round lidded box in hammered pewter with inner box in wood. The lid has ornaments an...
Category
Danish Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Pewter
1920s Large Japanese Maki-E Lacquer Box With Creeping Wood Sorrel Mon Crest
Located in Sheridan, CO
Large Japanese Maki-E Lacquer Box With Creepy Woodsorrel Mon or Kamon.
Circa 1920s, black exterior ground various mixed color mon of the Tokugawa Shogunate, silvered metal rim on the...
Category
Japanese Edo Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
1970s Art Deco Style Bone Storage Box with Lion and Elephant Motif
Located in Tampa, FL
This striking 1970s storage box showcases a dynamic battle scene between a lion and an elephant, expertly rendered in early bone. Designed in the Art Deco style, the box features fin...
Category
Indian Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Gold Diamond and Sapphire Scent Bottle, French, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
This beautiful scent bottle is crafted from rock crystal with an 18-karat gold top mounted with diamonds and a single Sapphire.
In excellent origina...
Category
French 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold
1960s Brazilian Rosewood Humidor by Jean Gillon for Wood Art
By Jean Gillon
Located in Victoria, BC
We're thrilled to introduce the latest addition to our revered vintage Brazilian smalls collection: an iconic piece from the legendary designer Jean Gillon's Wood Art collection. Beh...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Midcentury box designed by Gabriella Crespi, Italy
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Elegant box designed by Gabriella Crespi
Wooden and golden brass small box.
Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan.
Signed.
Italy 1970s
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Italian 1920 Renaissance Revival Enameled Octagonal Box in .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian enamelled snuff box.
Colorful box, created in Italy, back in the 1920. It was crafted in an octagonal shape with neoclassical and renaissance Revival motifs in solid .8...
Category
Italian Renaissance Revival Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
$626 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique 20th Century Pair Of German Export Solid Silver
Gilt Boxes c.1922
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century German made solid silver cigar and cigarette boxes. Elegantly crafted with an engine-turned pattern and Grecian key design along the edge of the larger box, whil...
Category
German Other 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver
Box, Mont Blanc Jewellery Case, 1990.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Box, Mont Blanc jewellery case, 1990.
Case, Mont Blanc jewellery box, very good condition, box, circa 1990.
H: 4 cm, L: 17 cm, D: 17 cm
Category
French Modern 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Fabric
Persian Box Khatam Kari Footed Wooden Round Jewelry Vanity Trinket Moorish Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Late 19th c. early 20th c. Persian Footed Wooden Round Jewelry Box.
Antique rare in round shape large Persian wooden box with marquetry called "Sadeli" or "Khatam Kari" with exquisit...
Category
Indian Islamic 20th Century Boxes
Materials
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
Japanese Art Deco Antique 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pewter Rectangular Box, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pewter rectangular box realized in the early 20th Century.
Dimensions : H 7 x L 17 x D 17 cm.
Very good condition.
Category
Italian 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Secessionist Porcelain Vase by Karl Klaus for Serapis Wahliss
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Secessionist Porcelain Lidded Box by KARL KLAUS (1889-1925) for SERAPIS WAHLISS, Vienna, c. 1911, hand-painted in gold and black enamels in a stylized geometric diamond and holly mot...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Silver Box by Emilie Langlois Gilded inside made in France, around 1940 Stamped
Located in Paris, FR
Sterling silver box by Emile Langlois, France, 1888-1924. Weight 170 g.
Border around rim of lid, wavy decoration with dots. Decoration of cabochon-cut purple stone. Gilt interior. L...
Category
20th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Vintage Neoclassical Style Horn Mosaic Cigar Box by Enrique Garcel, Colombia
Located in Atlanta, GA
This refined cigar box is the work of Enrique Garcel, a Colombian maker known for producing meticulously handcrafted decorative objects distinguished by their use of natural horn arr...
Category
Colombian Neoclassical 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Horn
Art Deco Streamline Walnut Jewellery Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Totally original Art Deco Walnut jewellery box with streamline shape. Made in the UK in the 1930's , still with it's original material lining. The lid of the box depicts a playful sk...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Cotton, Walnut
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enameled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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