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Cigarette Case black and red lines Art Deco style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pocket cigarette case with long rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver with red and black fire-enamelled stripes. With button and spring opening. Measurements cm. 10.3...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Rare Richard Hudnut Compact in Original Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
A rare Art Deco Gemey compact by Richard Hudnut with it's original box and dating to the 1930's. The front of the compact is enamelled in a cream and black colouring with a stylized ...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Otterburn Chess Set
Board — Solid Hand-Patinated Brass and Walnut
Located in Washington, GB
A special chess set in solid hand-patinated brass. Handcrafted in the North to order. Available in a range of materials and finishes, Otterburn can tru...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Limestone, Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate, Bronze, Copper, Enamel,...
Evans Art Deco Mesh Compact - Blue Enamel, Suede Lining, c1930
Located in Devon, England
How fabulous is this ? can't be mistaken for any other era can it. The 1930s Evans Art Deco Mesh Compact has a wonderful pale blue enamel lid with intricate silver tone design. It ha...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
1933 Marathon Art Deco Enamel and Chrome Combo Jazz Age Cigarette Case
Lighter
Located in Red Lion, PA
1933 Marathon Art Deco Enamel and Chrome Combination Cigarette Case & Lighter
This rare 1933 Art Deco Marathon cigarette case and lighter is a refined example of Jazz Age elegance a...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Chrome
Ultra Rare Art Deco 1930
s SLIDEOUT Red
Black Cigarette Case in Original Box
Located in Red Lion, PA
Ultra Rare Art Deco 1930s Slideout Red & Black Cigarette Case with Original Box
A true rarity of Art Deco design, this ingenious 1930s “Slideout”...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Little Silver and Enamel Cigarette Box
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a delicate little cigarette box. It is made from 900/1000 silver stamped L/R. The inside is gilded and shows the German hallmark of half moon and crown. The lid is embell...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique German Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case with Sin Symbols
Located in New York, NY
German 800 silver cigarette case, circa 1910. Rectangular and hinged with curved corners. On cover are enameled sin symbols: Women (opera girl), wine (champagne), and gambling (cards...
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Early 20th Century German Edwardian Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver, Enamel
French 19th Century Painted Gilt Barometer
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French 19th century Louis XVI style painted and parcel gold-gilt barometer and thermometer. It is a recognizable ‘banjo’ shaped scientific instrument with all the carved details in g...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Cigarette Case black lines Art Deco style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pocket cigarette case with long rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fire-enamelled stripes. With button and spring opening. Measurements cm. 10.3 x 5.8 ...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Holy Water Font Crucifix Champleve Onyx French Napoleon III
Located in Labrit, Landes
Holy water font crucifix Napoleon III, French, 19th century
French champleve enamel
Benitier crucifix holy water wall font late 19th century.
Mount...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Onyx, Enamel
A Gold And Enamel Mourning Ring For Lord Nelson By John Salter, England, 1806
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An extremely rare ring that commemorates the naval hero, Horatio Nelson, who died in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, fighting against the Napoleonic forces. Dr William Nelson, the admiral's brother, ordered 58 mourning rings for family and friends and every admiral and post-captain who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar . The ring is inscribed on the bezel ‘Trafalgar’; outside the hoop with Nelson’s motto in Latin, ‘Let him who earned it bear the palm [of victory]’, adopted by Nelson from a poem ‘Ad Ventos’ written in 1727 by John Jortin (1698-1770). Inside is the inscription ‘Lost to his country 21 October 1805, aged 47’. The initials N and B stand for Nelson and Bronte.
Admiral Nelson was given the title of Duke of Bronte in 1799 by the King of Sicily and in 1801 became a Viscount. The two coronets above the initials refer to these titles. Tthe motto Palmam qui meruit ferat ("let him who has earned it, bear the palm") was added to his coat of arms in 1798 after the Battle of the Nile. Nelson was buried with full honours in St Paul's Cathedral. His cortege consisted of 32 admirals, over a hundred captains, and an escort of 10,000 soldiers.
This ring is an example of only fifty-eight that were made by Nelson's jeweller John Salter in 1806. Thirty-one were for Nelson's close family and friends, the rest for pall-bearers and other dignitaries (see The Nelson Dispatch, vol.3 pt.XII, oct.1990). Three similar examples of this ring are held extremely prestigious museums in the capital. One is in the Greenwich National Maritime Museum in London, another in The British Museum in London and another in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, exhibited in the Jewellery Gallery, case 23, no. 8.
The ring has a particularly special provenance, arguably like no other mourning ring of Admiral Nelson’s. The ring belonged to the Reverend Alexander John Scott. The Reverend Alexander John Scott (1768-1840) was a British naval chaplain. He was appointed to the flagship H.M.S. Victory in 1803 where he served as private secretary to Lord Nelson. He was with Nelson when when he was shot on the quarter-deck of the Victory at the battle of Trafalgar on the 21st October 1805. Scott attended his dying chief in the cockpit of the flagship, receiving his last wishes. He refused to leave Nelson's body until it was brought back to England and placed in the coffin to lie in the Painted Hall Greenwich.
The ring, lock of hair and music book were passed down by the direct descendants of the Reverend Alexander John Scott's family and eventually gifted to the previous owners. The music book was a personal possession of the Reverend which gives watertight provenance of the person who owned the ring.
It is not clear exactly what Admiral Nelson’s last words really were although Scott documents Nelson’s last words to be “God and my country“. However, it is also recorded that a statement during his last hours was "Thank God I have done my duty.” Perhaps these two statements uttered in the last moments sound similar when mumbled by a feeble dying man. Nonetheless, it is noteworthy is that Scott remained by Admiral Nelson’s side as he died and his version is probably the most reliable.
The lock of hair is reputedly that of Lord Admiral Nelson. Without a DNA test there can be no conclusive proof of such. However, given that Reverend Alexander John Scott was with Nelson from the moment he was shot on the quarter-deck of H.M.S. Victory until the moment he was placed in his coffin, there is no reason to believe it is not a lock of Nelson’s hair.
It is difficult to overstate the significance and rarity of Nelson’s mourning rings. With only fifty-eight made, the vast majority of them were given to close family members and only a few were given to close friends. A close friend who receives a morning ring...
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19th Century English Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Limited Edition Fabergé Egg by Victor Mayer – No. 3 of 25
Located in Braintree, GB
Limited Edition Faberge Egg by Victor Mayer – Number. 3 of 25 A magnificent and highly exclusive Faberge collector’s egg, crafted by the esteemed workmaster Victor Mayer. This except...
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1990s German Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold, Enamel
DUNHILL London Art Deco Green
Black Enamel Desk Lighter In 925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Desk butane lighter designed by Dunhill.
This is an exceptional beautiful lift arm butane desk lighter, created in London England by the Alfred Dunhill Company, back in the 1980-199...
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1980s English Art Deco Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$4,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Modernist "Zodiac" Red Umbrella Stand in Enamel and Brass by SIVA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Giuseppe Calonaci, b. 1931 Poggibonsi (Sienna) Italy, founded S.I.V.A. in 1955, an arts laboratory focused the creation of enamel on steel/metal art and sculptural objects. This umbr...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Art Deco Modernist Ladies Powder Compact, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Not only does this Art Deco compact look awesome but it's functional too. Dating to the late 1920s-early 1930's this high style compact was meant to adorn a ladies dressing table. Yo...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Salimbeni Cigarette Case Art Nouveau Style Hand-Painted Miniature Pheasant
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled and hand-painted miniature by painter Renato Dainelli depicting a pheasant....
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Russian Silver and Enamel "Mizpah" Sentimental BroochJudaica Interest, C. 1885
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Russian Silver and Enamel "Mizpah" Sentimental Brooch, Judaica Interest, Circa 1880, Unmarked. Museum Quality. 340 Grams of Silver
A finely crafted Victorian-era silver brooch, deli...
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19th Century Russian High Victorian Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
French enamel, brass and mother of pearl Opera Glasses
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of French enamel, brass and mother of pearl opera glasses, pink enamelled and jewelled barrels, with mother of pearl caps. Go...
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1880s French Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass, Enamel
19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Fu Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
An exceptional palatial quality pair of 19th century Chinese cloisonné Fu dogs featuring gold gilding over copper.
Chinese cloisonné o...
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1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$85,000 / set
19th Century French musical automaton clock
Located in London, GB
This fine, antique mantel clock is constructed in ebonised wood by the renowned Parisian maker of automata, Xavier Tharin (French, active mid 19th Century). The clock face is set onto a curled, stylized pediment atop the clock case. The face is of white enamel, featuring black Roman numerals and signed 'Tharin a Paris', and is bordered in beaded ormolu. The pediment in which the face is set is decorated with ormolu mounts of stylized acanthus leaf form. The pediment is set onto a rectangular frame of ebonised wood, inside which is set a musical automaton...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Cigarette Case Enamel and Hand-Painted Miniature
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Ladies' handbag cigarette case with an oval section in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent enamel on a guilloché and a monochrome, hand-painted miniature of a landscape, in the E...
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1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Antique Austria 935 Silver Enamel Vanity Perfume Minaudiere Purse Cigarette Case
By Georg Jensen
Located in San Diego, CA
Up for sale is a wonderful original antique/vintage Austrian/Viennese solid .935 silver and black enamel minaudiere vanity purse case dating from the 1920's. Made in Austria. Very hi...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Brooch Diamonds Gold Cross Carlo Giuliano Renaissance Rose Cut Diamonds
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique Gold Brooch set with rose cut diamond and enamel. Renaissance Revival brooch .
Design: In the style of Carlo Giuliano, Robert Phillips, Charles Duron...
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Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Gold
Napoleon III Period Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer, Attributed to Raingo Frères
Located in London, GB
This stunning gilt bronze clock and barometer pair was created in circa 1860 in France. The two have been attributed to Raingo Frères, the prestigious, ...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
Fine Pair Golden Guilloche Enamel and Mother of Pearl Opera Glasses, c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
Pretty as a picture and in outstanding condition, this lovely pair of early twentieth century opera glasses come complete with their original case (wear commensurate with age).
Th...
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1910s French Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Art Deco Black Lacquer
Marcasite Cigarette Case
Matching Matchstick Case
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Art Deco Ladies Black Lacquer
Marcasite Cigarette
Matchstick Case 1930's.
Both Within a Shagreen Presentation Case.
Item Was By Esteemed British Luxury Brand Finnigans...
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Exquisite Limoges Enamel Portrait of a Floral Kokoshnik Beauty
By Limoges
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Limoges Enamel Portrait of a Floral Kokoshnik Beauty
France, Circa 1900s
A exquisite French Limoges enamel portrait, circa the 1900s, capturing a mesmerizing portrait of a...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Russian Icons, 19th C., 3
Located in Astoria, NY
Collection of Three Russian Icons, 19th century, comprising: Christ Pantocrater painted metal with gilt metal oklad, brass and enamel door-form traveling icon with scenes of Christ's...
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19th Century European Other Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
$750 Sale Price / set
21% Off
French Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Clock and Barometer by Charpentier
Located in London, GB
Designed in the French Rococo style, this clock and barometer set have been beautifully ornamented with scrolling foliate gilt bronze forms. The two are diamond shaped, with symmetri...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
RIPLEY
GOWAN 1928 Art Deco .925 Sterling Guilloche Enamel Purse Petrol Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
An art-deco pocket petrol lighter designed by Ripley & Gowan Co.
This is a beautiful and unusual petrol purse lighter created in America during the art-deco period, back in 1928. Th...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Silver
$718 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Virgin to the Child Enamelled Plaque, French, circa 1960
Located in Labrit, Landes
Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus enameled wall plaque.
French, mid-century.
Reproduction from a stained glass window of Reims cathedral (13th century) ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel
$234 Sale Price
48% Off
Silver-Gilt and Enamel Austro-Hungarian Horse Drawn Carriage Model
Located in London, GB
A silver-gilt and enamel Austro-Hungarian horse drawn carriage model
Austro-Hungarian, Early 20th Century
Case: 28cm high x 89cm wide x 44...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Modern Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Swiss Gold and Enamel Telescope
Located in New Orleans, LA
Scientifically advanced and exquisitely crafted, this rare 19th-century gold and enamel Swiss telescope is an item of exceptional luxury. The Swiss cre...
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19th Century European Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold, Enamel
RONSON 1937 Art Deco T-T Smoker
s Desk Double Box
Touch Tip Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
T-T Smoker's desk box with lighter made by Ronson.
This desk box for cigarettes is exceptional and very rare. Has been created in the city of Newark, New Jersey United States by The...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Steel, Chrome
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Enamelled silver cigarette box with erotic scene a naked woman. Germany 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Cigarette box in 900/1000 silver. The lid has a guilloché work in background on which, in enamel, an erotic scene is depicted with a naked woman standing in the bathroom being washed...
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Early 20th Century German Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Lorenzo Burchiellaro, Umbrella Stand, Italy, c. 1960
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lorenzo Burchiellaro, Italy, c. 1960
Patterned, Textured Metal Umbrella Stand
Aluminum, Enamel
H: 21.5 D: 7.75 W: 7.75 in.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Stainless Steel
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer
Located in London, GB
In their elaborate use of C-scrolls, putti figures, stylised acanthus leaves and flowers, this clock and barometer are clearly Rococo in their style. The Rococo came into fashion in ...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
$24,667 / set
19th Century Wall Plate - Onyx Porcelain and Bronze Cloisonné - Holy Mary
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique religious wall plaque.
Made of onyx and enamelled bronze, cloisonné technique.
In the middle a beautiful portrait of the Holy Mary, painted on porcelain.
A beauti...
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1890s French Napoleon III Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Onyx, Brass, Enamel
Baier German 1947 Army Truck Lighter Cigarette Holder And Ashtray In Aluminum
Located in Miami, FL
Army Truck Lighter, Cigarette case & ashtray by Walter Baier Company.
Beautiful large sized aluminum lighter by Baier in the shape of a jeep with a ...
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1940s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Aluminum, Enamel
$920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique European Enameled Postal Scale with Brass
Located in Miami, FL
Antique European Enameled Postal Scale with Brass, this desk top pendulum scale is a quirky and fun addition to your collection of antique scales. Bought from a collector, it’s made ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Brass, Enamel
Antique Cigarette Box Silver and Turquoise Enamel with Lily of the Valley Motif
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is an intricately made cigarette box. It is made from solid silver. The perforated lid is decorated with a complex arrangement of lily-of-the-valley motives. The rest of the...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver, Enamel
1960’s Del Campo Enamel Lighter and Ashtray
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice Del Campo Studios set from the 1960’s in an Enamel yellow-green color. Both pieces are marked Del Campo, Italy. The lighter is approximately 6.25 inches tall and the ashtray i...
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1960s Italian Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Walking stick, with painted miniature of St. Luke, Giulio Zanetti Italy 1860.
By Giulio Zanetti
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: jeweled walking stick, silver knob in the shape of a milord worked in tourchon, with finely engraved and gilded parts. At the top of the knob, a miniature painted in e...
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1850s Italian Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel
Set of Four Italian Modern Enamel and Steel "Fish" Mounted Coat Hooks by SIVA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Giuseppe Calonaci, b. 1931 Poggibonsi (Sienna) Italy, founded S.I.V.A. in 1955, an arts laboratory focused the creation of enamel on steel art and sculptural objects.
These coat rack...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Antique Amethyst and Guilloché Enamel Cat-Shaped Cane
Located in London, GB
Antique amethyst and enamel cat-shaped cane
French, Late 19th Century
Height 87cm, width 4.5cm, depth 4.5cm
This remarkable antique cane, dating back to late 19th century France, ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Amethyst, Enamel
James Bearden "Meteor Storm Screen"
Located in New York, NY
Sonic sculpture of torch-cut and polychromed steel, fused bronze, solvent dyes, and glass enamel. An elongated version of "Meteor Storm" that can serve as a screen or divider. A 2019...
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2010s American Modern Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
Mid-20th Century Modern Brass Mechanical Bridge Score Counter, United Kingdom
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th century Modern polished brass mechanical bridge score counter, United Kingdom
By: unknown
Material: brass, copper, zinc, metal, bakelite, paint, enamel, glass, plastic, syn...
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1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper, Enamel, Zinc
Gold Fishing Brooch With Trout And Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Gold, Silver & Enamel Rainbow Trout Fishing Brooch.
An exquisite 9 Carat gold fishing brooch by Alabaster & Wilson, Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter (established in 1887). The fishing ...
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Early 20th Century British Sporting Art Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Antique Cased Microscope, English, Scientific Instrument, Swift
Son, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cased microscope. An English, black enamel scientific instrument by J. Swift & Son of London, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 191...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Ancient Metal Pendant, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Metal Pendant, probably from Turkey or easter countries of the former Ottoman Empire.
Gilded metal and precious stones.
Very good condition.
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19th Century Turkish Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Stone, Metal, Enamel
Pair of Art Deco Walnut, Black Enamel
Brass Sculptural Penguin Bookends
Located in New York, NY
This charming pair of Art Deco sculptural bookends features a playful and elegant penguin design, showcasing the sophisticated craftsmanship of American artisans circa 1935. The book...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Rare English Silver
Enamel Picture Frame, Allies of 1914
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and rare English sterling silver photograph frame by the top notch silversmith, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company L...
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1910s European Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze in its color and gold, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, enamel.
In the centre of the work is presented, enthroned, the figure of Mary, with a mantel (fireplace) on her shoulders and hair and holding on her knees the child, who appears addressing one of the angels. The virgin is also sheltered by an ogee arch supported on turned columns, and raised visually by steps. This composition achieves a very striking contrast: the dark bronze figure, in contrast to the lapis lazuli background and the part of the arch and the outside of it, in gilded bronze. Under the steps there is a heraldic enamel shield with a key on an azure background. The angels, kneeling, are flanking this figure, and, appearing in dark bronze, visually share the "category" of religious figures with Mary, while their (lower) position gives more status to both the Mother and Jesus. The rest of the composition is completed with a delicate landscape: constructions and walls on mountains, clouds in the sky, plants, stones, etc. To the outside, another lapis lazuli frame is placed decorated in the corners with appliques, giving way to carved and polychrome wood. The lapis lazuli is a semiprecious stone already known in the seventh millennium BC., found in deposits from the Caucasus to Mauritania. From the end of the middle ages, it increased its export to Europe, its use being more frequent since then both to use it as a pigment in paintings after grinding it (giving rise to the finest and most expensive of the blues, and of the colors in many occasions), as for backgrounds of paintings, incrustations in works of art, jewelry and, a little later, in the well-known "hard stone works". The figure of Mary still shows an influence of Gothic models, although more European than Italian, along with elements that could already show a closeness to the Renaissance: although the nakedness of Jesus is already shown in Gothic works (Madonna with Angels by Fra Angelico ), the creation of space by playing with the cloth in front of Christ can be appreciated in more advanced paintings (Virgin with Child by Domenico Ghirlandaio, National Gallery of London); the presence of a powerful throne can be seen frequently in Italian Madonnas of the Quattrocento (and before), but not quite as presented here. As for the landscape, it is necessary to compare it, for example, with that of the fresco of the Condotiero Guidoriccio de Fogliano (Simone Martini, finished in 1328). This is a work of great technical and aesthetic quality, not to mention the materials chosen for its creation, comparable only to outstanding examples from around the world, such as those preserved in the Palazzo Madama in Torino (Italy), where the coral It also has an important role. It is essential to mention, also, works such as the plate of hard stones (lapis lazuli between them) with a relief of Mary with the Child in...
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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Enamel, Other
Handmade Silver and Enamel Bracelet Cuff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handmade silver and enamel bracelet cuff - wonderful detailing and colors - a must have for the bohemian styled person - a great stand alone piece or wit...
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20th Century Bohemian Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Chinese Hardstone and Cloisonné Enamel Flower Model
Located in London, GB
Chinese hardstone and cloisonné enamel flower model
Chinese, 20th Century
Height 14cm, depth 8cm, width 8cm
This Chinese flower model, crafted in the 20th century, is a captivating...
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20th Century Chinese Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Stone, Agate, Metal, Enamel
Art Deco Ladies Blue Enamel and Chrome Compact, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this highly styled Art Deco of American blue enamel compact dating to the 1930s. Originally it would have had a chain or tassel. Beautiful blue enamel color...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak Gift Camera #1A and Case
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak Art Deco camera with case. (model #1 A).
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1930s American Vintage Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Metal
19th Century Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock and Barometer by Dasson
Located in London, GB
This fine set comprises a cartel clock and barometer, each of which are crafted entirely in gilt bronze. The clock and barometer cases are identical, and take the form of a lyre. The...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze
19th Century Swiss Gold Musical Vinaigrette
Located in New Orleans, LA
This early 19th century Swiss gold vinaigrette has the charming addition of a musical mechanism. The entire box is crafted of 14-karat yellow gold envelo...
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19th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Enamel More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold, Enamel
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