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Pill box with fired enamels, hand-painted pastoral scene in the Baroque style by Salimbeni

$1,277.84
£947.14
€1,322.48VAT Included
CA$1,782.64
A$1,808.17
CHF 1,032.52
MX$21,897.56
NOK 12,155.24
SEK 12,114.90
DKK 8,265.04

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A large, sculpted pillbox made of gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver, featuring a miniature fire-enameled piece hand-painted by the artist Romano Buccioni, based on a 17th-century painting depicting a pastoral scene in the Baroque style. Dimensions: 4 x 5 x 2.3 cm. Weight: 71 g. Designed by Renato Salimbeni in 1968, inspired by earlier products from the Salimbeni company dating from the first half of the 20th century, and produced in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters, entirely by hand by artisan artists using thick sheets and substantial reinforcements capable of withstanding numerous high-temperature enameling firings at approximately 750–800°C. ENAMEL English: enamel French: smalt German: schmelzen (to melt) A glassy substance consisting of a mixture of silicates, potash, silica, soda, red lead, quartz, feldspars, borax, and minerals containing metallic phosphors, as well as numerous metallic oxides. The enamel base material is prepared in melting furnaces into which the aforementioned ingredients are added. The mass is heated to temperatures varying, depending on the situation, between 1000° and 1200° C until molten glass is formed; this is followed by rapid water cooling. At this point, the material is finely ground, known as "frit." The color of the base material is obtained by adding metallic oxides, which, in varying percentages, do not compromise its transparency. These are mixed with the "frit" and then thoroughly washed with distilled water to remove any residual impurities from the powder. The whole thing is then melted again and poured into molds to store it in blocks. Before use, it must be finely ground again and washed with distilled water. There are approximately 700 different colors of enamel, but in practice today, use is limited to about two hundred. However, layering the different colors allows for a virtually infinite range of combinations and shades, which can range, even on the same object, from darker to lighter shades and vice versa. Hand-painted MINIATURES can be created using a variety of techniques. The most important ones we use on our items are threefold: those with fired enamel, those with water tempera on ivory plates, those painted on mother-of-pearl plates. Fired enamel miniatures: On a first layer of enamel, usually white, very light, or even transparent, melted at a temperature of about 750°C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors. These are colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine powder, almost impalpable like face powder. These colors are washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small amounts of deoxidizing acids. These, diluted with essential oils (usually solder essential oil), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes, the subject is drawn, starting from the outline and then gradually adding various layers of color. Frequent firings are necessary to ensure the colors harden and don't absorb into the underlying enamel, as the colors would spread irreparably during subsequent firings at 750°C as they liquefy. Hence the need to build up the painting piece by piece, firing it repeatedly. Numerous touch-ups are then required, often layering different colors, a skill that only the painter's experience allows. A beautiful miniature requires 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems no further intervention necessary. Some colors must be darker than others because they fade when overlaid with the transparent enamel used to seal the miniature. This transparent layer, known in jargon as "fondant," must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.

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