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Place of Origin: Italian
Black Box Erté inspiration with woman, leopard and flames hand painted Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Black Box Erté inspiration is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Black Box Erté inspiration has black fired enamels.
Black Box Erté inspiration has an fired miniature by the painter Renato...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$6,818 Sale Price
20% Off
Table Box for Cigarettes in Sterling Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box for cigarettes in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with hand-engraved design in Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels. Measure cm. 6.5 x 10.2 x 2. Weigh...
Category
1970s Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Picture Frame Silver Enamel Red French Empire Napoleon III style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
External rectangular oval photo frame in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guilloche and French Empire Napoleon III style ornaments. External measurements cm. 1...
Category
1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa
By Salimbeni, Franco 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 Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Chalice
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Liturgical chalice in sterling silver.
Volutes have been embossed on the base of the chalice, typical of the Baroque style, interspersed with hammered parts.
A golden cup...
Category
2010s Baroque Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,054 Sale Price
20% Off
Table Box pure gold paillons and fired enamel miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire enamels, with pure gold “paillons” on the upper circle, fine fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Br...
Category
1960s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Evening Bag with fire enamelled stripes in Art Deco style Salimbeni.
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval evening bag in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire enamelled stripes in Art Deco style. Measurement cm. 5.5 x 10 x 14.8, interior with ground mirror. Weight gr. 748. Created in 1...
Category
1970s Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Handmade Triptych Mirror Baroque revival
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
This Italian Baroque style Sterling Silver mirror is fully hand embossed and chiselled on silver sheet by hand. The two side mirrors are attached by silver hinges.
4.600 grams.
Ita...
Category
1960s Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ballpoint Pen Modern Contemporary Style Blue Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Ballpoint Pen cylindrical for large Desk.
Ballpoint Pen in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24carats.
Ballpoint Pen with translucent fired enamels on guilloché Modern Contemporar...
Category
Early 2000s Art Deco Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
20th Century Solid Silver Italian Handmade Centrepiece with Decorations
By PRIA
SARI
Located in VALENZA, IT
"Canetè" oval solid 800 silver centerpiece with golden interior. The decoration (detachable for cleaning) was made with the silver casting technique which depicts a reedbed of Typha ...
Category
1980s Other Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$8,042 Sale Price
30% Off
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Gilded Enameled Frame
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Silver, gilded and enamelled frame with scroll designs and blue enamels.
At regular and symmetrical intervals, ovals with flower motifs different from each other were completely han...
Category
2010s Other Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$5,505 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Barocco Style Table Lamp
Located in VALENZA, IT
Superb lamp in solid sterling silver completely worked, embossed and hand chiselled. The square base and the stem are enriched with acanthus leaves, fruits and leaflets, typical of t...
Category
1970s Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$21,064 Sale Price
38% Off
Photo Frame Two-Tone Fired Enamel on Guillochè Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver S
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamel on guillochè and with various ornaments in Louis XVI French Empire style and 4...
Category
1980s Louis XVI Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Perfume Holder 3 color fired enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical handbag perfume holder in 925/1000 sterling silver with screw cap and fine manual engraving of Art Deco style decorations, with 3 colours of fired enamels. Diameter cm. 2...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver 3 Lights Telescopic Candelabra
By Vavassori
Located in VALENZA, IT
Elegant candelabra in 925 sterling silver with central stem and striped arms.
The two side candle holders are detachable and become two chambers ticks cm. 11 H. 5.5 .
The "fluted" ...
Category
1990s Neoclassical Revival Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$5,505 Sale Price
37% Off
Table Box fired enamels and round cameo Salimbeni.
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Behold the epitome of elegance and craftsmanship: a square table box, meticulously crafted from gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver. This masterpiece features exquisite engravings a...
Category
1960s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame pearl gray enamel and hand-painted Garlands Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square photo frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with translucent pearl gray enamel fired on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of late 19th century Viennese Art Nouveau ...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Buccellati Sterling Silver Vine Leaf Bowl
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Hand finished and hallmarked, this extra large version of Buccellati's iconic leaf bowls features an intricate etched veining design. Fully marked on underside.
Category
1980s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ancient Italian Neoclassic Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, Milan, circa 1850
Located in Milano, IT
Embossed and engraved sterling silver coffee pot
Tommaso Panizza (1805-1868)
Milan, circa half of the 19th century
It measures 13.97 in (cm 35.5) in height x 8.66 in (22 cm) x 4.7...
Category
1840s Neoclassical Antique Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Inkstand, hHandicraft made in Italy
By Mario Vallè
Located in VALENZA, IT
The inkwell, rectangular in shape, was completely handmade obtained from a silver plate and finely embossed and chiseled with scrolls and flowers, typical of the Italian Baroque of t...
Category
Late 20th Century Baroque Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Clock Red fired enamel on guillochè, with columns in Neoclassico Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Clock Red fired enamel on guillochè, with columns in Neoclassico Salimbeni. Small gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver table clock with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, with co...
Category
1970s Neoclassical Revival Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Napoleon III French Empire style laurel ornament Sterling Silver.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This exquisite Picture Frame Napoleon III is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
it has a Squared Shape and sky colour for the fire enameled surface on guilloche.
Picture Frame Napoleon III...
Category
1980s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photograph Frame Large Imperial Style White Enamel on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver shaped photograph frame with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and rich friezes in Louis XVI French Empire style. External measurements...
Category
1960s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box with fired enamels and fine horse racing miniature Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche and large fire enamelled rectangular miniature hand painted by the painter ...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Miniature in Sterling Silver of Camera
By La Medusa Oro
Located in VALENZA, IT
Camera miniature in sterling silver.
Completely handmade and "bellows lens" in black enamelled silver.
Category
Late 20th Century Other Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$440 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Mario Buccellati Italian .800 Silver Tea
Coffee set With Tray
By Mario Buccellati
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Very nice signed .800 silver coffee/ tea set by Mario Buccellati
Tray is 16"W X 12"D X .50"H
Coffee pot is 6.75"H X 5"W X 3.75"D
Tea pot is 6.50"H X 7"W X4.25"D
Sugar is 4"H X 2.75" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Menorah
By Zaramella Argenti 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Standing tall and proud, this sterling silver menorah is so elegant. Sleek and modern in design it captures the pride and festivities of the Hanukkah. Either ...
Category
2010s Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,600 / item
Table Box miniature fire-enameled Aleksej Nikolaevic Romanov Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with inward corners in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche and a fine round miniature in the centre, diameter cm. 4....
Category
1970s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Six Beakers with Silver 800 Tray
By Argenterie di Milano
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous 6 beakers plus tray, completely handmade.
Beakers are in sterling 925°°/°°°
The cup is smooth and the stem is cast and finished by chisel. The two-tone, silver and gold br...
Category
1970s Other Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Salt Cellars
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italian salt cellar Completely handmade, worked in fusion and finished with chisel.
The handle represents the God Bacchus with his arms crossed behind his head.
As a tradition the God is decorated with bunches of grapes with his feet on bunches and branches.
Its side salt holders...
Category
1990s Other Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$842 Sale Price
20% Off
Belt real black python buckle Sterling silver fire enamel hand painted Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Belt in genuine black python reptile with oval buckle in 925/1000 silver with translucent fire enamel on sunburst guilloche and hand-painted miniature depicting a branch of peach blo...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Enamel, Sterling Silver
Box Black and White Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio 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 Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Silver Table. Top is in brown Slab Fossil American Sequoia
By Argenterie di Milano
Located in VALENZA, IT
The table base is in solid silver 925°°/°°° gr. 6.000 in Italian Baroque style bearing the typical embossed and chiseled shells, with three layers of leaves and ovules. The central s...
Category
1970s Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair Rare Cartier Solid / Sterling Silver Napkin Rings - Original Box
By Cartier
Located in Bath, GB
A fine pair of antique Cartier napkin rings made from a heavy gauge cast sterling silver in a stylised Art Nouveau / Art Deco design dating to c.1930 / 1940; a rarely found example.
...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Romantic couple Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular desk cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enameled miniature depicting a romantic couple in Art Nouveau...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Box engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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
1970s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Pair Candelabras Neoclassical Style
By Mario Poli
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of 5-light candelabra in 925 sterling silver in neoclassical style.
Candelabra formed by an iron eye stem and a Hellenic part in Ionic style in 925 silver.
The iron eye is a sto...
Category
1990s Neoclassical Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Candlesticks light Green Enamel and hand painted ivy on Sterling Silver
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pair of Candlesticks light Green Enamel and hand painted ivy on Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Pair of gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver candlesticks with translucent fired enamels on ...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Cigar Box two-tone stripes enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This divine Table Box is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Table Box hand-painted miniature has a Rectangular shape with rounded corners.
On the cover there is a beautiful hand-engraved...
Category
1970s Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Green with concave corner for oval photo Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio 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 Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Buccellati Italian Pair of Sterling Silver Cufflinks in Floral Design
By Gianmaria Buccellati, Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Gianmaria Buccellati, Italian, pair of sterling silver cufflinks, with a red stone at the center, in a beautiful floral motif, measuring 2/3'' in diameter, and bearing hallmarks. Sol...
Category
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Base Talcum Powder Holder Black and White Art Deco 925 Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Hexagonal base talcum powder holder in black and white fired enamel in 925/1000 sterling silver with perforated screw cap and pressure counter-cap, in Art Deco style. Base cm, 5.3 x ...
Category
1980s Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Sterling Silver Striped Paillons in pure Gold and flowers Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine floral miniature fired enamelled by the painter Renato Dainelli, enamelled border with vertical stripes. Napoleon III French Empire...
Category
1960s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
800 Silver Standard Silverware Set from the Interwar Period, Nola, Italy
Located in Opole, PL
800 Silver Standard Silverware Set from the Interwar Period, Nola, Italy
We present you a set of silverware in the original, antique case, which bea...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$478 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Conchiglia aka Shell by Schiavon Italy 800 Silver Flatware Set Service 62 Pieces
By Schiavon
Located in Big Bend, WI
The Conchiglia pattern evokes Italy's outstanding marine traditions. Dedicated to committed sea lovers, it's exquisite sophisticated style will appeal to those who demand only the fi...
Category
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Handmade Table Mirror Baroque revival
By Argenterie di Milano
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver rectangular table mirror.
The mirror is embossed with leaves and scrolls with gilded and burnished finishing
Measure: 2,500 grams.
Category
1970s Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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 Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff box Enamel Double opening Sterling Silver flower bouquet Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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 Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bulgari Case in Sterling Silver
18kt Gold Framings
Roman Coin, Italy 1970s
By Bulgari
Located in Trieste, IT
A rare Bulgari case in sterling silver, with 18kt gold framings, centering an ancient Roman coin. Made in Italy, circa 1970.
Box features an ancient Roman coin medallion and inscrip...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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 Empire Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
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 Baroque Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
An Italian Silver Passover Seder Plate, Venice Circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
This magnificent Italian silver Passover Seder plate, crafted in Venice circa 1800, is a striking example of refined silversmith artistry combined with deep ritual significance. Made...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Snuff Box reproducing the painting of a Roman glimpse late 1800s Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuffbox Rectangular for table with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli repro...
Category
1990s Baroque Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel
21thc Italian Sterling Silver Italian Basket, Tray
By PRIA
SARI
Located in VALENZA, IT
Completely handmade sterling silver oval basket. The basket or tray shape is decorated with a border made with the fusion technique and subsequently chiseled and engraved. The border...
Category
Early 2000s Other Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,154 Sale Price
20% Off
Photo Frame Black and White Enamel Squared Shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco-style geometric design. External dimensions cm. 14.5 x 14.5 internal cm. 9 x 9. Weight gr. 260. Designed b...
Category
1970s Art Deco Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Buccellati Silver Seahorse Ice Bucket Large
Located in New York, NY
Buccellati silver Seahorse ice bucket large in 800 silver.
Buccellati silver Seahorse ice bucket often used to chill multiple bottles of wine, champ...
Category
1960s Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Strawberry Bowl with Sugar Bowl and Lemon Jug
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Smooth bowl for serving strawberries in 800 solid silver. A round crystal has been inserted inside the bowl to prevent the silver from being scratched when taking the strawberries.
On the edge of the bowl a branch has been welded where leaves and strawberries twist to it.
The branch ends with a bifurcation to make it the seat of the strawberries ladle.
The ladle has a rounded square shape and also ends with a strawberry and leaves.
On the sides of the branch, 2 seats for the sugar bowl and the lemon jug...
Category
1990s Other Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
$3,734 Sale Price
28% Off
Table Box Green in French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table Box Green in French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.
Table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel inserted in a very fine ha...
Category
1970s Louis XVI Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
2oth Century Italian Solid Silver Violinist statue with wooden violin
By Creazioni Sacchetti
Located in VALENZA, IT
Violinist statue in solid 800 silver and with wooden violin and wooden base.
The state was made with the casting method and subsequently finished with a chisel. The details of the statue are very realistic and highlight the concentration of the musician in performing the sonata.
The violin is made of wood with solid silver...
Category
1990s Other Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$1,426 Sale Price
20% Off
XX Century Italian Solid 800 Silver Picture Frame.
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid silver photo frame.
The frame is made of a shiny rectangular silver plate where chiseled silver plate leaves have been welded onto the e...
Category
1980s Other Vintage Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
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