Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enameled engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature in 18th century French Empire style. Dimensions cm. 7.8 x 10.5 x 2.5. Weight g. 347. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1974 on the inspiration of previous artefacts from the early 1900s and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with high thickness slab and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enamellng firings at around 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
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Creator:Franco Salimbeni(Designer),Salimbeni(Manufacturer)
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Dimensions:Height: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)Width: 4.14 in (10.5 cm)Depth: 3.08 in (7.8 cm)
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Style:Empire(In the Style Of)
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Materials and Techniques:EnamelGold PlateSterling SilverChamplevé,Enameled,Engraved,Fired,Hand-CraftedHand-PaintedPlated
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Place of Origin:Italy
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Period:1970-1979
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Date of Manufacture:1974
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Condition:Excellent
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Seller Location:Firenze, IT
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Reference Number:Seller: LU6492239727492
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