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Period: Late 20th Century
20st Century Italian Sterling Silver Chalice
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large Liturgical Chalice in sterling silver.
The base is finely embossed with the face of Christ, grapes, vine leaves and ears.
The workmanship is h...
Category
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$5,396 Sale Price
33% Off
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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$2,026 Sale Price
20% Off
Table Box Magnificent Arabian Horse Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-etched fire-enameled engraving painted like lapis lazuli stone and...
Category
Italian Islamic Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
20th Century Italia Sterling Silver Juicer
Located in VALENZA, IT
Squeezer in sterling silver.
The top is hinged with the bottom.
The body is rounded and the handle is made with two solid sterling silver bars.
In the lower part it has been embos...
Category
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$937 Sale Price
20% Off
Box Black Red Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 10.4 x 13.4 x 3.2. Weight gr. 530. Designed by Giorgio Sali...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Exclusive Royal SPOON Sterling Silver Coronation Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Located in Wembley, GB
A Rare case of antique valuable royal sterling silver Spoon. An elegant Vintage Sterling Silver Spoon case.
Celebrating the 1977 Coronation Jubilee of Quee...
Category
British Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver
$470 Sale Price
79% Off
Buccellati Modern Sterling Silver
Murano Glass Mushroom Jam Pot
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Stylish figural mushroom jam pot. Made by Buccellati in Italy. Murano glass bowl; speckled reddish-brown exterior and cased white interior. Sterling silver cap; hand-hammered and sti...
Category
Italian Modern Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Anton Michelsen Gilded Sterling Silver Gilt Christmas Spoon for 1976
By Gudmund Olsen
Located in Downingtown, PA
Anton Michelsen Gilded Sterling Silver Gilt Christmas Spoon,
The Painter Gudmund Olsen is the Designer,
1976
The 1976 Anton Michelsen Christmas Spoon is gilded sterling silver with ...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Chateau Rose by Alvin Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 18 Service 121 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Monumental Chateau Rose by Alvin sterling silver Flatware set, 121 pieces. This set includes:
18 Knives, 8 7/8",
18 Forks, 7 1/4",
18 Salad Forks, 6 5/8",
18 Teaspoons, 6",
18 C...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Porcelain and Pure Silver Bird Salt
Pepper Shakers by Emilia Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming and whimsical set of handcrafted salt and pepper shakers by renowned Mexican designer Emilia Castillo. Made in Taxco, this sculptural pair is crafted in white porcelain wi...
Category
Mexican Organic Modern Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
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
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$833 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage 20th Century French Solid Silver Cigar Box By Hermes c.1970
By Hermès
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A superb vintage 20th Century solid silver cigar box by Hermès. The box showcases an engine-turned diagonal pattern on the exterior, adorned with a gilt central belt buckle design on...
Category
French Other Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Perfume Holder Handbag Silver Sterling with stripes two-tone Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical handbag perfume holder in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with screw cap and stripes with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guilloché and hand-engraved motifs in...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Round Sterling Silver Jewelry Box
By Pampaloni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round shape sterling silver jewelry box. The simplicity of the forms and the harmony of the proportions make it suitable for all settings.
The lid of the jewelry box has a knob hand...
Category
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,264 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian Oval Sterling Silver Renaissance Style Entree Dish
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver oval vegetable dish in Renaissance style.
The bottom of the vegetable dish is smooth, while on the edge a border made with the casting technique with acanthus leaf mo...
Category
Italian Renaissance Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,692 Sale Price
33% Off
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Italian Centrepiece
Located in VALENZA, IT
Baroque style centerpiece in solid 800 silver, completely handmade and subsequently embossed and chiseled.
The edge of the centerpiece was embossed with fruit motifs and masks, typi...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$5,017 Sale Price
21% Off
Table Box Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This awesome Table Box Baroque style is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
it has a Rectangular shape with hand-engraved intricate design Black and Green color fire enameled.
Table Box Bar...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Evening Bag produced for the Maison Cartier in New York in the 1970s Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Ovalized evening bag in 925/1000 sterling silver with stylised floral motif designs enamelled in Art Deco style. Taken from an original drawing by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s ...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Table Clock Square Box Fire Enameled Guilloché Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table clock shaped opening square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamels on guilloche. Swiss mechanical skeleton movement with 8 days charge with a...
Category
Italian Queen Anne Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Oil and Vinegar Set in 800 Silver and Crystal, Italy, 1990
Located in Palermo, IT
Oil and vinegar set in 800 silver and crystal, Italy, 1990
Intact, never used. Small signs of ageing.
Found in a noble apartment.
Category
Italian Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Table Cigarette Box fine hand-engraved and two-colour fire-enamelled. Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with a fine hand-engraved design and two-colour fire-enamelled with other fi...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigar Box with Fine Fine Miniature Alphons Mucha
s "Amethyst" Poster Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular rounded cigar box with vertical opening in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine miniature hand-painted in tempera on vegetable iv...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century 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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Old English Tipt by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Dinner Service 78 Pcs
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
The Old English Tipt pattern was introduced by Gorham in the year 1870. It is a plain pattern with a straight tip, creating a simple, timeless, rectangula...
Category
Late 20th Century 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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Perfume Holder pearl grey color fired enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Parallelepiped perfume holder for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with screwed cap with translucent fired enamel on guilloché. English style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 2.5 x ...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Crusader by Old Newbury Crafters Sterling Silver Flatware 12 Set 81 pcs XL Size
Located in Big Bend, WI
Old Newbury Crafters silver is genuinely handmade and wonderfully heavy, the machine cannot match the quality, durability, look and feel of handmade silver. The hammered finish shows silver at its finest.
Outstanding extra-large European Size Crusader by Old Newbury Crafters, circa 1995, sterling silver flatware set - 81 pieces. It is hand wrought, hand hammered throughout, with thick gauge silver, and distinctive applied bolt/rivet detail in a 14th century medieval...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Sterling Silver and Enamel Yin Yang Key Ring, Later 20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Sterling Silver and Enamel Yin Yang Key Ring
4" Long, 17 Grams
A striking vintage sterling silver key ring featuring a bold black-and-white yin yang medallion rendered in gl...
Category
North American Modern Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Trunk-Shaped Box with Squirrel Knob
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid silver 800 box the shape of a tree trunk. The feet are oak leaf and the knob depicts a squirrel on two oak leaves holding an acorn in his hands.
The hinged box is gold-plated ...
Category
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$2,078 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Handbag powder compact enamel sterling silver black and red Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Handbag powder compact in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and red fired enamel. Spring button opening. Ground mirror and mesh inside. Small, barely visible crack in the red ename...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and horse racing Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and with fired enameled oval miniature, hand painted by the painter Renato...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterlig Silver Art. Deco
Teaset
By Mario Poli
Located in VALENZA, IT
Three-piece tea set in 925 sterling silver completely handmade.
Teapot: H 23, D 15cm.
The body is round, rounded and shaped with a hammered recess.
The handle and lid are made o...
Category
Italian Art Deco Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$6,229 Sale Price
20% Off
1980 Lunt Silversmiths Sterling Silver
Enamel Christmas Ornament
By Lunt Silver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking Christmas ornament, crafted in sterling silver with richly colored enamel, is the 1980 edition from Lunt Silversmiths, one of America’s oldest and most respected silve...
Category
American Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Perfume holder Art Deco style enamel black and white Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Discover a pinnacle of luxury with this parallelepiped handbag perfume holder, crafted from 925/1000 sterling silver and finished with a screwed cap. This masterpiece features exquis...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Gilded Enameled Frame
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Oval Fabergè style frame in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent yellow fired enamel on guilloché and ribbon on the upper part.
12x8,5 cm
photo 5,5x4 ...
Category
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,745 Sale Price
20% Off
Picture Frame Green two-tones enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This important Picture Frame Green is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24 carats. It is rectangular shaped photo frame.
The surface of this Picture Frame Green is fired enamel...
Category
Italian Napoleon III Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Hanukkah Menorah by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert, New York Circa 1970
Located in New York, NY
This striking Hanukkah menorah, designed by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert, epitomizes his signature modernist aesthetic and geometric ingenuity. Crafted in sterling silver, the menorah featu...
Category
American Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Centrepiece with fruit on Cristal Base
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid sterling silver oval centerpiece with fruits and leaves composition made by chiseled silver sheet.
The fruit and leaves have been modeled by hand from the silver plate, shaped ...
Category
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Set of 3 Tiffany Chrysanthemum Sterling Silver Butter Pats
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
Set of 3 Chrysanthemum sterling silver butter pats. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Plain and round gilt well. Shoulder has rinceaux-sty...
Category
American Japonisme Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Sterling Italian Silver Lamp
Located in VALENZA, IT
One light solid sterling silver lamp.
The base is round while the stem has an empty tube where the electric wire passes.
The lamp holder is in the shape of a tulip flower in fusion ...
Category
Italian Other Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,467 Sale Price
20% Off
Etrog Box of Marble and Silver-Gilt by Yaakov Davidoff, Jerusalem, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
This extraordinary etrog box, created by the renowned Judaica artist Yaakov Davidoff in Jerusalem in the late 20th century, is a true masterpiece of de...
Category
Israeli Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Silver
Table Ashtray Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone and Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table ashtray in the shape of a four-leaf clover with structure in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated and external and internal lining in real malachite stone. Dimensions cm. 12 x ...
Category
Italian Other Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Malachite, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
$9,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Trifoglio Tray by Franco Grigniani for Alessi 1970s
By Alessi
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Alessi tray designed by Franco Grignani in 1974 (signed underneath) with engraved pattern.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Stainless Steel
Box with wedges Enamel Sterling Silver black and white Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal wedge box in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white colors fire enameled in Art Deco style. Measures 7.8 x 7.8 x 6 cm. Weight gr. 281. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni ...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Round Box enamel light blue and black Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché in a modern contemporary style. Dimensions: diameter cm. 7.5 height cm. 3.8, Weight g. 24...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Lunt Silversmiths Sterling Silver
Enamel Christmas Ornament – 1978
By Lunt Silver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This charming Christmas ornament, produced by Lunt Silversmiths in 1978, showcases the company’s exceptional artistry in combining fine sterling silver with rich, hand-applied enamel. Lunt—one of America’s most respected silver manufacturers—was known for its meticulous craftsmanship and elegant holiday collectibles, and this ornament exemplifies those qualities beautifully.
Design
Materials
The ornament features a round central medallion framed by an elaborate openwork sterling silver border. The frame is delicately pierced with symmetrical scrolls and stylized motifs that give the piece a refined, lace-like appearance. Crafted in solid sterling silver, the frame carries a highly polished finish that enhances its decorative elegance.
At the center of the ornament is a colorful enameled wreath, detailed with deep green holly leaves, bright red berries, and a festive red bow. The enamel work is crisp and vivid, adding cheerful contrast to the silver setting. At the heart of the wreath is a silhouette-like central cartouche, creating a dimensional layered effect that draws the eye to the ornament’s focal point.
Reverse Side
Markings
The back of the piece is neatly engraved with:
“1978”
“Merry Christmas” in elegant script
“Sterling Frame by Lunt”
These inscriptions authenticate the ornament as an original 1978 Lunt release and confirm the sterling silver composition of the frame. The smooth reverse surface further highlights the craftsmanship and care typical of Lunt’s holiday pieces.
Symbolism
Appeal
The holly wreath—an enduring emblem of Christmas tradition—symbolizes welcome, festivity, and the enduring spirit of the season. The addition of rich enamel brings warmth and color, making the ornament a standout display piece whether on a Christmas tree, in a shadow box, or as part of a curated sterling silver ornament collection.
Collectibility
As a dated ornament produced during the height of Lunt’s collectible silver era, the 1978 edition holds strong appeal for collectors of vintage sterling Christmas...
Category
American Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Towle Silversmiths Sterling Silver “Three French Hens” Christmas Ornament
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautifully crafted 1973 sterling silver Christmas ornament by Towle Silversmiths represents the third gift from the beloved Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Desi...
Category
American Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Ice champagne Bucket
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sterling Silver champagne bucket
1970's Italian work
800 silver hallmark
Weight: 1.034 grams
Category
Italian Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Christmas Ornament
By Lunt Silver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver Christmas ornament by Lunt Silver dated 1974. It depicts Joseph and Mary (on a donkey) following the Star of David towards Bethlehem. In Judeo-Ch...
Category
American Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen
Tray for Desk Set enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with hand-painted fired enamel like turquoise stone, cm. 9.5 x 18. For fountain pen (4577-5210) with 18 carat gold n...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Fruit Triumph Centrepiece Vase
Located in VALENZA, IT
This centerpiece was made in Milan - Italy, by the prestigious silverware "Argenterie di Milano di Fiorentini" towards the end of the 70s.
The fruit, all made and modeled by hand obt...
Category
Italian Renaissance Revival Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Hand-Engraved and Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with a beautiful hand-engraved and fire-enamelled frame and in the center a beautiful hand painted miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres "Odalisque with slave". Dimensions cm. 9.5 x 12.3 x 3.3. Weight gr. 671. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1979 and manufactured in Florence in numerous 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...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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