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Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

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...
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1990s Italian Modern Sterling Silver

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Wood-Backed Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau Period, sterling silver, wood-backed picture frame, Chester, England, year-hallmarked for 1903, H. Matthews - maker. Frame measures 4 1/2 inches high (at highest point) x...
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Table Box Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone and Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table box in the shape of a four-leaf clover in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated and real malachite stone petals. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5 . Silver weight gr. 340. Designed b...
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver

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Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Ashtray Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone and Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table ashtray in the shape of a four-leaf clover with structure in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated and external and internal lining in real malachite stone. Dimensions cm. 12 x ...
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver

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Malachite, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate

Art Nouveau Sterling Silver- Mounted Iridescent Green Art Glass Bud Vase
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau Period, sterling silver-mounted iridescent green Art Glass 2-handled bud vase, London, year-hallmarked for 1901. Measures 7 1/4 inches high x 3 inches diameter (at widest...
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Art Nouveau American Sterling Overlay Green Glass Vase C.1910
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Art Nouveau Sterling overlay green Vase, American C.1910. Tapered bulbous form, the lower section with art nouveau sterling overlay decorative surround, the green glass slightly tape...
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Early 20th Century Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Large, sterling silver, wood-backed picture frame, Birmingham, England, 1921, Gulienetti and Co., Ltd. - makers. Measures 10 inches high (at highest point) x 8 inches wide at widest ...
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1920s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Hump-Top Picture Frame with Wood Back
Located in New York, NY
Arts and Crafts, sterling silver, hump-top picture frame with wood back, Chester England, year-hallmarked for 1911, H. Williamson, Ltd. - maker. Beautiful, hammered design. Vacant ca...
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1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Edwardian Sterling Silver Hump, Topped Wood-Backed Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver, hump-topped, wood-backed picture frame, Birmingham, England, 1912, Charles and Turner - makers. Measures 8 inches high (at highest point) x 4 3/4 inches w...
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1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

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Art Deco, sterling silver-mounted shagreen table box, London, 1923, Charles Boynton & Sons, Ltd, makers. Measures: 6 1/4" wide x 3 1/2" deep x 2 1/4" high. Wood lined. Shagreen is be...
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Located in London, GB
A classic antique solid Silver Cigar Box / Cigarette Box with a highly polished silver exterior. The interior of the Silver Box has a cedar wood lined base and the lid is gilded. The interior has a removable wooden...
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This Art Nouveau vase displays particularly beautiful embossing which allows the harmonious creation of the figures of two young women at the front of the vase and two more at the ba...
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Vintage, New and Antique Sterling Silver

Dining and entertaining changed drastically when we began to set our tables with sterling silver for holiday gatherings, wedding receptions, engagement parties and, in some of today’s homes, everyday meals.

Often called the “Queen of metals,” silver has been universally adored for thousands of years. It is easy to see why it has always been sought after: It is durable, strong and beautiful. (Louis XIV had tables made entirely of silver.) Sterling silver is an alloy that is made of 92.5 percent silver — the “925” stamp that identifies sterling-silver jewelry refers to this number. The other 7.5 percent in sterling silver is typically sourced from copper.

Neoclassical-style sterling-silver goods in Europe gained popularity in the late 18th century — a taste for sterling-silver tableware as well as tea sets had taken shape — while in the United States, beginning in the 19th century, preparing the dinner table with sterling-silver flatware had become somewhat of a standard practice. Indeed, owning lots of silver goods during the Victorian era was a big deal. Back then, displaying fine silver at home was a status symbol for middle-class American families. And this domestic silver craze meant great profitability for legendary silversmith manufacturers such as Reed & Barton, Gorham Manufacturing Company and the International Silver Company, which was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898, a major hub of silver manufacturing nicknamed “Silver City.”

Today, special occasions might call for ceremonial silver designed by Tiffany & Co. or the seductive sterling-silver cutlery from remarkable Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, but there really doesn’t have to be an event on the calendar to trot out your finest tableware.

Event- and wedding-planning company maestro Tara Guérard says that some “investment pieces,” such as this widely enamored alloy, should see everyday use, and we’re inclined to agree.

“Sterling-silver flatware is a must-have that you can use every single day, even to eat cereal,” she says. “Personally, I want a sterling-silver goblet set for 12 to 20; I would use them every time I had a dinner party. Ultimately, there are no criteria for buying vintage pieces: Buy what you love, and make it work.”

Whether you’re thinking “ceremonial” or “cereal,” browse a versatile collection of vintage, new and antique sterling-silver wares on 1stDibs today.

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