For sale here is a RARE and superb vintage 1970s handmade enamel on bronze modernist bowl / artwork designed by Gio Ponti and executed by the four artists known as the Studio del Campo. Studio Del Campo in Turin, Italy (1957-1998), was a collaborative name shared by craftsmen-artists Virgilio Bari, Euclide Chiambretti, Lidia Lanfranconi, and Bianca Tuninetto. Characteristics of their enamel works were the extreme precision of the finishes and the use of silver leaf under glazes, as well as searc...
This is a truly lovely 5-piece sterling silver dressing table set inset with superb quality guilloche enamel in a gorgeous shade of deeply saturated rose pink. Made by Charles S. Green in Birmingham. The set consists of a hand mirror, a hair brush, a comb, a clothes brush, a shoe horn and a button hook, all beautifully made and prettily decorated to the very highest standards. The streamlined elongated shapes of the mirror and the hair brush together with their elegantly tapering handles are p...
Market-fresh modish Japonesque sterling silver baby cup. Retailed by Tiffany & Co. in Union Square, New York. Straight sides and split-mounted high-looping. Butler-finish with kimono-clad, bristly-haired figures. One peeps from behind round cartouche (vacant) supported by open-handed sage. Diaper ground and fretwork borders. Rims and handle have raised ornament. Base rim pierced and handle heightened with black enamel. A rare hollowware piece in historic Japanese pattern. Marks (1870-5) includ...
Turn-of-the-century Edwardian sterling silver 3-piece baby set. Made by Barbour Silver Co. (part of International) in Hartford. This set comprises cup, bowl, and plate. Cup has tapering sides, flared rim, and high-looping handle. Bowl has flared rim and tapering sides. Plate has deep well and wide shoulder. Engraved scenes from popular tales and rhymes heightened with enamel: Little Jack Horner and same Bo Peep (cup), Hey Diddle Diddle (bowl), and Three Bears (plate).
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Rare mixed metal pitcher with lots of bugs. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1880. Globular with drum-form neck, small lip spout, and c-scroll handle. Modish insects—dragon fly, grasshopper, and butterfly—creep and dart among fluid and interlaced grass stalks applied to hand-hammered sterling silver ground heightened with floral engraving and copper inlay. A superb integration of Japonesque and Craftsman. Interlaced script monogram engraved to underside. Fully marked including pattern n...