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Period: 1980s
Tiffany Elsa Peretti Sterling Candle Snuffer
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s Tiffany sterling Elsa Peretti candle snuffer in box.
Category
Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hermes, Paris - Silver "Belt" Money / Paper Clip or Holder c.1980
By Hermès
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful solid silver 800 money clip, perfect for Money, desk-top papers or business cards; in the form of a belt and fully marked with silver hallmarks and signed on the undersid...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
ALESSI Italian .925 Silver Tea/Coffee Service / Michael Graves (USA)
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
Michael Graves (USA)
ALESSI SpA (Crusinallo, Omega, Italia)
Italian 925 Pure Silver
Limited Edition Coffee & Tea Piazza w/ Tray
Edition # 64 / 99
(Design: 1984 / Production: 2003)
D...
Category
Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Enameled Table Clock
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Art deco octagonal table clock cm. 10x10 in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent black and red fired enamels on guilloché, Swiss mechanical skeletal movement, winding 8 days
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 Art Deco Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$8,990 Sale Price
34% Off
Set of Six Silver Napkin Rings
Located in London, GB
Set of Six Silver Napkin Rings, London 1989. The central polished band bordered by textured sections with a brushed finish.
Weight: 495.4g
Category
British Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$2,050 / set
Table clock blue enamel Swiss mechanical skeletal movement. Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table clock in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings. The clock has a base of cm. 4 x 10 and is rectangular cm. 8 x...
Category
Italian Napoleon III Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
4-Piece Tea and Coffee Service Plus tTay, 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
4-piece tea and coffee service plus tray, 800 silver, Italy, 1980s.
Worked entirely by hand, it weighs 4170.00 grams.
It is a very important silver set.
Purchased in the 1980s at ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of Signed, Boxed Asprey
Garrard Sterling Silver Salt
Pepper Shakers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of signed English silver salt and pepper shakers.
By Asprey & Garrard.
In sterling silver.
Each in a Queen Anne pear form with 3 cabriole feet.
Fully hallmarked to th...
Category
British Georgian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Silver 800 and Ebony "Benvenuto Cellini Salt Cellar"Replica
Located in VALENZA, IT
Fantastic reproduction of the famous saltcellar of Benvenuto Cellini, symbol of the world goldsmith's art.
The master goldsmith made only very few copies of this wonderful object that makes it a unique piece in the world.
6.641 grams of solid silver.
Some information on the original piece by Benvenuto Cellini:
The Cellini Salt...
Category
Italian Renaissance Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
800 Silver Cutlery Set, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
800 Silver cutlery set, Italy, 1980s.
Composed of 23 pieces, six forks, six spoons, six knives, ladle, large fork and spoon, two serving pieces.
A...
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$8,129 / set
Cigarette Case Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cigarette case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Opening with spring button.. Measure cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr.210. Created in the Art Deco style...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Silver Plate Champagne Stand Bucket Cooler Wine
Located in Potters Bar, GB
vintage silver-plated champagne cooler with stand, a classic piece of entertaining ware designed for elegant dining or bar settings
Champagne bucket - cylindrical with a flared rim, ...
Category
French Provincial Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Plate
Sterling Silver Turtle Earrings by Emilia Castillo, Mexico, Signed TO-85
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming and finely crafted pair of sterling silver turtle earrings designed and handmade by Emilia Castillo, Taxco, Mexico. Each earring features a sculptural turtle form with hand-...
Category
Mexican Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture frame Apple Red and Green Enamel gold plated Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-engraving by “masters of art” Renato Dainelli and Gianfranco Secci, of fruit (apples) fired with polych...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
800 Silver Crumb Collector and Brush, Made in Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
800 Silver Crumb collector and brush, Made in Italy, 1980s
The shovel measures 20 cm x 17 cm x 4 cm and weighs 216.00 grams.
The brush measures 12 cm x 8.5 cm x 4 cm and weighs 84.00...
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Annual Spoons Gilt Sterling Silver with Enamel, Set of 10
By Georg Jensen
Located in Bochum, NRW
Annual spoons 1980-1989 in original box, designed by Annelise Björner, edited by Georg Jensen.
Annual spoons series began in 1971. Each spoon is crafted in sterling silver, then gold...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture frame squared Green Enamel oval portrait Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square external photo frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché and oval border ornament in French Empire Napoleon III s...
Category
Italian Napoleon III Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Asprey, London - Vintage Sterling Silver Chopsticks
Stand - 1989
Located in Bath, GB
A rare pair of modernist sterling silver chopsticks together with their stand all in the original presentation box.
A spectacular gift espe...
Category
British Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
800 Silver Champagne Bucket, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
800 silver champagne bucket, Italy, 1980s.
Belonged to my grandparents and never used. Small signs of wear, overall in more than good condition. Regularly stamped with state marks. ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
A Silver Filigree Mezuzah Case, Israel Circa 1980
Located in New York, NY
A Silver Filigree Mezuzah Case from Israel circa 1980, exemplifies the intricate craftsmanship of Judaica art.
In Israel during the 1980s, there was a re...
Category
Israeli Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Christmas Ornament
By Reed
Barton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver Christmas ornament by Reed and Barton dated 1982. It’s a fancy designed cross with an ornate scalloped pattern around it. Just in time for the ho...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Christmas Ornament
By Reed
Barton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver Christmas ornament by Reed and Barton dated 1982. It is the “Christmas Cross” ornament, just in time for the holidays! Merry Christmas.
Category
American Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
800 Silver Italian Centerpiece, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Centerpiece in 800 silver, Italy, 1980s.
It weighs 735.00 grams and is regularly stamped with the state stamps (Italy).
It presents small signs of the time.
It has always belonged...
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
800 Silver Rice Dish, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Very elegant, with lid. The handles are covered with very fine white porcelain. 36 cm wide, weighs 1130.00 grams.
Produced in the 1980s by the Ricci silverware in Alessandria. Regul...
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Delicacy by Lunt Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 48 Pieces
By Lunt Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Delicacy by Lunt sterling silver flatware set of 48 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9",
12 forks, 7 1/2",
12 salad forks, 6 1/2",
12 teaspoons, 6",
Includes bonus brand ...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Sterling Silver Presentation Car Model (1984)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive cast sterling silver presentation car model on plinth; an addition to our diverse vintage silverware collection.
This exceptional and rare, vintage English cast sterling silver presentation ornament has been realistically modelled in the form of a 1910s era car* on a wooden plinth.
The impressive silver car model is embellished with details reproducing the fine definition of the vehicle's body work and fabric features.
The car is fitted with axles to the underside allowing the functional wheels to rotate.
This exceptional vintage silver detachable model surmounts the original oak wood plinth, accented with the original hallmarked vacant silver inscription plaque to the anterior chamfered face.
* Whilst the exact car model cannot be declared, the piece bears similarities to the style of a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and ALFA 24 HP.
Condition
This vintage sterling silver car...
Category
Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Box handpainted miniature on guilloche and musical movement by Reuge S.A. inside
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal box in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold plated with translucent fired enamels and featuring a handpainted monochrome miniature on guilloche of a sailing ship on the lid, depi...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Henryk Winograd Silver Menorah
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A signed Henryk Winograd 99.9 Silver diminutive menorah. Hand made repose with high relief details. 3 icnes high, 4 inches wide, 2 inches deep.
Henryk Winograd was one of the world...
Category
American Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
4-Piece Tea and Coffee Service Plus Tray, Empire Style, 800 Silver, Italy, 1980
Located in Palermo, IT
4-Piece tea and coffee service plus tray, Empire style, 800 silver, Italy, 1980.
The service has a total weight of 2,212 kg (coffee pot 439 g and measures 26 x 22 x 11 cm, teapot 38...
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Powder Case Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Powder case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and red fired enamel. Opening with spring button. Ground mirror and retina inside. Measure cm. 7.3 x 7.3 x 1.5. Weight gr.250. Created in the Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by designs by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters 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 Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Clock Swiss mechanical skeletal movement on the lid Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large hexagonal table box with clock on the lid, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire enamel like lapis lazuli stone, with engravings and decorations hand-e...
Category
Italian Napoleon III Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Scale Model Vintage Sterling Silver Mercedes 500 K, circa 1980
Located in Bath, GB
Beautifully executed along with it's original solid wooden plinth. Both the sterling silver label and the car have matching hallmarked for 925 silver and the Italian maker mark numbe...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$5,248 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Sulky with Horse and Driver
Located in VALENZA, IT
Made in Italy sterling solid silver sulky with horse and driver.
The sulky, the horse and the driver are made with the casting method and finished with chisel.
The bridles are in l...
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,802 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver tray by Georg Jetel for Alton Sweden 1980 Signed and dated
By Alton
Located in Paris, FR
anOne of a kind silver tray designed by Georg Jetel
(1934-2012) for ALTON Falköping in 1980
Signed and dated. Weight ca 1082 grams
Minor wear
Silver tray hand Textured
Category
Swedish Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Sterling Made in Italy Silver Horse and Knight Armour
Located in VALENZA, IT
Horse in black lacquered resin with a sterling silver armor with Italian XIV Century Knight in sterling silver armor with golden and enamelled details.
Category
Italian Medieval Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mappin
Webb Ltd 1989 Vintage Sterling Silver Presentation / Fruit Bowl
By Mappin
Webb
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver presentation / fruit bowl made by Mappin & Webb Ltd; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver bowl has a circular form onto a circular domed spreading foot.
The body of this presentation / fruit bowl is plain and unembellished.
The shaped rim of this Mappin & Webb silver bowl is encompassed with an applied gadroon border accented with four scrolling leaf and shell motifs.
The circular spreading foot is encompassed with further gadroon decoration to the rim.
Condition
This vintage Mappin and Webb...
Category
English Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Anton Michelsen Sterling Silver Gilt Christmas Spoon for 1980
Located in Downingtown, PA
Anton Michelsen Gilded Sterling Silver Gilt Christmas Spoon,
Egill Jacobsen is the Designer,
1980
The 1980 Anton Michelsen Christmas Spoon is gilded sterling silver with an enamel h...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Revival Italian Sterling Silver Vase
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver vase in Art Nouveau - Liberty style made entirely by hand.
The preparation of the structure of the vase required several processing times. The vase was made in differ...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Italian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame White Enamel and Hand Painted Flower Garlands Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted floral miniature by the painter Renato Dainelli, fire-enamelled on a white background in Art Nouveau...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Tea and Coffee Set with Matching Tray
By PRIA
SARI
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large oval tea and coffee service in 800 solid silver on feet, completely handcrafted and lightly hammered. The oval shape, particularly difficult to make as it is completely shaped ...
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Cigar Box two-tone stripes on the lid fire-enameled on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table cigar box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche and hand engraving, with two-tone stripes on ...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Photo Frame Two-Tone Fired Enamel on Guillochè Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver S
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
Italian Louis XVI Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Picture Frame Napoleon III French Empire style laurel ornament Sterling Silver.
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
Italian Napoleon III Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa
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
Italian Empire Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame Holder pocket Sterling Silver Enamel 3 Photographs
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket photos holder in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels on guillochè, with hand-engraved edges. Empire style Napoleon III. Octagonal hing...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Camel Sculpture
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid 800 silver camel.
The sculpture was made with the casting technique and then finished completely by hand by expert chisellers to make the camel's f...
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$2,046 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$17,023 Sale Price
20% Off
Asprey
Co Sterling Silver Cased Swan Motif Menu Place Card Holders Set of 12
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This elegant set of 12 sterling silver menu place card holders was made by Asprey of London. The pieces have circular bases surmounted with arched menu place card supports and featur...
Category
English Other Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Spirit Bronze Statue Flying Lady
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful silver bronze rendition of the famous Flying Lady statue
Lovely patina to the bronze with silver finish
Stands on the black marble base which is smooth and chip free
Origin...
Category
Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Base Talcum Powder Holder Black and White Art Deco 925 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
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Solid Silver and Briar Double Bass Player
Located in VALENZA, IT
Double bass player in 800 solid silver. The double bass is in briar with silver details.
The double bass bow is in silver.
The player and the double bass ...
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$2,056 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Presentation Bowl
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large vintage English sterling silver presentation bowl; an addition to our vintage silverware collection
Thi...
Category
English Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist Solid / Sterling Silver Goblet by Sarah Jones, London
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous and highly collectable solid silver wine goblet by the renowned modern silversmith, Sarah Jones. The goblet is fully hallmarked for London 1983.
Excellent vintage condition measuring 5.28" tall x 2.87" wide and weighing 145 Grams / 4.66 Troy Ounces.
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 Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Miniature Mahogany Piano Sterling Silver Details
Located in VALENZA, IT
Mahogany vertical piano miniature with 925 sterling silver inserts and details.
In the upper part, the silver is pierced with drawings of children picki...
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$344 Sale Price
20% Off
Twelve 800 Silver Underplates, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Twelve 800 silver underplates, Italy, 1980s.
Very elegant, each weighs gr. 430. The total weight of the 800 silver is gr. 5160.00!!
Purchased by my ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1980s Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$31,082 / set
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