Square pill box with oval section in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels with guillochè stripes and hand-engraved motifs on all sides. George V English Empire style. Dimensions cm. 4.7 x 5.5 x 1.8. Weight gr. 90. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1977 and reproduced in different specimens and different colors, in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with a thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750 °<800° C. Excavation of the “beds” where the enamel is placed with a depth of about mm. 0.4 by means of burins and subsequent guilloché engraving, which is an artisanal process performed on precious metals which allows to obtain surfaces engraved with complex and repeated geometric motifs. The technique consists in engraving the metal with a burin using a machine with manual controls. Subsequent execution of manual engraving of the Empire style ornament. High-fire enamelling, with numerous firings, with translucent colours. Sanding and subsequent manual finishing incision.
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Creator:Giorgio Salimbeni(Designer),Salimbeni(Manufacturer)
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Dimensions:Height: 0.71 in (1.8 cm)Width: 2.17 in (5.5 cm)Depth: 1.86 in (4.7 cm)
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Style:George IV(In the Style Of)
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Materials and Techniques:Sterling SilverHand-CarvedHand-CraftedPlated
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Place of Origin:Italy
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Period:1970-1979
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Date of Manufacture:1977
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Condition:Excellent
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Seller Location:Firenze, IT
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Reference Number:Seller: LU6492234317122
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