SOLD – Picture Frame floral engraving and hand-painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni

Description

Photo frame with floral engraving for oval photos 7.8 x 10.4 cm in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with a very fine floral engraving, fired enameled and hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli, in Art Nouveau style, early 1900s. External dimensions 13.5 x 15.5 cm. Weight 255 g. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1984 and made in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters, entirely by hand by artisan artists with thick sheet metal and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous large-scale enamel firings at approximately 800°.