Tag: enamel

Decorative boxes by Austrian silversmith and jeweler Georg Adam Scheid. Living from 1838 to 1921, he had his own workshop in Vienna, producing a variety of silver and enameled goods that were sold throughout Western Europe.


Sterling silver box with green guilloché enamel. 1904. made in Vienna, Austria. Georg Adam Scheid, maker. Maker’s marks: mark for Georg Adam Scheid; British import marks. Image © 2008-2021 Bukowski Auktioner AB. Fair use license. via https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctions/E345/lots/1023763-an-austrian-silver-green-guilloche-enamel-box-makers-s-mark-georg-adam-scheid-vienna-1904
Oblong sterling silver box with slightly curved walls and a lidded hinge with white and green enamel and a gilded interior. 1900-1909. Art Nouveau. Made in Vienna, Austria by Georg Adam Scheid. Marked on the underside. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/austrian-silver-art-nouveau-box-white-green-enameled-georg-adam-scheid-1900/id-f_14267311/
Sterling silver and guilloché powder box with a gilt interior. Translucent ivory ground decorated with an elegantly colorful painted enamel bouquet of wildflowers tied with a blue ribbon and the sides with complementary floral springs. Edwardian, ca. 1900-1905. Made in Vienna, Austria by Georg Adam Scheid. Maker’s marks: gilt interior stamped with Imperial Austrian hallmarks and mark for Georg Adam Scheid. Image ©1998-2021 Kensington House Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.kensingtonhouseantiques.com/items/1405567/Sterling-Silver-Guilloche-Enamel-Powder-Box-by-Georg-Adam-Scheid

Imperial era Russian silver enameled up and ready to grace anyone’s dacha. Mid 19th century, made by goldworker Pavel Ovchinnikov of Moscow.

Beaker. 1895. Made in Moscow.
Beaker. 1895. Made in Moscow. Silver and cloisonné enamel. Image © Shapiro Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.shapiroauctions.com/auctions/russian-international-art-auction-2013-11-16/413-a-silver-gilt-and-cloisonne-enamel-beaker-pavel-ovchinnikov-moscow-1895/
Tea caddy. 1908-1917.
Tea caddy. 1908-1917. Silver and cloisonné enamel. Image © MutualArt. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Russian-Silver-and-Cloisonne-Enamel-Tea-/041A34C7B2403E71
Box with cockerel handles. 1908-1917.
Box with cockerel handles. 1908-1917. Made in Moscow. Silver-gilt with cloisonné enamel. Mark of Pavel Ovchinnikov beneath the imperial warrant. Image © 2019 Catawiki. Fair use license. via https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/12079053-imperial-russian-84-silver-gilt-cloisonn-enamel-box-with-cockerel-handles-mark-of-pavel-ovchinnikov-1830-1888-beneath-the-imperial-warrant-moscow-russia-1908-1917
Octagonal tankard. Made for Tsar Alexander III in 1889-90.
Octagonal tankard. Made in Moscow for Tsar Alexander III in 1889-90. Gilded silver, multicolor cloisonné and plique-à-jour enamel tankard. Decorated with a design of scrolling foliage with a plique-à-jour enamel scene of an eagle fighting a serpent. Design taken from a Turkish-made enamel tankard with a coiled-serpent handle that had been a gift to Tsar of Muscovy and was preserved in the Kremlin Armory that was included in Solntsev’s Antiquities of the Russian State, published in the mid 19th century. Image © 2019 John Atzbach Antiques. Fair use license. via http://atzbach.com/product/pavel-ovchinnikov-tankard-for-alexander-iii/
Silver-gilt and red lacquer cream jug. Circular form with waisted rim, the sides applied with raised sprays of flowers over a red lacquered surface, the scroll handle with mythological fish at the upper junction. 1896-1908. Made in Moscow, Russia. Pavel Ovchinnikov, maker. Maker’s marks: 84 zolotnics kokoshnik mark. Image © 2024 Bonhams. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30190/lot/29/a-russian-silver-gilt-and-red-lacquer-cream-jug-p-ovchinnikov-84-zolotnics-kokoshnik-mark-1896-1908/

Viking boats in rainbow glass mosaic in a network of gilt threads and things to go with them. Useful if the Norsemen of the North ever return and pretty just to keep around the herregård. Norwegian. Goldsmith Marius Hammer, maker (1847-1927). Roughly contemporary with Gustav Gaudernack whose work we saw a bit back with more coming.

Cup and saucer. ca. 1900.
Cup and saucer. ca. 1900. Gilded silver and plique-a-jour enamel. Almost certainly made by Marius Hammer. Image © John Atzbach Antiques. Fair use license. via http://atzbach.com/product/a-norwegian-gilded-silver-and-plique-a-jour-enamel-cup-and-saucer/

Bordoppsats (Jardiniere). 1898-1902.
Bordoppsats (Jardiniere). 1898-1902. Filigree silver with window and mirror enamel over guilloche. Collection of the Nasjonal Museet. Fair use license. via http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/object/NMK.2008.0732

Creamer (detail). ca. 1898-1910.
Creamer (detail) . Gilt silver and enamel. ca. 1898-1910. Image © Heritage Auctions, HA.com. Fair use license. via https://fineart.ha.com/itm/silver-holloware-continental/a-russian-gilt-silver-and-enamel-sugar-bowl-with-marius-hamm

Tesil Sil (tea strainer). ca. 1900.
Tesil Sil (tea strainer). ca. 1900. Molded and filigree silver and gilding with window enameling and perforation. Image © Nasjonal Museet, Oslo. Fair use license. via http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/object/OK-1990-0068#

Skål. ca. 1895.
Skål. ca. 1895. Filigree work in gold-plated silver, with mirror enamel and window painting. Image © Nasjonal Museet, Oslo. Fair use license. via http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/object/OK-1995-0086#