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19th C. Coromandel
Silver-Mounted Vanity Case Retailed By Mayer
Co Liverpool
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb quality ladies’ travelling vanity case, veneered in richly figured coromandel wood with brass edging and escutcheons, the hinged lid opening to reveal a fitted interior line...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Rosewood Inlaid Mantle Clock by Walker and Hall
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique rosewood inlaid mantle clock by Walker and Hall having a pretty and unusual rosewood Mother of Pearl and brass inlaid case with an eight day movement. It boasts a porcelain d...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Mantel Clocks
Materials
Other
$1,524 Sale Price
20% Off
Lovely Antique Grotto Shell Souvenir du Croisir Inkwell Art Nouveau
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique inkwell is a stunning example of Art Nouveau design, shaped like a grotto shell and inscribed with "Souvenir du Croisir," capturing the romantic essence of a b...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Inkwells
Materials
Metal
19th Century French Bronze Green Opaline Glass Inkwell Set
Located in Guaynabo, PR
French Bronze Green Opaline Double Inkwells Set. It depicts a Japonisme style bronze tray with a pair of green opaline inkwell bottles mounted in round...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Japonisme Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
German Porcelain Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important German porcelain snuff box exhibits delightful artistry and craftsmanship. Hand painted classical tableau celebrating the e...
Category
Antique 18th Century German Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$12,500
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Pietra Dura
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Anglo Raj inlaid marble pietra dura decorative box
This handmade marble decorative box is inlaid with semi precious stones, jasper, malachite, carnelian, mother of pearl, lapis lazuli, this type of design is the same art that you see in the Taj Mahal.
Very nice fine pietra dura art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
19th Century English Victorian Papier Mache Inlay
Gold Leaf Dust Pan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisitely inlaid and gold leafed Papier Mâché Dust Pan circa 1870s, has a black lacquered finish with mother of pearl inlays, gold leaf hand-painted floral design and riparia...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Chinese Export Gilt Lacquer Fan
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Framed Chinese Export Painted Fan. Delicate painted fan with courtyard scene of royal figure and attendants, mother of pearl or similar inlaid faces. Bordered top and bo...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Picture Frames
Materials
Glass, Wood
Carved Natural Amber Sculpture "Nesting Snakes" by Lee Downey Bali, Indonesia
By Lee Downey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A finely carved natural Aber Specimen group of nesting snakes, featuring a large, very clear amber specimen from Chiapas, Mexico, a carving representing two snakes intertwined around a tree trunk rests within a section of natural moose antler which cleverly represents the base of the tree. A mother-of-pearl carved egg form tops the display. On a jet base with an amber piece giving the impression of an imbedded sphere. Offered with a custom-fitted Balinese fabric...
Category
Late 20th Century Indonesian Country Animal Sculptures
Materials
Other
$1,450 Sale Price
49% Off
Meji
s Period Inro Box. Japan, 19th Century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Inro is an ancient traditional Japanese box used to carry and store small items such as tobacco, money, paintbrushes, and other objects. The...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Irish Regency Tea Caddy
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautiful Irish 19th century rosewood tea caddy has its original glass and all of its interior. A sarcophagus design sitting on butt...
Category
Antique 1890s Northern Irish Tea Caddies
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse
s Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence 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 high heat 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
Vintage 1980s Italian Art Nouveau Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Japanese Woven Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Japanese decorative woven box. Late Edo/Early Meiji Japanese box, with
mother-of-pearl and ceramic inlay in autumnal leaf motif. Complete with working lock a...
Category
Antique 1790s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Mother-of-Pearl
$5,850
18th Century Italian Cross with Fossil Agate Coral and Mounted on Fossil Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian cross with fossil agate coral and mounted on fossil coral.
The fossil agate coral and fossil coral are put together with the 18th century cross to lo...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Natural Specimens
Materials
Rock Crystal, Agate, Coral
Rare French Empire ormolu and patinated bronze portefaix clock signed Alibert
Located in London, GB
Extremely rare antique French Empire ormolu and patinated bronze portefaix mantel clock signed in the bronze Alibert with two tune musical base also signed Alibert. This model is bas...
Category
Antique 1810s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Zaalberg 1950s Dark Red Green Lustre Glazed Vase
By Zaalberg
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Dark red and green glaze with mother of pearl sheen covers this soft cylinder shaped tall Dutch vase from the 1950s. Signed under base. Beautiful vintage condition.
Zaalberg, The N...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Luster, Pottery, Stoneware
$532 Sale Price
35% Off
Papier Mâché Inkstand w/ Drawer
Crystal Inkwells English Jennens
Bettridge
By Jennens and Bettridge
Located in Savannah, GA
This high quality Papier-Mache desk set is beautifully hand painted in a floral motif and features inlaid mother of pearl and the original pair of cut glass inkwells with brass tops....
Category
Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
$575 Sale Price
27% Off
Montblanc Limited Edition 2009 Max Von Oppenheim 693/888
By Montblanc
Located in Braintree, GB
Introducing the Montblanc Patron of Art Limited Edition 2009 Max von Oppenheim 888 - a masterpiece of craftsmanship and elegance, inspired by the life and lega...
Category
Early 2000s German More Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
Japanese Ginbari Perfume Vase in Cloisonné Enamel, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stunning example of a Japanese foiled cloisonne miniature brass perfume bottle or incense vase hand-painted with decorative flowers. The shimmer from ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Vases
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Set of Desk and Writing Instruments in Fitted Leather Box, 19th Century
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This lovely three-piece 19th century writing set consists of a pen with silver tip, letter opener of mother of pearl with agate handle and silver connector and a detailed intaglio en...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Silver
Snuffbox Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dimensions cm. 5.5 x 7 x 1.8. Weight gr. 105. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1975 in Art Deco style and executed in numerous specimens, at the specific request of the firm Tiffany
Co., in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for sustaining numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique French 19th Century Napoleon III Jewelry Box Inlaid Brass Pearl Thuya
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Marvelous & luxurious ! This most rare 19th century French antique Napoleon III jewelry box.
Great large size jewelry box that can be used to store your jewelry in style! Very rar...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
European Studio Ceramicist, Tealight Candle Holder Shaped like the Moon
Located in København, Copenhagen
European studio ceramicist. Tealight candle holder shaped like the moon in glazed ceramics.
Beautiful marbled glaze in orange and mother of pe...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Ceramic
Carved Citrine Pill Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite French pill box combines the mastery of the French goldsmithing tradition with the radiance of citrine. The box was crafted by the celebrated French jeweler Gustave-Roger Sandoz, who was renowned for producing exceptional pieces with a variety of gems in the Art Nouveau style. In this example, he brilliantly combined pieces of highly translucent, golden citrine with gold to create the exquisite box. The texture of the carving is exceptional, with a natural and dynamic motif that evokes the very best tenets of the Art Nouveau style. The gold rim is further decorated with tiny beads, while a pearl-mounted gold leaf finial completes the exceptional piece.
Maison Gustave Sandoz...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass, Art Glass
$24,500
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
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
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Divine Decadence Multifunctional Object in Rose Aurore Marble by Richard Yasmine
By Richard Yasmine
Located in Geneve, CH
Divine Decadence Multifunctional Object in Rose Aurore Marble by Richard Yasmine
Dimensions: Vase: Ø 40 x H 18 cm.
Base: Ø 18 x H 10,5 cm.
Head: Ø 10,5 x H 25 cm.
Candleholder: Ø 5 x...
Category
2010s Lebanese Modern Vases
Materials
Marble, Other
Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled stripes and fine oval enameled miniature in center cm. 3 x 4 hand-painted by ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Napoleon III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
21st Century Kelly Decorative Hexagonal Box in Leather Handcrafed in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
The refinement of resin meets the softness of italian leather.
An elegant lid with a mother of pearl look beautifully complete the hexagonal bases fully covered inside and outside...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vanities
Materials
Leather, Wood, Resin
Divine Decadence Multifunctional Object in Punta Azul Marble by Richard Yasmine
By Richard Yasmine
Located in Geneve, CH
Divine Decadence Multifunctional Object in Punta Azul Marble by Richard Yasmine
Dimensions: Vase: Ø 22 x H 21,5 cm.
Base: Ø 8 x H 21,5 cm.
Head: Ø 5 x H 20,5 cm.
Candleholder: Ø 5 x ...
Category
2010s Lebanese Modern Vases
Materials
Marble, Silver, Steel, Other
Barovier
Toso Murano Art Glass Very Large Blue and Clear Vase, 1960s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Delft, NL
Barovier & Toso Murano Art Glass very large blue and clear vase
A huge 32 cm high and very thick hand-blown blue and clear glass with gold flake...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Vases
Materials
Art Glass
18th Century Italian Bronze-Gold Crucifix Mounted on a Crystal Geode
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian bronze-gold crucifix with coordinating gold leaf shells and crystal points mounted on a crystal geode. The gold leaf shells adorn the crucifix and the base of th...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Lighter and Ashtrays Set, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lighter and ashtrays set is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s.
An elegant set composed by an ashtray and a lighter in brass and metal,...
Category
Vintage 1970s Unknown Ashtrays
Materials
Metal, Brass
Jjirasi Vase #03. From the Jjirasi series
By Yongwon Noh
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jjirasi Vase explores the intertwined narratives of South Korea's urban landscapes and his own experiences, reflecting on how future generations might engage with traditional art and...
Category
2010s Korean Arts and Crafts Vases
Materials
Ceramic, PVC, Resin
17th Century Italian Candlestick with Fossil Agate Coral
Pearls on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century distressed Italian decorated church candlestick with fossil agate coral and natural forming baroque pearls on a lucite base.
The 17th century Italian distressed candles...
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Candlesticks
Materials
Coral, Agate
Cigarette Case Hunting Dogs Miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and fine miniature hand painted...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Art Nouveau Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Lacquered Paper Mache Sewing or Jewelry Box with Inlaid Carved Shell
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique paper mâché and lacquered box is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in England in circa 1870 in the period Aesthetic Movement style. The box was made as a sewing chest, but could be adapted for other purposes such as a jewelry box. The box is composed of paper mâché with a glossy black lacquered finish. The stepped top has scalloped edges and a detailed border of inlaid mother of pearl done with a floral motif. The central portion of the box's top is done with large pieces of mother of pearl or abalone shell and accented with flaked gilt details. The front and sides of the box are accented with hand-painted gilt detailing and the inside of the top is hand painted with floral accents. The inner tray of this box is divided into several compartments, some having fabric covered lids with molded handles. The inside of the box is paper lined in the same blue patterned paper as the tray. There is small brass lock on the front of the box, but there is no key. The box is finished with round squat biscuit shaped feet.
Please note that due to the composition of this box, it may only be shipped within Canada.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular tabletop jewelery box with inward corners in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides and finished with fine hand engraving. In the center, a beautiful rectangular miniature cm. 4 x 5.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable ivory plate by Roberto Masi depicting the portrait of Madame Boucard by Tamara De Lempicka (1931). Size cm. 14 x 19 x 3.2. Weight gr. 1,248. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1998 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens with different subjects and colours, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous glazing firings at high heat 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
1990s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Divine Decadence 2 Multifunctional Object in Aurore Marble by Richard Yasmine
By Richard Yasmine
Located in Geneve, CH
Divine Decadence 2 Multifunctional Object in Aurore Marble by Richard Yasmine
Dimensions: Vase: Ø 24 x H 28 cm.
Base: Ø 12 x H 14,5 cm.
Head: Ø 8 x H 19 cm.
Candleholder: Ø 5 x H 6 c...
Category
2010s Lebanese Modern Vases
Materials
Marble, Silver, Steel, Other
Pillbox Queen Victoria English style Shaped Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fired enameled miniature. Queen Victoria English style second half of the 19th century. Measurements cm. 2.2 ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Queen Anne Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Jjirasi Vase #05. From the series Jjirasi
By Yongwon Noh
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jjirasi Vase explores the intertwined narratives of South Korea's urban landscapes and his own experiences, reflecting on how future generations might engage with traditional art and...
Category
2010s Korean Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Resin, PVC
Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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
Vintage 1970s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Contemporary Unique Black Document Box with Bull Design by Arijian
Located in Namyangju-si, KR
This artwork uses mother of pearl to re-interpret 'A Bull,' which is an iconic work by one of the most celebrated South Korean artists in modern and contemporary painting...
Category
2010s South Korean Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pill Box Sterling Silver Hand Painted Miniature Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century, and fine hand engravings. Measure cm. 3,5 x 4,...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Northern Thai Lan Na Bronze Buddha Seated in Meditation, 15th-16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely northern Thai cast bronze seated meditating Buddha statue with shell inlaid eyes, style of Wat Chedi Luang, Lan Na Kingdom, region of Chiang Mai, 15th-16th century.
The statue of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, is portrayed in dhyanasana, seated upon a double lotus pedestal atop a raised platform. His legs in virasana, the half lotus position, hands in dhyana mudra, the gesture of meditation.
The Buddha's face is youthful and pleasant, reminiscent of faces of contemporaneous Sukhothai Buddha...
Category
Antique 16th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
French Fireplace Clock of Marble, Bronze
Decorated With Ornaments From 1840s
Located in Lejre, DK
The French fireplace clock from the 1840s is a stunning testament to the craftsmanship and elegance of the era. Crafted from luxurious marble and adorned with intricate bronze decora...
Category
Antique 1840s French Art Deco Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Crucifix Mounted on Jasper with Crystal Points
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix mounted on jasper with crystal points. The crystal points create more sunrays around the halo of the crucifix. The reddish tips of the crysta...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Cross with Smoky Quartz Crystals and Pyrite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian cross mounted on smoky quartz crystals in matrix with pyrite formations. The center of the cross has an abstract figure of Christ created from acrylic crystals. The missing sunrays are replaced with the smoky quartz crystal points...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Mounted Objects
Materials
Agate, Coral, Rock Crystal
Baroque Style Green Table Box with Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Baroque style shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving interspersed with spaces with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and a beautiful h...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Baroque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Italian Round Picture Frame 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into a world of timeless elegance with our Vintage Italian Round Picture Frame from the 1980s. Meticulously crafted in Italy, this frame is a captivating fusion of wood and moth...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Table Box Squared Green Enamel with oval miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on sunburst guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External measurements cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 636- Fine oval miniature cm. 3.2 x 4.2 hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory plate by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproducing a portrait of a Flemish lady...
Category
1990s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
18th Century Italian "Young John the Baptist" Framed in a Fluorite
Gold Frame
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Young John the Baptist" painting framed with purple and yellow fluorite. The painting original came from Tuscany and depicts him as a young man with a lamb. Thi...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique English Regency Miniature Apprentice Chest Drawers Flame Mahogany 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Beautiful English Regency Miniature two over three graduated drawer flame mahogany Chest of Drawers of outstanding quality and workmanship and compact proportions. Circa 1800-20.
T...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Salimbeni Table Box Art Nouveau Painting Pre-Raphaelite School Fired Enamel
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
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
Vintage 1980s Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$3,152 Sale Price
20% Off
Superb quality antique Regency rosewood inlaid bracket clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Superb quality antique Regency rosewood inlaid bracket clock by Seller of Reading, having a brass bezel and a signed circular white dial with Roman numerals and the original hands, t...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
$3,261 Sale Price
20% Off
Table Box Octagonal Light Blue Fired Enamel and Miniature Madame Drouais on Sali
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and beautiful hand-painted enamelled miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the portrait of Madame Drouais painted by her husband Francois Hubert in 1785 and conserved in the Louvre Museum. Fine hand-engravings on the sides. French Empire style. Measure cm. 8x8x3.7. Weight gr. 285. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1989 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous eamelled firings at high heat 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
Vintage 1980s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Shagreen Candelabra Base with Brass Inlay by Patrick Coard, Paris
By Patrick Coard
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Candelabras
Materials
Brass
Shagreen Candelabra Base with Brass Inlay by Patrick Coard, Paris
By Patrick Coard
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Candelabras
Materials
Brass
Shagreen Candelabra Base with Brass Inlay by Patrick Coard, Paris
By Patrick Coard
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Candelabras
Materials
Brass
Magnificent English Papier Mâché Jewellery Cabinet / Box, circa 1860, Dogs
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning and very fine papier mâché jewellery cabinet dating to circa 1860, mid-Victorian in era.
The box is inlaid all over with tiny tiles ...
Category
Antique 1860s English Late Victorian Jewelry Boxes
19th Century Paper Mache and Crystal Inkwell
Located in Water Mill, NY
19th century papier mâché and mother-of-pearl with elaborately carved inkwells.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Inkwells
Materials
Brass
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