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Technique: Hand-Carved
Rustic dug out wooden server
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rustic dug out wooden server circa 1900.
Here we have an early 20th century eastern european livestock feeder. These would have been made from hollowing out a tree trunk by hand.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Hardwood
Picture Frame for oval photos enamel Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for oval photos cm. 3 x 4 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel, plum purple, on guilloche, with French Empire Louis XVI style...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Marvelous 19th Century Indian Marble Platter
Located in Chicago, IL
A marvelous 19th century Indian carved orange marble platter with a short handle, and a beautiful black vein, and a well-worn finish. Perfect on an ottoman, or on your kitchen island!
Category
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
Antique Butter Dish
Knife, Silver Crystal Butter Dish Decorative Table Ware
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique Sterling Silver and Glass Butter Dish, Birmingham 1920, by E J Houlston, Silver Base with Original Crystal Insert
Maker: E J Houlston (EJH)
Assay: ...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
Table Box portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early Dora De Larios California Studio Pottery Bowl with Abstract Modern Design
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Handmade California studio stoneware bowl with abstract modern carved design created by Dora De Larios of Los Angeles, California. Bowl measures 3.5" by 7.5" and is signed Dora de La...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Horn Salt and Pepper Shakers
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Set of two salt and pepper shakers showcasing the natural beauty of water buffalo horn. Using sustainable and traditional practices, handcrafted by skilled artisans in India.
These natural horn Salt and Pepper...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Horn
$95 / set
Miniature French Alascian Wine Pitcher
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Miniature French oak and brass banded wine pitcher. A great barware piece!
Period: Early 20th Century
Origin: France
Size: 8 1/4"H x 4 1/2"D
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery...
Category
Early 20th Century French Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Hand Carved Marble Ashtray in Ondascura and Arabescato
By Loyzaga
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
One of our best-selling and iconic pieces from Loyzaga Design, the Ruhlmann ashtrays come in different sizes and styles, as well as types of marble combinations.
These are hand carve...
Category
2010s Mexican Art Deco Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Marble
Table Box portrait of Natalia Nikolaevna Pushkina Lanskaja Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Spectacular table box with inward corners in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, in Art Nouveau style, and in the center a fine rectangul...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Anglo-Indian set of Six Staking Wood Trays with Bone Inlays
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set of six antique Anglo-Indian trays that fit into a stack.
The wood is likely rosewood with attractive grains and the trays are inlaid with a star in the center consisting of bon...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Large early 20th century dug out bowl
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Large early 20th century dug out bowl circa 1900.
Large bowl or server that has been hand dug out from a solid piece of wood, often these were used to feed animals, although there i...
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Rustic Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Picture Frame Enamel two-tone ruby red and emerald green Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver, with translucent fired enamel stripes on guilloche, two-tone ruby red and emerald green, in a modern contemporary sty...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Blue Ceramic Ashtray Handcrafted in Italy by Aldo Londi 1950
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Blue Ceramic Ashtray Handcrafted in Italy by Aldo Londi 1950
Round "Rimini Blu" enameled terra cotta cigar ashtray by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.
Handcrafted in Italy with hand c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
English 19th Century Bread Board
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A stunning English 19th Century hand carved sycamore bread board.
In lovely original condition, Circa 1880.
Category
19th Century English Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Vintage California Green and Brown Ceramic Pottery Round Ashtray
By Edith Heath
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gorgeous vintage ashtray with a glowing splash in yellow, green and brown colors.
Classic Mid-Century Modern round ashtray in yellow green and brown glazed ceramic, the outside is painted brown but not glazed.
The ceramic tray is in good condition.
This could make an interesting retro trinket tray or small relish dish...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 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 colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
LEON LAPAR Paris 1895 Claret Wine Ewer Pitcher In Cut Crystal
Gilt .950
Located in Miami, FL
Claret wine ewer designed by Léon Lapar.
This is a magnificent claret wine ewer pitcher created in Paris France at the silversmith atelier of Léon Lapar. The piece was masterfully c...
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold
$3,395 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Chinese Wooden Block / Chopping Block, Hand-Carved, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
An Antique Chinese chopping block with hand-carved detailing. Two original iron supports are wedged on both sides to support such a large piece of solid ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Hardwood
$864 Sale Price
20% Off
Salimbeni Table Box Art Nouveau Painting Pre-Raphaelite School Fired Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$3,197 Sale Price
20% Off
Clock and 2 Candlesticks Table set Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Wood Nutcracker French Folk Art from Les Deux Alpes, 1960s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Sculptural wooden nutcracker.
Folk Art piece from the French Alps. Dating the 1960s.
The surface of the wood is carved with a gouge, giving it this raw patterned appearance.
Engra...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Folk Art Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Boxwood, Fruitwood
Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Perfume holder manual engraving peach blossom shoots Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical handbag perfume holder in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with screwed cap and fine manual engraving of peach blossom shoots, fire enamelled with various colours, in...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Norm Pink, Travertine, Vase, Plate, Centerpiece, Decoration
By Erman Bazman
Located in Istanbul, TR
Norm vase set.
Measures: 1 pcs large vase 13 x 13 x H 35 cm
1 pcs medium vase 16 x 16 x H 27 cm
1 pcs plate 26 x 26 x H 4 cm
Designed by Erman Bazman.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Minimalist Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Travertine
Unique Primitive Iron and Wood Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Very unique Primitive tray or centerpiece made of iron and wood teak. The piece is very solid, heavy and quite impressive.
Category
20th Century American American Craftsman Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Iron
$350 Sale Price
39% Off
19th French Quimper Porquier Beau Plate
Located in Winter Park, FL
A good 19th century French Porquier Beau Quimper plate with a green border depicting a man with a your child sharpening a knife. good details and in no c...
Category
Late 19th Century European French Provincial Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Faience
DANIEL
ARTER 1900 London, Bailey Banks
Biddle 6 Pieces Cruet Set Cut Glass
Located in Miami, FL
Cruet set made by Daniel & Arter for Bailey Banks & Biddle.
Here we are offering a beautiful & elegant late Victorian silver & hand-cut glass six bottle cruet in its original stand. This rare piece was made in Birmingham England, circa 1890-1900 by the maker's and silversmiths of Daniel & Arter. This set was retailed in America by the Bailey Banks & Biddle, a luxury company based in Philadelphia and New York City.
Bailey Banks & Biddle
Bailey Banks & Biddle is an American jewelry firm that formed in 1832 and quickly became a recognized leader in jewelry fashion. The firm developed a reputation for offering high quality, well-designed jewelry as evidenced by its commissions to design the first 40,000 Purple Hearts for the United States military as well as to create the Naval Academy and West Point class rings. Bailey Biddle & Banks, was originally known as Bailey & Kitchen. Was founded at 136 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, on September 20, 1832, by Joseph Trowbridge Bailey and Andrew B. Kitchen. This makes Bailey Banks & Biddle the Oldest Nationwide Jeweler in America and quickly became a recognized leader in the jewelry fashion. By the late 19th century, the firm’s reputation was solidified as one of the country’s leading jewelers and go-to source for all manner of fine things. The partnership was dissolved in November 1846. It was reformed with new partners as Bailey & Co. in 1841, and on March 1, 1878, again re-established as Bailey Banks & Biddle. From about 1852-1862, the company made its own silver; they were principally supplied by Taylor and Lawrie before 1852, and from about 1862-1870, by George B...
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
$1,258 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Moroccan Brass Tea Kettle on Stand Handcrafted in Fez Morocco 1930
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique ceremonial brass handcrafted kettle.
Moroccan brass tea kettle pot with warmer on stand.
Museum quality, one of a kind delicately handcrafted ...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Islamic Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Norm Beige, Travertine, Vase, Plate, Decoration, Centerpiece
By Erman Bazman
Located in Istanbul, TR
Norm vase set.
Measures: 1 pcs large vase 13 x 13 x H 42 cm
1 pcs medium vase 16 x 16 x H 32 cm
1 pcs plate 26 x 26 x H 4 cm
Designed by Erman Bazman.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Minimalist Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Travertine
19th Century Black Forest Carved Cordial Set
Located in High Point, NC
Lovely 19th century drink or condiment caddy hand carved in the Black Forest region of Europe. The central stem handle of the caddy is hand carved to look like a branch, and follows...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Fruitwood
Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine miniature fired enamelled with an image of “fox hunti...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Large two-tone striped enamel Black and Yellow Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in gold plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on two-tone striped guillochè. In a contemporary style. Ground glass and velvet panel. ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Frame for Oval Photo Borders in Louis XVI French Empire Style Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Crystal
Silver Bowl Blue Mid-century Glass Mustard Bowl Salt Pepper Bowl Small
Located in Wembley, GB
Vintage small silver and glass raised scroll rim bowl. This beautiful dish features an elegant scroll rim design throughout the entire piece. This stunning piece was made in England.
Excellent Condition.
Crystal & Silver Mustard Bowl...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
$288 Sale Price
32% Off
Set Salta Small Ice Bucket
Tong Silver Alpaca
Black Onyx Stone
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Set Salta Small Ice Bucket & Tong Silver Alpaca & Black Onyx Stone
This family is inspired by the forms and figures shaped by the wind of the Moon Valley (in the province of San Jua...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Table Box Fired Enamel on Guillochè Arab-Style Ornament Sterling Silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with hand-engraved and enamelled Arab-style ornament. Dimensio...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Unusual 18th Century Venetian Center Piece in Carved Walnut Wood, Circa 1780
Located in Dallas, TX
Although the Rococo in France (where the style originated) lasted from roughly 1725 to 1760, other countries in Europe produced period art and furniture until the late 18th century. One such country was Italy and in particular, Venice, where this unusual carved walnut centerpiece was hand-carved, circa 1780. A large shell-form bowl with volute leaf embellishments is being held by three putti emerging from an undulating base. The wave pattern is reminiscent of a foaming sea, further indicated by the stylized dolphin tails emerging from the spray. All of the tails are textured with a lozenge-patterned background, protruding as high-relief elements. On the underside, the scalloped tips of the water swing down in three areas, forming well-disguised feet. The carvings of the centerpiece are quite exceptional, given the height and breadth of the piece. A wonderful decorative accessory for any large table, our walnut Venetian centerpiece...
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Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Photo Frame Heart-Shaped Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Heart-shaped rounded frame with oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè. With hinged silver-gilt foot engraved in Empire style. ...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Triptych hinged shaped frame for 3 photographs Blue Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ceramic Vase Gré Atelier La Borne Des Années 60, G432
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
French vase of the 60's from the workshop la Borne. Stoneware ceramic with a speckled glaze. Very nice vintage condition of the vase, signature under the bottom of the pitcher (see p...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Black Forrest Carved Oak Hinged Boar Head Cellarette with Bone Tusk, C. 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
Black Forrest hand carved oak hinged boar head cellarette with bone tusk, carved intertwined branches with oak leaves, and resting on decorative foliate scr...
Category
1870s German Black Forest Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Iron
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Simone Dainelli inspired by the paintings of Boris Vallejo, in fantastic contemporary style, with hand-engraved frame. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 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 high-fire 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
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Perfume Holder Black and White Art Deco style Squared base 925 Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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....
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Perfume Holder Black and White Art Deco style hexagonal base 925 Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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....
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame inserted into a harp-shaped object Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$4,648 Sale Price
23% Off
Scottish Regency Mahogany Hinged Cellarette with Original Lead Liner, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Scottish Regency mahogany hinged cellarette with foliage cartouche, gadrooned molded edge, original brass circular side handles, lead lined interior with stopper, and resting on carved foliage scrolled triangular feet...
Category
1810s Scottish Regency Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass, Lead
Late 20th Century Marble Charger / Server from India
Located in New York, NY
A hand-carved marble platter, server or charger from India. 1960s.
24 inches in diameter, 1/2 inch thick.
Category
1960s Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Statuary Marble
$722 Sale Price
42% Off
French Provincial Hand Made Wooden Bowl Nr.1
Located in Rümmingen, BW
This Bowl is a blend of rustic charm and wood craftsmanship. Handcrafted by french traditional woodworker, each bowl is a unique piece that captures the essence of French provincial ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French French Provincial Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
Maggie Barnes Carved White Organic Art Pottery Sculpture Bowl or Dish circa 1987
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Exceptional unique marked / signed masterwork artisan hand carved art pottery by British ceramic / clay / stoneware master-craft artist Maggie Barnes, circa 1987. This piece represen...
Category
1980s English Organic Modern Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Photo Frame Oval with Two-color Translucent strips Enamel Fired Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Frame for 2 Photographs Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped frame for 2 photographs in sterling Silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniatures. Viennese Art Nouveau style seco...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box Sterling Silver Striped Paillons in pure Gold and flowers 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 Italian Napoleon III Vintage Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Raphaël Giarrusso, ceramic sculpture, France ca.1960
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
A rare glazed ceramic sculpture depicting a female figure; the artist primarily created sculptures of soldiers.
Always imbued with humor and poetry, Raphaël Giarrusso's sculptures e...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Grape Carved Teak Serving Platter with Handles
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture, this Grape Carved Teak Serving Platter with Handles is produced from solid teak wood and solid brass. Decorative and beautiful hand carved grape motif accent...
Category
2010s Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
English 19th Century Bread Board
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
English hand carved bread board with with deeply carved wheat.
A good size and lovely original condition.
Circa 1890.
Category
19th Century English Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Teak Serving Platter – Brass Handles
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture, this Teak Serving Board with Brass Handles is produced from solid teak wood. Decorative and beautiful handles of Brass accentuate...
Category
2010s Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Teak
$59 / item
English 19th Century Bread Board
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
English 19th Century hand carved bread board with wheat and flowers decoration.
In lovely original condition, Circa 1890.
Category
19th Century English Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Wood
Antique and solid malachite bowl/plate, weight 1.85 kg/4.07 lbs
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique and solid malachite bowl/plate, weight 1.85 kg/4.07 lbs
Antique bowl with a multi-passed, solid malachite rim.
Very rare and high-quality.
Category
19th Century French Antique Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Malachite
$1,911 Sale Price
20% Off
Loetz Style Art Glass Bronze Compote
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a threaded iridescent gold yellow-orange glass scalloped rim bronze compote/vase. The bronze pedestal is carved and shaped as a wide column endi...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Hand-Carved Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
$380 Sale Price
35% Off
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