1980s Sterling Silver

This stunning Picture Frame is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Picture Frame Louis XVI has a squared shape with green and sky blue color for the fire enameled surface on guilloche and h...

More than a kilo of sterling silver was needed to create this stunning rectangular tabletop box. Worked with the very complicated guilloche technique, it was then enamelled at high heat with translucent enamel to make the superb workmanship shine through. The fine rectangular miniature cm. 7.5 x 10.7 on vegetable ivory. The small masterpiece handmade by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproduces the famous portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo, by the painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The unenamelled sterling silver parts were then gilded with a 24-carat galvanic bath. In Art Nouveau style, with a “lost” zip, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 15 x 18 x 3.5. Weight gr. 1095. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous enamelling firings at around 800° Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales known as Eugénie de Montijo was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the fall of the Emperor on 4 September 1870. From July 28 to September 4...

This rectangular table box is a masterpiece of craftsmanship. Crafted from 925/1000 sterling silver and gold-plated, it features a hand-painted fire-enameled miniature by Beatrice Me...

Table set made up of a clock and 2 candlesticks in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fire-enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engravings. The cl...

Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 silver with geometric design and fire-enameled with Chinese influence style. External cm. Internal 11.6 x 14.6 cm. 6 x 9. Weight gr. 194. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with high thickness plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enamelling firings at approximately 750° < 800° C. It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925 Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif". With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe. Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style. Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai). Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations. Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag. 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...

Pair of sterling silver and sierra wood candlesticks. The candlestick depicts a silver seal that supports a wooden sphere where the holder is placed, also in 925 silver: The base of the candlestick is also made of wood. The seal was made with the casting technique and then chiseled to reshape the figure of the animal very close to reality. Italian silverware...

A remarkable piece of sterling silver artistry and commercial history, this pierced silver container was commissioned by the Nestlé company to mark a visit by its Board of Directors to Mexico in 1988. Nestlé has had a major presence in Mexico for decades, with two coffee plants...

Pair of sterling silver candlesticks, depicting Hercules holding the world. The figure of Hercules and the candle holder are in 925 silver while the world and the base are in rutinia...

Rectangular table frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and with various ornamen...

Lamp with stem in solid sterling silver embossed and chiseled completely by hand with a torchon motif. The hat was made in Venice on the island of Murano with the "Murrina" techniqu...

Triptych hinged shaped frame for 3 photographs in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with borders and ornaments in French Louis XVI Empi...

Sterling silver Tiffany & Company challah knife in the “Padova” pattern, introduced in 1984. An elegant and modern style to compliment your majestic Shabbat table.

Square base perfume holder in black and white fired enamelled 925/1000 sterling silver with screw cap, in Art Deco style. Base cm, 3.6 x 3.6 bottle height cm. 8, total height cm. 10....

Hexagonal base perfume holder in black and white fired enamel 925/1000 sterling silver with screw cap, in Art Deco style. Base cm, 4.2 x 4.7 bottle height cm. 8, total height cm. 10....

Oval photo frame inserted into a harp-shaped object, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché inspired by a model created by Peter Carl Fab...

Oval frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-color translucent strips fire-enameled on guillochè and hand-engraving and with French Empire Napoleon III style ornament...

An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver salt and pepper pots made by Christopher Nigel Lawrence; ...

800 solid silver thermo jug made entirely by hand from the silver sheet. The body is square and developing it in its height forms a parallelepiped. The spout is shaped to allow the l...

Amphora vase with handles in 800 solid silver in neoclassical style. The body is round, rounded and completely smooth. Only on the neck of the amphora were 3 grooves made to break up...

Hallmarked in London, 1982 by Brian R. Cain, this stylish, modern, Elizabeth II, set of 6 sterling silver decanter labels feature a bar...

An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver salver in the Lindisfarne style; an addition to our dining silverware collection. This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II sterling silver salver has a plain circular shaped form. The surface of the salver is plain and unembellished. The raised border is encompassed with a band of impressive applied traditional interlacing Lindisfarne/Celtic style decoration to the shaped, incurved rim. The salver is supported by four fine and impressive mystical fish decorated feet. Condition This antique silver salver...

Søren Georg Jensen for Georg Jensen. Large and impressive bowl in sterling silver. Approximately from the 1980s. Model number: 1133A. Weight 27,4 oz. Stamped. Perfect condition. Dime...

Pair of solid silver candlesticks made in Italy in San Marco (Venetian) style completely handmade. The base is round and hand-hammered with t...

Green marble obelisk with sterling silver friezes. The frieze on the obelisk depicts a composition of fruit with a love knot and is placed on a ba...

Hallmarked in Edinburgh in 1987 by Thomas Buchanan, this handsome, sterling silver model of a plane, is presented on a wooden stand with a vacant cartouche ideal for engraving a presentation inscription. The model measures: 9.5" (24cm) tall, by 13" (33cm) in length, by 15.75" (40cm) across the wings, and weighs 36.7 troy ounces including the base. The vertical stabiliser and rudder of the plane model are engraved with the crest of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, part of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the plane itself is a model of a Fokker F27...

20th century Italian solid 800 silver set of 6 vodka beakers, copy of Russian vodka beakers made in Moscow at the end of 1600. The originals are in the...

Silver table clock 925/1000 golden with translucent fire polishes in stripes on hand-engraved guillochè, Swiss mechanical skeletal movement 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...

Miley Busiek Frost Spectacular Miley Busiek Frost bronze bald eagle figurine "Together A New Beginning" given out by Ronald Reagan, circa 1980. Th...

Solid 800°°/°°° silver vase with base completely handmade, embossed and ceased with two oval blason depicting ceased and burnished mythological figures.  

Pair of 925 silver candlesticks, depicting two snakes twisted around a wood stem. The snake and the seat for the candle are in 925 silver while the stem, the base and the candleholde...

Round conical shape warmer in 800 solid silver. The silver sheet is hammered. The hinged lid has been pierced by hand with holes in the shape of a rhombus and triangle. The wooden handle is fixed to the body of the warmer with a silver support reproducing the classic fixing nails. The item can be used as a home fragrance...

An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage 1980s cast European sterling silver figurine of a bulldog; part of our animal related silverware collection This exceptional vintage cast sterling silver ornament has been realistically modelled in the form of a bulldog. This vintage silver dog ornament...

Vase in 800 solid silver. The round body, made entirely by hand from a flat silver plate and subsequently rounded giving it the characteristic ball shape. A twisted spiral chiseling ...

An English Elizabeth II first edition silver and silver gilt chalice, by Hector Miller. There were 500 made and this is 1/500, which belonged to the Dean of Canterbury who commission...

Small shaped frame for 2 oval photographs in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche in Art Nouveau style. External dimensions cm. 5.2 x 7 int...

Round shaped box Made in Italy Silver Gilted 925/1000 with translucent enamels on guilloche with hand painted floral miniatures and gold paillons 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...

Queen Anne style tankard in solid silver in a conical shape chiseled with fluted motifs. The lid is also chiseled with fluted. Inside is placed a removable thermos to keep the drink ...

Ladle in solid 800 silver, completely handmade. The bowl of the ladle is hammered and ambossed with a small countersink to pour the liquid or sauce. The handle is in rosewood, also h...

Smooth round 925 sterling silver box. The lid was modeled to be able to apply a Limoges porcelain, subsequently hand painted in polychrome with a female figure picking flowers. On ...

Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Harman Bros. in Birmingham in 1982. Excellent condition. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged. Engine-turned wave ornament in plain frames...

Sterling silver box with natural horn body. The box has been completely handmade. The hinged smooth lid, the ring and the base with feet have been shaped by hand on the shape of th...

Beautiful delicacy by Lunt sterling silver flatware set, 33 pieces. This set includes: Eight knives, 9". Eight forks, 7 1/2". Eight salad forks, 6 1/2". Eight teaspoons, 6". One sug...

GARRARD & CO: A rare cased silver and silver gilt dish . London 1988.Made to commemorate the 400 th anniversary of the spanish armada 1588-1988. circular form, with a silver-gilt bor...

Perfume Holder with black stripes is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Perfume Holder with black stripes has black fired stripes enamels. Perfume Holder with black stripes has a screw cap...

Picture Frame Black high relief is in 925/1000 sterling silver . Picture Frame Black high relief has black fired enamels. Picture Frame Black high relief has fine high relief engravi...

Large photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with painted fire enamels like lapis lazuli stone. Shaping taken from the tiles of the North Door of the Baptistery of the F...

Perfume holder with octagonal base in black and white fired enamelled 925/1000 sterling silver with screw cap, in Art Deco style. Base cm, 4.3 x 4.7 bottle height cm. 8, total height...

A vintage sterling solid silver and silver-gilt table bell made in London in 1982 by Christopher Nigel Lawrence. Hallmarked. The handle formed with a warbler perched on a bull rush,...

Large silver Mezuzah made in Israel by S Zilka, Circa 1980 WHAT IS A MEZUZAH? The Hebrew word mezuzah means “doorpost.” According to tradition, the mezuzah is to be affixed to the d...

Being offered is a sterling silver (soup) ladle In the Bel Chateau pattern by Lunt Silversmiths. It is neither too ornate nor too plain; just a little desi...

Søren Georg Jensen for Georg Jensen, large and impressive bowl in sterling silver. Approximately from the 1980s. Model number: 1133A. Weight 27,4 oz. Stamped. Perfect condition. Dime...

Made in Tel-Aviv, Israel and acquired in the late 1980s, this is a classic and traditional set of .925 Sterling Silver salt and pepper shakers created by Hazorfim - the collaborativ...

An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver caddy spoon; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional vintage sterling silver caddy spoon has a plain circular rounded bowl. The surface of the bowl of this antique caddy spoon...

Sterling silver lidded big and heavy tankard in a George I style, having a plain straight-sided body with an applied reeded band, a hinged dome lid with thumb-piece, a scroll handle,...

Vodka bucket in solid silver 800 The removable lid has spaces for 6 glasses and the Vodka bottle. The handle is very strong and movable, made with a squar...

Sterling silver box with natural horn body. The box has been completely handmade. The hinged smooth lid, the ring and the base with feet have been shaped by hand on the shape of th...