Luxury Antique Sterling Gilt Floral Blue Guilloche Enamel Stamp Roll Holder

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Luxury Antique Sterling Gilt Floral Blue Guilloche Enamel Stamp Roll Holder :
$245.00

A hundred years ago was a time of general prosperity in Europe and the U.S. Life at the top was a whirl of social events. Members of the upper class were supremely conscious of their position and used their jewelry and lavish lifestyle to set themselves apart from less fortunate mortals.

Virtually every social interaction called for the exchange of gifts. While jewelry satisfied many of these obligations, some occasions called for something different. To this end, jewelers devised all sorts of intriguing treasures. Decorative and useful, many incorporated guilloché enameling.

Guilloché refers to engraved decorative patterns produced by a tour a guilloche, a machine similar to a turning lathe. First developed in the 1500s for use on soft materials such as ivory or wood, guilloché engraving was adapted for precious metals in the 1700s. Luxuries of the period – such as gold and silver snuffboxes, chatelaines and watchcases – were often decorated with guilloché designs. Patterns were of two types:

Linear, such as rippling waves or zigzags.
Radiating concentric, such as rosettes or starbursts.

This luxury antique stamp roll holder/dispenser is sterling with gold gilt. The lid is beautifully covered in blue guilloche enameling. There are hand painted pink roses, blue forget-me-nots, and green leaves that encircle the entire edge of the lid. This is a wonderful lavish piece of history to complete a set, add to an existing collection or an opportunity to start a new collection. The stamp holder is 1 1/2 inches high and 2 inches in diameter.