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The art of Carlo Luca della Quercia

Published on February 19, 2024

Anello in oro bianco con rubini birmani e diamanti

Carlo Luca della Quercia, a story behind in the form of a snake ♦ ︎

A century of history that get revival: it is 27 years Carlo Luca della Quercia, brand born in the last century and rebuilt by Giovanni along with Carlo and Gian Luca in the eldorado of the Italian jewelery, Valenza, in 1997.
Carlo della Quercia studied gemmology at the Gia of New York and N.Y. University. Gian Luca studied in Milan and London with artistic title. This luggage has enabled the revival of historic jewels of the early twentieth century and art deco, preserved in the archives of the Maison. Among the jewels that more than others have found in the story of Carlo Luca della Quercia, there is the Serpenti series, one of the most famous jewel forms.

Bracciale Serpente con madreperla — Snake bracelet with mother of pearl

But that, to be realized as it should be, it needs a careful and expert working. Snakes are extensible bracelets of varying lengths, which can vary in length: from one lap to several laps. All are made entirely by hand, each single flange is connected to the next with retractable pins and with the introduction inside two gold springs extending in the opposite direction and they contribute to giving the maximum extension to the bracelet. Snake bracelets can only be gold in enamelled warm in different shades of gold in gold-plated mother of pearl, enriched with gemstones embedded in pavé on the head and beads in the eyes.
In short, in order to succeed it need have a great deal of expertise. And in fact, part of the company’s business takes place on behalf of major international Maison, which entrusts to their laboratory the realization of their own jewels.

Insomma, per riuscirci bisogna possedere una grande perizia. E infatti, parte della attività dell’azienda si svolge per conto di grandi Maison internazionali, che affidano al loro laboratorio la realizzazione di propri gioielli.

Anello in oro 18 carati, con zaffiro birmano, acquamarina e diamanti — 18k gold ring, with Burmese sapphire, aquamarine and diamonds

Anello anni Sessanta con zaffiro di Ceylon di 18,16 carati e diamanti — 1960s ring with 18.16 carat Ceylon sapphire and diamonds

Collana di smeraldi e ametista — Emerald and amethyst necklace

Anello serpente in oro, smalto, diamanti — Snake ring in gold, enamel, diamonds

The snakes of Unoaerre

Published on September 19, 2022

Dettaglio della collana in bronzo dorato e smalto

Poor snakes. These reptiles have a bizarre fate: they are generally hated by women (and also by men), although in the vast majority they are absolutely harmless. Yet, at the same time, women love them. But as long as they are in the form of a jewel. The snake that becomes a bracelet or necklace now also bears the Unoaerre label, an Italian company in the Arezzo district, which traditionally specializes in gold jewelery. In this case, however, the Unoaerre Snake collection is part of the fashion line. And, for this, the jewels are made of gilded bronze.

The Snake collection is one of the novelties presented for autumn winter 2022. The collection consists of a necklace, bracelet and ring in a beaten curb chain, with a snake in green and black enamel. The necklace, in which the green enamel snake becomes a clasp.

bracciale snake 2 — Bracciale della collezione Snake

The new Snakes by Breil reach up to 2 meters in length

Published on December 7, 2019

bracciale//COLLANE

A snake is forever, like diamonds. Breil, the brand of the Binda group, thinks like so, and a couple of seasons ago it launched with successful the Snake collection. They are bijoux for young people, as is the proposal of the entire Milanese brand. Snake is, in essence, a long mouldable metal mesh, with the possibility of choosing between different colors. After the first two releases, here comes the third variant.

The New Snake embraces the tradition of rigid Breil jewelery, with a new brighter mesh, and with reflections that derive from rigid steel inserts. But, according to Breil, at the same time the new version of Snake interprets bracelets and necklaces, which can be modulated at will, in a soft and fluid key. In all with four different lengths, which can be separated and joined in multiple ways, creating one or more new jewels: 22, 50, 100, 200 centimeters or more, if several pieces are joined.

Bracciale acciaio, 50 centimetri — Bracciale acciaio, 100 centimetri

Bracciale acciaio colorazione rosa, 50 centimetri

Collane di 200 centimetri, colorazione nero e rosa

Le quattro misure della collezione New Snake

Leo Pizzo, the charm of the snake

Published on March 31, 2019

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Leo Pizzo, anello in oro rosa, diamanti, smeraldi

Snakes from the Animalia collection by Leo Pizzo: the charm of the animal symbol of temptation ♦

The animalia or animalier collections are a jewelery classic. Perhaps because the first jewels worn by mankind were made with animal elements, such as teeth or bones. Or, perhaps, because the animal world continues to have a great fascination for humans. Leo Pizzo, an Italian jeweler based in Valenza, proposed new pieces from his Animalia collection to Baselworld.

In particular, the collection celebrates the snake, an emblem of seduction and renewal, as well as one of the most used symbols.

The snake is reproduced with different materials: rose gold and diamonds, white gold and diamonds, with sapphires, or with small emeralds. Snakes have one or more coils within which to wrap their fingers, neck or wrist. La Maison also offers coordinated pieces, such as the brooch to match the ring or to wear alone.

Collezione Animalia, oro bianco, diamanti, smeraldi

Leo Pizzo, oro bianco e pavé di diamanti,

Bracciale Serpente in oro bianco, diamanti e zaffiri

Spilla in oro bianco, diamanti, zaffiri rosa

The temptation of the Breil snake

Published on November 9, 2018

bracciale//COLLANE

New Snake, a metallic snake of Breil wraps around the wrist, neck, waist and … ♦

Adopt a serpent for a friend. This is suggested by Breil, a brand of the Binda group, which presents New Snake. The snake is in metal mesh, deformable at will, and adapts to cover different roles.

New Snake can be a bracelet, a necklace, but also a belt or anklet.

The deformability allows the jewel of Breil to assume the preferred shape, which can be easily changed: in the metal mesh there is, in fact, a malleable soul.
The collection is the legacy of the necklace launched by Breil in 2004. It has been successful and is now available in four metallic colors: silver, pink, yellow and black. You can also joint two jewels of different colors. New Snake is proposed in two different lengths: the shorter version is 50 centimeters, while the longest is 80 centimeters. Prices: the short model costs 89 euros, while the longer one is 99 euros.

The snake skin of Giulia Barela

Published on March 3, 2018

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Snakeskin in rhodium-plated silver or gold-plated bronze by Giulia Barela ♦ ︎
Snakes change skin, Giulia Barela uses it. Skin is the name of collection of the Roman designer who decided to enter the sinuous world of reptiles, a theme faced since the jewelry exists. The snakes, in short, are not just jewels with a wavy line, or that are rolled up on the wrist. The snake skin (without the snake) becomes instead a decoration motif, of a weft that marks the metal. In this case it is silver, gold-plated bronze or black rhodium-plated silver. Three colors, white, yellow and black, which are chosen for large bracelets, rings and earrings. If, instead, you want others serpent rings, you can opt for the Play collection, which uses the classic shape of the animal that has seduced Eve in its traditional image, that is with the whole body that turns into a jewel. Same last for the Body line, where the snakes become even more sinuous. All that remains is to choose the type of temptation preferred. Giulia Netrese

Anelli della linea Play in argento rodiato

Anello della linea Play in bronzo dorato

Bracciale della linea Body in bronzo dorato

Collana in argento rodiato della linea Body

Giulia Barela, orecchini avvolgenti della linea Skin

Giulia Barela, orecchini della linea Skin

The dance of the serpent by Giulia Barela

Published on October 29, 2017

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Giulia Barela’s bracelets and earrings collection reinterpreting the shape of the snake ♦ ︎
Snake play also affects Giulia Barela. It is as curious as the so feared reptile in life is so popular in jewelery. A Freudian symbol, perhaps, but also the result of an ancient tradition: the creeping animal is now also the protagonist of a collection of Roman designers for the fall winter 2017. The collection is called Enchanted and rotates around the sinuous figure of the temptation symbol . But it is a snake in a stylized, simplified, modern version. In truth, it does not look like many other jewels of dense jewels of flakes and colored stones. It’s more like a northern snake, very simple. The Enchanted line includes 22 creations, both in 925 silver and 24-carat gold bronze.
“I wanted to experiment with the theme of the snake, the archetype of symbology, femininity, and elegance, reinterpreting it with a consistent language that is attentive to shape and texture,” explains Giulia Barela. Prices: bracelet 220-270 euro, earrings 180 euro. Margherita Donato

Bracciale in argento annerito. Prezzo: 280 euro

Bracciale in bronzo dorato. Prezzo: 220 euro

Orecchini in argento annerito. Prezzo: 185 euro

Orecchini in bronzo dorato. Prezzo: 150 euro

A Malafemmina by Dada Arrigoni

Published on January 28, 2017

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Anello Malafemmina, in oro rosa, diamanti, madreperla con cristallo di rocca, zaffiri taglio navette

Dada Arrigoni challenge the sin with Malafemmina jewelry collection. But it is not forbidden to wear them.
You want to be the malafemmine (means bad girls)? Wear the Dada Arrigoni jewelry. Joke and provocation, irony and surprise: the designer of Bergamo jewelry plays with the idea of the woman as a symbol of sin. Eve, who in the Bible offers the forbidden fruit, for collective unconscious is an idea not too buried, even if rationally all tend to deny it. In short, the woman as a temptress of passions is the star of Malafemmina collection, which not surprisingly borrows one of the icons of the jewelry, the snake. The diabolical animal, but also seductive, is transformed into a series of jewelry using rose gold, pearl, rock crystal, diamonds, sapphires, jade and emeralds as well. To make more explicit the concept, the snake is with the fateful apple of scripture. Wear the jewels of the collection Malafemmina does not transforms the woman into a sinner, but certainly can attract several looks. If even this is forbidden, you must decide yourself. Monica Battistoni

Orecchino Malafemmina, in oro rosa, diamanti, zaffiri taglio navette

Orecchino Malafemmina, in oro rosa, diamanti, giada con cristallo di rocca, smeraldi taglio navette

Anello Malafemmina, in oro rosa, diamanti, giada con cristallo di rocca, smeraldi taglio navette

Gucci with tigers and snakes

Published on August 1, 2016

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New animals among Gucci jewelry: after the bees, tigers and snakes.
The busy bees of Gucci are becoming increasingly common and, indeed, are now joined by a small zoo. The collection Le Marché des Merveilles, already launched in late 2015, re-launched at Baselworld 2016 was revived with a few more pieces also to Las Vegas Couture Show. In addition to the insect industrious in the form of ring, necklace and earrings in yellow gold or 18K rose, they appeared a necklace with pendant and an exotic-looking ring and with the shape of tiger (which looks like a cat). They are made of white and blacks diamonds and emeralds, while the pendant, the big chain and ring are both made of 18K rose gold. There are also three rings in the shape of snake with diamonds and stones, that are on the body knotted of the precious reptile. You can choose with green tourmaline and topaz, blue topaz and blue sapphires, and in 18kt white gold with black ruthenium finish, but there is also a version in pink gold. The jewelry is very finished and are placed on a higher level than the busy bees of the Marché des Meraveilles: on the other hand, not everything that is on the market has the same price. Giulia Netrese

Nuovi bracciali della collezione le Marché des Meraveilles

Orecchini con api in oro. Prezzo: 1400 euro

Anello della collezione Le Marché des Meraveilles. Prezzo: 1350 euro

Anello in oro della collezione Le Marché des Meraveilles. Prezzo: 1300 euro

Bracciale in oro della collezione Le Marché des Meraveilles. Prezzo: 3300 euro

Anello in oro della collezione Le Marché des Meraveilles. Prezzo: 2470 euro

The fruits of Carlo Luca della Quercia

Published on March 1, 2016

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Bracciale serpente con pavé di diamanti e smeraldi

The precious Valenza jewels are also represented by Carlo Luca della Quercia (name which in italian language means oak). Two names are, actually, two people: the story begins in 1997, when the jeweler Giovanni della Quercia with his sons Carlo and Gian Luca, constitutes the company. Nothing improvised: the goldsmith tradition is passed down from father to son, but you need a quantum leap after Charles completed his studies in New York at Gia and N.Y. University while Gian Luca has completed training in the arts in Milan and London. The jump is on the world market, but without forgetting the secrets of the production of high quality and craftsmanship. Which, in the specific case, it has its roots in the early glimpses of the last century, so much so that Carlo Luca della Quercia can avail of Deco jewelry designs from the early twenties, as they tell themselves. In short, the tradition: as in the case of series of snake bracelets, gold, hot enamel in various color shades, pearl and even wood. All models can be further adorned with precious stones set in pavé on the head and beaten in the eye. Or, rings with large colored stones, necklaces and, above all, the meticulous workmanship of the individual pieces. An ability that allows the company to work mostly for other prominent Maison, who turn to them to achieve particularly valuable jewelry. How to blame them, given the quality of the jewelry they produce? Giulia Netrese

Carlo Luca della Quercia

The precious monsters of Paolo Piovan

Published on August 20, 2015

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For 40 years Paolo Piovan creates monsters. Snakes, dragons, figures that could popular fantasy movies characters. But these fantastic and fearsome creatures in their natural state, become elaborate jewelry, baroque, technically challenging. And so it collects success. The company Paolo Piovan Gioielli based in Padua and has earned its own niche in the world of jewelery. He, a self-made man, started his career very young, and as a goldsmith, acquired once the technicality, had the ability needed to turn a ring in a small world full of precious materials, but also of imagination. A bit of talent has since acquired with its long journeys, where he met popular fantasies and saw exotic animals. The baroque swirls that can be seen in the architectures in the nearby Venice, combined with the skills, craftsmanship, made the resto. Every jewel is entirely handmade, made one by one by surprise. It succeeds. Matilde de Bounvilles

Serpent Bhoème for Boucheron

Published on March 5, 2015

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Serpent Bohème is the collection that represents more the Boucheron spirit: created in 1968, the shape of snake is constantly updated to remain the emblem of the Maison (https://gioiellis.com/il-nuovo-serpente-di-boucheron/). And in 2015 the codes to remember the past and tell the present are three: the iconic drop motif that depicts the head, but in four new sizes small, medium, large and extra-large with the same quality of stones in each. So, the same brightness and purity for all. Then, there is the twisted chain, a classic of jewelry and also of Boucheron, in a more subtle version than ever: if the design is traditional, the diameter is contemporary. Third element, the hand carved gold to shape and engraving forms of an animal that is only imagined and not pictured. For fine jewelry instead, these codes are used to impress: the drop in the rings turns oversized and the same occurs in bracelet while is lengthened in the long necklace with a thickened chain. Finally, for the first time appears pink gold in bridal line inspired by the snake. Matilde de Bounvilles

Serpent Bohème, anello grande in oro bianco con pavé di 32 diamanti per 1,27 carati

Serpent Bohème, bangle in oro giallo con pavé di 64 diamanti taglio brillante per 2,58 carati.

Serpent Bohème, bracciale a catena in oro bianco con pavé di 56 diamanti per 1,23 carati.

Serpent Bohème, soutoir in oro giallo e bianco, con motivo goccia aperta. Prezzi: oro giallo 8350 euro, oro bianco 9200 euro

Serpent Bohème, anello piccolo in oro giallo con pavé di 8 diamanti per 0,12 carati. Prezzo: 2700 euro

Il serpente più costoso è a Londra

Published on June 5, 2014

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[wzslider]Un orologio serpente di Bulgari ha segnato il record all’asta di Christie’s a Londra. Il gioiello-orologio è stato venduto a 812mila euro (1,1 milioni di dollari). Il bracciale, a forma di serpente con oro, diamanti e smalto della metà degli anni Sessanta, il periodo ruggente della maison romana. Il gioiello che segna il tempo ha raggiunto più del doppio rispetto alla sua stima pre-vendita. Un altro bracciale di Bulgari, con un diamante fancy brown-yellow da 18,27 carati ha invece raggiunto i 473mila euro (645mila dollari). E un anello con un diamante tagliato a pera da 5 carati è stato battuto all’asta per 267mila euro (365mila dollari). Ottima accoglienza anche per i gioielli firmati Cartier: il lotto è stato venduto al 100%, per un totale di 946.750. Ecco le immagini e le quotazioni dei pezzi di maggior valore. Federico Graglia

Bracciale di Bulgari, con un diamante fancy brown-yellow da 18,27. Venduto a 473mila euro

Anello con un diamante tagliato a pera da 5 carati. Venduto a 267mila euro

Spilla primi Novecento con diamanti e zaffiro del Kashmir. Venduta a 223mila euro

Anello con diamante taglio marquise. Venduto per 194mila euro

6bis — Anello con diamante primi Novecento. Venduto a 194mila euro

Orecchini con diamanti taglio a pera. Venduti a 179mila euro

Collana con zaffiro a taglio rettangolare, firmato Kern. Venduta a 172 mila euro

Anello con diamante taglio a pera. Venduto a 157mila euro

Anello con diamanti taglio brillante. Venduto a 128mila euro

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