Silver Italian Jewelry – The Standard for Originality and Luxury
The handcrafted look and feel of silver Italian jewelry is the trademark that has made it the preferred choice of buyers from all over the world for hundreds of years. Italy has earned its reputation for quality and original design from a history of exacting techniques, much of which has been handed down from one generation of jewelers to the next.
A good example of this tradition is Fortunato Pio Castellani, who opened his Italian jewelry workshop in Rome around 1814, first creating fashion jewelry from the popular designs. By the 1830s, he had become inspired by the Etruscan discoveries of ancient Italian jewelry. Castellani became the first 19th-century jeweler to create works closely modeled after classical Italian and Greek prototypes, thus creating a new fashion trend.
Castellani was inspired to pursue the ‘granulation’ technique, which was perfected by the Etruscans in the 9th to 4th centuries B.C. and made Italian jewelry of this period so unique. Castellani’s passion for excellence became close to an obsession and resulted in the revival of many ancient...