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Technique: Hand-Painted
17thc Polychrome Painted Ceiling Panel
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Circa 1680.
17thc polychrome painted ceiling panel
Mounted on a later block
Measures: W48 x D11 x H39.5cm.
Category
17th Century British Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
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
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Hollywood Regency Style Gold Edge on Black Tissue Box Holder
Located in Sheffield, MA
Add a neoclassical touch to your countertop or nightstand with a gold gilt edge, finished in black -- galvanized tissue box cover. Add fashion and protection for your facial tissue....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Tin
Antique Bohemian Enameled Galss Perfume Bottle by Moser, 19th Century Crystal
Located in Rostock, MV
Bohemian Moser Glass Perfume Bottle with Unusual Colors and Hand-Painted Decoration – Circa 1840
This exceptional Bohemian Moser glass piece features a striking combination of two-c...
Category
19th Century European Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Bouquetiere Figures
Located in Basildon, GB
A pair of Meissen bouquetiere figures Circa 1765, both with 'Christie's East' dealer stamps.
Modelled by J.J. Kändler holding oval two-handled baskets, the tops pierced for flowers, ...
Category
1760s German Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte
By Sitzendorf
Located in
S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte by Sitzendorf, in porcelain, hand-painted.
Detailed example of the Emperor, dressed with bicorn hat,
green uniform with medals, draped with a coat.
On the...
Category
Early 20th Century German Empire Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Black Orangutan, Ceramic Centerpiece, Handmade Design in Italy, 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The piece is a unique representation of an orangutan in a modern way.
Our designer creates these pieces completely by hand.
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$3,336 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Ceramic Big Five Urn Pair , hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
Hand-sculpted by George & Thabo and hand-painted by Wiseman at Wiseman Ceramics in South Africa, this ceramic Big 5 urns pair stands 27 inches high, with dimensions of 14 inches in b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Georgian apothecary bottles
Located in Faversham, GB
A collection of eighteen Georgian apothecary bottles from a British museum with original contents to each.
Each bottle features an original glass stopper over a gold leaf hand-paint...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$2,071 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vallauris designed by Roger Capron Set of 2 Vases, Goblets
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modern ceramic goblets, vases white mat glazed and an abstract décor in shades of white, blue, yellow, and red, outlined with black lines. The result is an almost architectural effec...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Bing
Grondahl Vintage Danish Porcelain Figure of St. Bernard Puppy Figurine
Located in Bochum, NRW
Bing & Grondahl St. Bernard puppy figurine. Designed by: Niels Nielsen.
Older mark B&G from the 1940s, form number No.:1926
Good condition, thin riss in the glaze under the bottom.
...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Contemporary Platinum Black Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 9
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary decorative porcelain vase, dramatically hand painted in platinum, set against a beautifully shaped porcelain body in black, a signed piece belonging to the artist's signature fish collection by highly acclaimed master porcelain artist and recipient of numerous awards for his exceptional and extraordinary porcelain work and his unique signature gold and platinum work on porcelain. In 2016, the British Museum added a work by this award-winning artist to its collection of contemporary Japanese porcelain in the Imari-Arita polychrome enamel tradition. The artist's profile is available upon request.
According to a Chinese legend...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Adirondack Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Platinum
Japanese Glazed and Painted Centerpiece Bowl Object, Fish Logo
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese Glazed and Painted Centerpiece Bowl Object, Fish Logo
Offered for sale is a mid-20th century Japanese very decorative glazed and painted ceramic Objet d'art with a bowl-for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Sculptural 18th Century Multi-color Italian Angel Wing on Chalcopyrite
Kyanite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved angel wing mounted on a chalcopyrite and adorned with kyanite. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction i...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Cantagalli Lusture Majolica Centerpiece
By Cantagalli
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Cantagalli Lusture Majolica centerpiece, Of tripartite form with center pierced urn, with mask medallions, raised on a confirming ovoid base. Decorated in all over foliate and scroll...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Majolica
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
English Garniture of 3 Vases, Empire Style, Provenance G.Godden, 1810-1815
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular garniture of three vases made by an English factory between 1810 and 1815. The vases are made in the French Empire style with heavily gilded Egyptian caryatid s...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Boxes
Located in Richmond, London
An early 19th century set of four small chinoiserie black lacquer and gilt boxes. Circa 1830.
Why we like them
Exquisite gilt decoration, wonderfully preserved original condition.
...
Category
Early 19th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Standing Dancer with Headdress by Wilhelm Thomasch
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Art Deco Goldscheider ceramics figurine
The dancer wears a blue-green dance dress cut low in front and at the back with a wide, short skirt...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Wilhelm Kåge, “Guldsurrea" Carrara Column Vase, Gustavsberg, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Wilhelm Kåge, “Guldsurrea" carrara column vase. This vase is from a series of ceramic piece which celebrated “cubist” design. This example has gold lines to enhance the forms. Made a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Bird Figurine-Blue Tit
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Royal Copenhagen porcelain of small bright and colorful bird figurine known as a Blue Tit. At the base is the Royal Copenhagen hallmark with the num...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinoiserie Dutch Delft Polychrome Faience Lobed Jar, 18th Century, Holland
By Delft
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Dutch Delft ginger jar of lobed form, with chinoiserie design in polychrome tin glazed enamels, 18th century, Holland.
The ginger jar (missing its lid), of globular fo...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware, Faience
Antique Dresser or Jewelry Box with Enamel Portrait and Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique dresser or jewelry box is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in France in approximately 1890 in the period Art Nouveau style. The oval shaped box has a very well e...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Tony Rosenthal Maquette for Large T-Square Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Tony Rosenthal Maquette for Large T-Square Sculpture, 1978 Welded Steel painted.
Last Photograph Tony Rosenthal ’’T-Square’’ (1978) at Grove Isle, Miami, Florida © Estate of Tony Ros...
Category
1970s Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$14,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Canton Enamel Lobed Round Box, Qianlong Mark, Late Qing Dynasty, China
Located in Austin, TX
A well painted Chinese Canton enamel lobed round box and cover featuring the Eight Immortals, with a Qianlong mark to the underside, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China
The deligh...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Blue Fishes Medium Vase
Located in Paris, FR
Vase Blue Fishes Medium with all structure in porcelain,
hand-painted porcelain and with solid bronze base
and details.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$586 / item
Kangxi Blue
White Chinese Porcelain Jar w/ One Hundred Treasures Motif, c 1750
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A very lovely Kangxi Chinese porcelain ginger jar with hand-painted, blue overglaze decoration with "one hundred treasures" motif. Jar has original p...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$2,583 Sale Price
30% Off
Anglo Raj Hand Painted Jewellery Wood Box 1920s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1920s Hand Painted East Indian Decorative Box.
An antique Rajasthani Indian hand painted wood box, early 20th century.
The box is handcrafted of wood and feature a hinged lid that can be opened and closed to access the contents inside.
Hand painted colorful Indian box with lid depicting human figures and flowers.
Style: Anglo Raj, Paint, Wood, Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin: India.
Anglo Raj Vintage Wooden Box Hand Painted Indian Chest Trinket 1920s.
Large Trinket Box Folk Art Hand Painted Colorful Asian Jewellery Chest...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fine Meissen Porcelain Model of a Silver Feathered Pheasant
Located in New York, NY
A Large and Fine Quality 20th Century Meissen Porcelain Model of a Silver Feathered Pheasant, Modeled by Max Bochmann in 1909/1910. This pheasant is beautifully hand-made and hand-pa...
Category
20th Century German Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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
20th Century French Art Deco Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Sevres Style Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive late 19th Century French Louis XVI Sevres style porcelain lidded vase. Having a classical Cobalt blue ground, gilded sc...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Pair of Large Antique Orientalist Bronze Figural Sculptures or Statues
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fine pair of 19th century Austrian bronze figural Orientalist sculptures, a male and female in classic Bedouin attire and active stance, both cold paint and gilt decorated now with a...
Category
19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Glazed Porcelain Apothecary/Pharmacy Jar -
CER: GALENI
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 18th Century french glazed porcelain apothecary/pharmacy jar with lid - 'CER: GALENI'
By: Charles-Antoine Acloque
Material: ceramic, porcelain, paint, enamel
Technique: molded,...
Category
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Italian Albarello Jar with Interlacing Bands Motifs, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
The interlacing band motifs on this Italian albarello jar are quite mesmerizing. Hand-painted in the 1800s, this majolica apothecary container has an arabesque of white bands, partia...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Paint
Picture Frame Green with concave corner for oval photo Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame with concave corners for oval photo cm. 5.5 x 8.5 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche, with French Empire Napo...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Fine Pair of Hand Painted Royal Vienna Urns
Located in New York, NY
A pair of fine hand painted Royal Vienna handled urns.
Both urns with beauties within an oval cameo on front and signed by the artist appearing to be T. Becker and A. Becker.
T...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Vase by Gunnar Nylund for ALP, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
A stoneware art deco vase. Beautiful glaze with foot and mouth detailed in gold.
Designed by Gunnar Nylund for ALP (Lidköpings Porslinsfabrik), Sweden, 1930s.
Great condition.
Impre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Large Indian Carved Painted Brown Wood Elephant Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Large Indian Carved Painted Brown Wood Elephant Sculpture
Indian, c. 1900
Height 99cm, width 104cm, depth 50cm
This beautifully carved wooden elephant sculpture, dating to around 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
Anna Weatherley Designs Hand-Painted Footed Porcelain Cachepot Handles
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful hand painted footed cachepot / planter with handles, by Anna Weatherley Designs. Featuring hand painted butterflies, insect and floral motifs. Anna Weatherley has been de...
Category
2010s American Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Platter in Black Lacquered Gilt Hand Painted 1940s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Chinese Export Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Tray circa 1940s.
Antique Chinoiserie black lacquer decorative platter with numerou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Pair of Hollywood Regency 22k Gold Painted Vases by Imperial Glass Co. c. 1965
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Beautifully preserved pair of Hollywood Regency vases hand painted with 22k Gold produced by the Imperial Glass Company circa 1965. Imperial Glass produced the most iconic mid century glassware...
Category
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Early 20th century Spanish figure terracotta planter
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and unusual spanish figure, circa 1920
Hand painted and wearing spanish costume. Figure supported by a cast palm tree base with 3 deep holes, for holding possibly 3 real palm b...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
Set of 12 Dresden Porcelain Figures and Groups
Located in London, GB
This charming set comprises twelve decorated figures and figural groups that one might encounter on a stroll through an 18th century town. The set includes animals, musicians, dancer...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$10,246 / set
Japanese Contemporary Yellow Blue Green Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese Contemporary decorative porcelain vase, extremely intricately hand painted In vivid green, yellow and blue on a stunning bottle shaped body with an elegant long ne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Eva Jancke Bjork Hand Painted Lidded Urn. Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s.
Located in Malmö, SE
A grand and beautiful lidded vase. Hand painted faience on glazed stoneware.
Scandinavian Modern / Swedish Grace.
Designed by Eva Jancke-Björk for Bo Fajans, Sweden, 1940s.
Great co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Vintage Porcelain Cache-Pot Planter with Blue and White Landscape
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage porcelain cache-pot planter from the mid 20th century with hand-painted blue and white décor depicting landscapes, architectures and figures in boats patterns. Created in China during the midcentury period, this porcelain cache-pot features a tapering silhouette perfectly accented by a blue and white décor. Showcasing an opening of 10.5 inches diameter, the piece is adorned on its upper lip with geometric motifs inspired by honeycombs, surrounding delicate floral motifs. The round tapering body attracts all of our attention with its delicate hand painted décor presenting traditional architectures such as pagodas set...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Set/6 Ceramic Vases, White
Blue, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set/6 Ceramic Vases, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
This beautiful set includes six waterproof ceramic vases, perfect to be displayed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Contemporary Blue White Porcelain Vase by Master Artist, 4
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, intricately hand painted in various shades of blue on a stunning bottle shape body, a signed work by highly acclaimed award...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, Pair of French Large Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Candelabras
Located in IT
19th Century Pair of French Large Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Candelabras
Dimensions: cm H 82 x W 50 x D 34. Base 35 x 34 cm
This pair of large candelabras was made in France in the 19th century from chased and gilded bronze, adorned with heron figures and floral decorations in hand-painted polychrome porcelain.
Executed in the Louis XV style, they feature a pierced gilded bronze base with rocaille motifs, consisting of scrolls and phytomorphic elements. On the base rest the porcelain heron...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Qing Dynasty Tibetan Carved Wood Praying Monks
Located in Kastrup, DK
A pair of Tibetan praying monks, carved from wood and painted in polychrome.
Height: 24 cm.
China, Qing Dynasty, circa 1900.
Price is for the pair
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Qing Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Ceramic Giraffe teapot , hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
Giraffe Teapot
Hand Painted by Winnie Mchunu and Sculpted by Sfiso Mvelase
The Giraffe Teapot is a stunning ceramic art piece crafted with care and creativity by the talented artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Pair Of Palace Size Moroccan Glaze Decorated Ceramic Jars
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Very large lidded jars with shaped bulbous forms tapering to the bases. Decorated in yellow and blue on white with medallions with floral baskets on the shoulders. Yellow floral bands separate the lower geometric motifs. The lids with complimentary floral decoration.
H. 39", Diameter 17.5”.
Condition: Please see all detail photos. There are some chips to the rims, lids and base edges , stable age-related craklure to the glaze as well as an old re-glued chip...
Category
20th Century Moorish Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Miniature "Open Minds" Art Glass Vase by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien for Kosta Boda
Located in San Diego, CA
Miniature "Open Minds" art glass vase by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien for Kosta Boda, circa 1980s. This beautiful piece is hand painted and in very good condition with no chips or cracks. T...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
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
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century Vase, Stunning Hand Enamel Decoration on Black Glass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A museum quality blown glass vase with exceptional hand enamel decorations of florals and a darling dragon fly. It is accented with white jeweling around its top and elegant pedestal...
Category
1880s Czech Late Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold, Enamel
19th Century Meissen Tureen
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th century Meissen Porcelain lidded tureen, having wonderful bold coloured raised floral decoration, berries and insects.
Underg...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
German Porcelain Figurine, Young Gardener, 20th Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
German porcelain figurine. Young gardener. 20th century.
Measures: 14.6 x 6 cm.
In very good condition. Minimal chips on the rake.
Stamped.
Category
20th Century German Rococo Revival Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Decorative Indonesian Shadow Puppet on Finely Carved Horn Rods, 19th Century
Located in Faversham, GB
Decorative Indonesian shadow puppet from the island of Java. A rare survivor with intricately handpainted leather hide. Sitting on finely carv...
Category
19th Century Indonesian Anglo-Indian Antique Hand-Painted Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather
$322 Sale Price
20% Off
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After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
Kazuyo Sejima’s Flowering Tree Blooms Year-Round
The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
He Wrote ‘Oedipus Rex,’ but Do You Know What He Looked Like?
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Cigar Culture Was Once the Peak of Masculinity. Now, It’s a Compelling Curiosity
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
African Travel Plans on Hold? This Ardmore Leopard Vase Brings the Beauty of the Savanna to You
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
With a High-Tech Flagship and Cool Collabs, Lladró Is Breaking the Mold for Porcelain Production
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
Zoë Powell’s Magnolia 05 Vessel Is Handmade from Clay She Unearthed Herself
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.
8 Ways to Breathe New Life into a Space with Plants
The pair behind the Instagram account @houseplantclub share their tips for making any room of the house gloriously green.
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