«Primavera» cameo carved by hand, in the frame of flowers in three golds with natural stones

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"Primavera" Cameo brooch and pendant in gold and silver

Name: "Primavera" Cameo brooch and pendant in gold and silver
Brand: Anna Gioielli
SKU: P313Fcam
Price: 14900.0 EUR
Availability: InStock

Ten centimeters, and inside there is Botticelli's Primavera.

€14.900,00 P313Fcam

Drawn and built by hand at the bench, in Tosi.

The cameo is carved by hand, and the figures it carries come from Botticelli's Primavera: the same line of bodies holding hands, the same suspended grace. Ten centimeters in all, worn as a brooch or hung at the neck.

The frame is a flowering branch built in three golds — yellow, white and red, all eighteen carat — with piercing and the burin. In each corolla a different natural stone is set: citrine, amethyst, iolite, blue topaz, rose quartz, peridot.

The material

Weights and carats as the workshop declares them.

35,30 gramsYellow, white and red gold 18kt 750‰

Metals: Yellow, white and red gold 18kt 750‰ · silver
Dimensions: 10 cm
Technique: Made entirely by hand. The leaves are pierced and engraved with the burin.

The stones

Citrine quartz

Frame

Note: Natural

Amethyst

Frame

Note: Natural

Iolite

Frame

Note: Natural

Blue topaz

Frame

Note: Natural

Rose quartz

Frame

Note: Natural

Peridot

Frame

Note: Natural

How it is made

The words of the trade, one by one, explained to those who do not know them.

Openwork: The metal is drilled and then cut out from the inside with a very fine saw, until the solid sheet becomes a drawing of voids. It is a technique that allows no second attempt: what is taken away does not come back.
Burin engraving: The burin is a goldsmith's small chisel pushed by hand. It does not scratch: it lifts a shaving of metal and leaves a clean groove that picks up the light. It is the mark that for five centuries has distinguished the Florentine goldsmithing school.
Cameo: It is carved by subtraction, cutting away the pale layer until the dark one beneath is uncovered: the figure is not added, it is released. One stroke too many and the piece is lost.

I don't look at what others are doing: I would rather create in my own style. That is what makes our jewelry recognizable.
Fabio Gori — Anna Gioielli, Tosi

Made for you

Every piece leaves the bench made to order: sizes and details are agreed before the work begins.

The goldsmith's workshop is also the place where made-to-measure jewellery is created and family pieces are restored: if you have an idea, or something you want brought back to how it was, that is where it starts.

Ask for a made-to-measure piece

Made by

Anna Gioielli

A goldsmith's workshop in Tosi, on the slopes of the Pratomagno: Anna opened it in 1988, her sons Fabio and Francesco carry it on. Piercing, repoussé, chasing and burin engraving — the Florentine school, with the workshop in full view of the shop.

All the creations by Anna Gioielli