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A Golden Bird flies to Van Cleef & Arpels

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The fairy tale Golden Bird by Grimm brothers is now high jewelry with Van Cleef & Arpels ♦ ︎

“A king had three sons. One day from the king’s court an apple disappears from the golden apple tree. The king decides to send the first two sons to guard, but they fell asleep. So the king decides to address the younger son. At midnight Bertrando sees a golden bird and manages, by shooting an arrow, to drop a feather, and thus to prove to his father the cause of the disappearance of the apples “. Thus began the fairy tale The Golden Bird of the Brothers Grimm. A fairy tale that, in addition to being heard by generations of children, is now appreciated by adults, certainly those who can own or, at least, admire the jewels of the collection Quatre contes de Grimm by Van Cleff & Arpels. As we explained here, the collection includes four fairy tales: The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Golden Bird, The Three Feathers, Town Musicians of Breme.
Obviously, in the jewels dedicated to the fairy tale of the Golden Bird could not miss the protagonist, the bird. The Maison depicts it with diamond feathers, yellow sapphires, garnets in orange and gold tones and forms a luminous color set crossed by onyx lists. This perfectly studied alternation helps to recreate the stealthy and memorable appearance of the golden bird under the silvery rays of the moonlight. Always dedicated to the bird is the necklace with a removable central palmette: a Fancy Vivid Orangy Yellow emerald cut of 3.31 carats. The diamond can be worn on a feather clip and the jewelry motif of the clasp, set with white and yellow diamonds, adorns the feather clip or the center of the necklace: the jewel, in short, can be worn in many different ways.
The collection also includes the Hespérides ring, with an extraordinary 20.36 carat yellow sapphire, and the Clair de lune necklace, with a 29.63 carat sugar-cut violet sapphire (Sri Lanka), blue sapphires and purple, gray pearls, diamonds. This sautoir is also a transformable jewel with a removable clip. Finally, there is the hero of the fairy tale, the prince. The clip portrays it together with the antagonist, the oiseau, placed on a rare oval violet sapphire of 3.18 carats (of Madagascar), while the rest of the jewel is made of gold with a blue sapphire, onyx, diamonds.




Clip Oiseau d’or Zaffiri gialli, granati varietà spessartite, onice, diamanti
Clip Oiseau d’or Zaffiri gialli, granati varietà spessartite, onice, diamanti
Clip Le prince et l’oiseau. Zaffiro viola ovale di 3,18 carati (Madagascar), zaffiro blu, onice, diamanti
Clip Le prince et l’oiseau. Zaffiro viola ovale di 3,18 carati (Madagascar), zaffiro blu, onice, diamanti
GRIMM Oiseau Or Plumage Or Packshot 02 HD
Collana Plumage d’or. Diamante giallo Fancy Vivid Orangy Yellow taglio smeraldo di 3,31 carati, diamanti bianchi e gialli. Collana e clip con motivi interscambiabili
Clip Plumage d’or, oro bianco, diamanti bianchi e yellow
Clip Plumage d’or, oro bianco, diamanti bianchi e yellow
Anello Hespérides. Zaffiro giallo ovale di 20,36 carati (Sri Lanka), onice, diamanti
Anello Hespérides. Zaffiro giallo ovale di 20,36 carati (Sri Lanka), onice, diamanti
Sautoir Clair de lune Zaffiro viola taglio pan di zucchero di 29,63 carati (Sri Lanka), zaffiri blu e viola, perle di coltura grigie, diamanti. Sautoir trasformabile con clip amovibile
Sautoir Clair de lune. Zaffiro viola taglio pan di zucchero di 29,63 carati (Sri Lanka), zaffiri blu e viola, perle di coltura grigie, diamanti. Sautoir trasformabile con clip amovibile
Clip amovibile del sautoir Clair de lune
Clip amovibile del sautoir Clair de lune







The fairy tale of the twelve princesses seen by Van Cleef & Arpels




The first of the fairy tales that is part of the collection of high jewelry Quatre contes de Grimm by Van Cleef & Arpels ♦ ︎

If high jewelry is a dream for many, for Van Cleef & Arpels dreams are transformed into high jewelery. Or better, in fairy tales. We have already anticipated the collection of fine jewelry called Quatre contes de Grimm, which interprets four of the fairy tales written by the two brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in 1812 and 1815: The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Golden Bird, The Three FeathersTown Musicians of Bremen. But after an overview, it is worth telling separately, as if it were a fairy tale, each of the four jewelry lines.
“Once upon a time there was a king who had 12 daughters of unbelievable beauty. Inseparable, they illuminated the palace and its gardens from morning to night. Then they retired to the room where their twelve beds were lined up.
Every evening the king closed door, and yet every morning he found that their shoes were worn too much because they had danced.” It’s this the beginning of tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses, which has inspired the exceptional jewels of the collection.

Clip Princesse Danica. Zaffiri gialli, diamanti
Clip Princesse Danica. Zaffiri gialli, diamanti

Of course, in this high-end jewelry line there are 12 princesses. Van Cleef & Arpels transforms them into clips, large brooches of gold and precious stones. Each has a name: for example, Eos retains a strip of the perforated drapery of the dress, made with diamonds, pink and mauve sapphires. Emera has a costume that overlays a blue and mauve sapphire fabric with a pleating of diamonds and emeralds, and hides behind her fan, Danica is dressed with yellow sapphires and diamonds.
The Souliers précieux clip alludes to the nights described in the fairy tale: it has the shape of a lapis lazuli cushion that overlaps a spessartite garnet, troidia cut (similar to half marquise with rounded sides), of 6.91 carats, emeralds, lapis lazuli, pearls of white culture, diamonds. The transformable necklace and the Rubans de princesse earrings are also part of the line inspired by the worn-out shoes of princesses. Two lines of round cut diamonds and a central third formed by baguette-cut diamonds set horizontally underline the delicacy of the décolleté, evoking three silk ribbons: in all they are 22.87 carats. Intertwined with each other, they fall lightly with three important drop-shaped diamonds. The exceptional whiteness (D), the purity (FL) and the quality of the stones (type 2A) recall the mythical ones of the Golconda mines. One of the diamonds, separated from the necklace, can be worn as a pendant on a thin white gold chain, while the other two are added to a pair of earrings.
It seems a tale also the Traversée Étoilée bracelet, which is made of two Burmese cut-off sapphires for a total of 50.03 carats. They have an intense blue color that recalls the waters of the lake, mentioned in the fable of the brothers Grimm, which is crossed every night by the princesses to reach the ballroom. The inside of the bracelet has decorative motifs engraved in gold: a palace under a starry sky on one side and the boats proceeding on the waves on the other.
At last, in this collection there is a ring with a concave shape, it alludes to the cup of wine with a sleeping pill that the astute princesses offer to those who must guard them. The ring has a pink oval spinel of 6.25 carats surrounded by a multitude of suiffé rubies. Alessia Mongrando




Bracciale Traversée étoilée: 2 zaffiri taglio a goccia per un totale di 50,03 carati Birmania), zaffiri, turchese, diamanti
Bracciale Traversée étoilée: 2 zaffiri taglio a goccia per un totale
di 50,03 carati Birmania), zaffiri,
turchese, diamanti
Clip Souliers précieux Granato varietà spessartite taglio troidia di 6,91 carati, smeraldi, lapislazzuli, perle di coltura bianche, diamanti
Clip Souliers précieux
Granato varietà spessartite taglio troidia
di 6,91 carati, smeraldi, lapislazzuli, perle di coltura bianche, diamanti
Clip Princesse Éos. Zaffiri rosa e malva, diamanti
Clip Princesse Éos. Zaffiri rosa e malva, diamanti
Clip Princesse Héméra. Zaffiri blu e malva, smeraldi, granati varietà tsavorite, diamanti
Clip Princesse Héméra. Zaffiri blu e malva, smeraldi, granati varietà tsavorite, diamanti
Collana Rubans de princesse: 3 diamanti taglio a goccia per un totale di 22,87 carati (DFL tipo 2A), diamanti. Collana con pendenti amovibili per orecchini
Collana Rubans de princesse: 3 diamanti taglio a goccia per un totale di 22,87 carati (DFL tipo 2A), diamanti.
Collana con pendenti amovibili per orecchini







Michele della Valle online with Sotheby’s




Sotheby’s organizes an online sale exclusively dedicated to the great artist-jeweler Michele della Valle. Who tells when Sophia Loren … ♦ ︎

He is one of the artists lent to jewelry that can boast a nucleus of enthusiasts spread all over the world. And, as someone who makes his own life to the art, creates only unique pieces. But, attention, what distinguishes Michele della Valle from others (few) eclectic jewel designers is the ability to combine exceptional creations with an equally exceptional sense of humor.
Proposed several times at Sotheby’s auctions, Michele della Valle from 21 September to 1 October 2018 will be super protagonist. The auction house, in fact, has planned the first online sale of jewelry created by Michele della Valle. The sale includes the designer’s pieces with different subjects, animals and nature, but also modern emojis. The jewels will be exhibited in Geneva in September. On the occasion of the event, Sotheby’s also took the opportunity to interview Michele della Valle. And the interview has reserved several surprises (the following sentences are extrapolated from the interview you find here.

“Many years ago my favourite gemstones were rubies and multicoloured sapphires. Today I no longer look at the value of a stone, but at its beauty. There are semi-precious stones that attract me and communicate strong emotions. I like color combinations and I don’t hesitate to surround a precious emerald with beautiful amethysts . Green and purple is a wonderful juxtaposition! ”
“As a gift a jewel must contain an explicit or non-explicit message. A brooch with the color of your loved one’s eyes for example; a heart-shaped pendant… I had the wonderful pleasure of giving Sophia Loren a small bracelet which spelt – with a line of diamonds and in Neapolitan dialect – the words “A GUAGLIONA CCHIU’ BELLA RO MUNNE” (the most beautiful girl in the world). Precisely what I think of her”.
“Jewelry must bring joy… The word gioia in Italian clearly says so! The same word stands for joy and for jewel as well. So yes it must bring joy and beautify those who wear it. This collection wants to demystify classical jewels, that nowadays can be very difficult to wear”.
“I built a necklace with leaves made of engraved blood jasper and diamonds, I used kunzite, a beautiful light pink stone, I combined some wonderful ruby baguettes to a briolette of pink quartz for some earrings, but I also used ebony wood set with diamonds for a necklace”.
“Despite my age, I am a boy at heart and am always interested in up to date and modern stimulations. When Sotheby’s suggested the project of an online sale, I was delighted to take up the challenge. I think web communication is such a big part of our present and probably of our future. The first piece I designed for this collection was the pin with the smile. Pavé of yellow diamonds for the face, diamonds for the teeth, ruby cabochon for the tongue and finally two hearts of rubies as eyes . Then the “Like” and the “Kiss” emojis came to mind”.
“To design and make a jewel, from conception to the finished object, typically it take three to four months, but there are more complicated (complex) jewels that can take up to a year of work”.




Michele della Valle, spilla elefante
Michele della Valle, spilla elefante
Spilla Kiss
Spilla Kiss
Orecchini con pappagallo
Orecchini con pappagallo
Spilla Palma
Spilla Palma







Alessio Boschi, Animal & Fish





The Animal & Fish series by Alessio Boschi: brooches and earrings with pearls, gold and precious stones in a whirling baroque fantasy (and cheerful) ♦ ︎
Who does not know Alessio Boschi does not know the jewelry. Or, better, he has never seen what kind of jewelry can turn into the hands of a sculptor lent to the art of composing with gold, precious stones. And pearls. But not the round ones, too perfect pearls, to put on a necklace. The pearls that Alessio Boschi chooses are extravagant, inharmonious, asymmetrical keshi pearls. Which, precisely, for this, are transformed into volumes around which to compose. For example, Alessio Boschi has chosen a series of lumpy pearls that, like a spell, come to life in the body of animals, like fish or birds.
But, be careful, those who do not know Alessio Boschi do not even know the magic. Because the Italian designer is able to create jewels that surprise at first sight, and continue to surprise once you realize that the jewel hides another jewel in turn. Like for the White Shark brooch presented in 2017: a shark with embedded stones that hides, behind a small door on the lower side, a pair of dangling earrings. Then there is the surprise of the surprise, because the earrings are, in turn, decomposable (we talked about it more widely here https://is.gd/xXKndy).
Also the rest of the Animal & Fish series is not far different. But, compared to the “animalia” series by other designers, those of Alessio Boschi have a further advantage: they are cheerful, they put in a good mood.



Rabbit (perle, diamanti bianchi e brown)
Rabbit (perle, diamanti bianchi e brown)
Rabbit with carrot
Rabbit with carrot
Rabbit with carrot
Rabbit with carrot
Rooster cufflinks and Jabot  (pin)
Rooster cufflinks and Jabot (pin)
Seahorse
Seahorse
The Cat and the Mouse
The Cat and the Mouse
The Chick
The Chick
The Duck
The Duck
Spille della serie Fish
Spille della serie Fish
The Fish
The Fish
The Great Withe Shark
The Great Withe Shark
The Griffin
The Griffin
The Parrot with trunk
The Parrot with trunk
The Parrot
The Parrot
Alessio Boschi
Alessio Boschi







Kelly Xie at the sea

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The sea seen through the eyes of the Chinese designer Kelly Xie: many colors and a fairy tale ♦ ︎
In a few years Kelly Xie has conquered the international scene. His small Maison was founded in 2012 in Shanghai, China. Like other designers in the great Asian country, she decided to take the best from Western and Eastern traditions. In her style happily mix the forms codified by European jewelry in the last two centuries with a taste and, above all, the technique of Chinese tradition. It is no coincidence that Kelly Xie studied Chinese painting with its watercolor nuances and the classic enamel technique for a decade. But her jewels are painted above all with the use of colored stones. Very colorful, as it is in the oriental taste, sometimes a bit fairytale, in which they mix so many bright colors. One of her most representative collections is Sea. The sea is mainly interpreted through its manifestations: shells and anemones that seem moved by the waves and a small siren. Yellow and white gold, diamonds, sapphires, tourmalines, garnets and golden baroque pearls are the tools used for the Kelly Xie collection. Rudy Serra




Spilla della collezione Sea
Spilla della collezione Sea

Kelly Xie, spilla anemone di mare
Kelly Xie, spilla anemone di mare
Collezione Sea
Collezione Sea
Gioiello a forma di conchiglia con perla dorata, granati, zaffiri, tormalina
Gioiello a forma di conchiglia con perla dorata, granati, zaffiri, tormalina
Spilla con zaffiri rosa e perla dorata
Spilla con zaffiri rosa, ametiste e perla dorata
Spilla della collezione Sea di Kelly Xie
Spilla della collezione Sea di Kelly Xie
Gioiello a forma di conchiglia con perla South Sea
Gioiello a forma di conchiglia con perla South Sea
Collana con perla South Sea
Collana con perla South Sea

Spilla a forma di sirenetta con perla di Tahiti
Spilla a forma di sirenetta con perla di Tahiti







Wallace Chan returns to the Tefaf





Wallace Chan returns to Maastricht’s Tefaf with some pieces out of the ordinary ♦ ︎
At the Tefaf in Maastricht (March 10th-18th, 2018) there are several names of jewelery designer in the catalog. And not just vintage jewelry by great Maison, like Cartier or Van Cleef & Arpels, but also from contemporary designers. In addition to Hemmerle, for example, the master Wallace Chan also returns to the great Dutch art fair, antiques and design.
Read also: The jewels of Tefaf 
Wallace Chan is a legend in the world of jewelry and more. Born in a poor family in Fuzhou in 1956 and moved to Hong Kong at the age of five. After a long apprenticeship, in 1987, he devised a method for sculpting figures inside a stone. The technique uses carvings as in cameos to create an image that is then reflected within the gem and creates a three-dimensional effect. As in the jadeite in the shape of a horse’s head, with white diamonds, yellow pink and brown, crystal, tsavorite garnet, on titanium: a piece not to be missed and which you see photographed on this page.
At Tefaf, in any case there are other pieces of unusual jewelry, such as the necklace with citrine signed Andrew Grima, or the ring with the Cassiopea diamond of 4 carats, part of the collection of Amy Burton. Federico Graglia



Wallace Chan, anello Onde. Diamanti e titanio
Wallace Chan, anello Onde. Diamanti e titanio
Wallace Chan, spilla Una storia d'amore. Giadeite a forma di testa di cavallo, diamante, diamante rosa, giadeite, cristallo, diamanti yellow e brown, granato tsavorite, titanio
Wallace Chan, spilla Una storia d’amore. Giadeite a forma di testa di cavallo, diamante, diamante rosa, giadeite, cristallo, diamanti yellow e brown, granato tsavorite, titanio
Anello con diamante Cassiopea, 4,07 carati, collezione di Amy Burton
Cassiopeia Unum ring, 4,07 carat, Amy Burton
Bracciale in oro e corniola, Londra 1962
Bracciale in oro e corniola, Londra 1962
Collana con citrini e diamanti di Andrew Grima, 1974
Collana con citrini e diamanti di Andrew Grima, 1974
Glenn Spiro, anello con diamante taglio marquise su oro rosso e bronzo, 1962
Glenn Spiro, anello con diamante taglio marquise su oro rosso e bronzo, 1962
Orecchini Tourbillon di Van Cleef & Arpels in oro bianco e diamanti
Orecchini Tourbillon di Van Cleef & Arpels in oro bianco e diamanti
Pendente o spilla di Karel Appel, oro giallo, diamanti e smalto
Pendente o spilla di Karel Appel, oro giallo, diamanti e smalto
Spillaa forma di gufo di L. Gautrait, in oro, berillo dorato, smalto e diamante, circa 1900
Spillaa forma di gufo di L. Gautrait, in oro, berillo dorato, smalto e diamante, circa 1900
Collana art déco Marchak, con turchesi e lapislazzuli intagliato. Circa 1930
Collana art déco Marchak, con turchesi e lapislazzuli intagliato. Circa 1930
Spilla art déco di Cartier, in platino, diamanti e ametiste
Spilla art déco di Cartier, in platino, diamanti e ametiste
Van Cleef & Arpels, clip in oro rosa, spinelli, diamanti
Van Cleef & Arpels, clip in oro rosa, spinelli, diamanti







A jewel for safe




A small technological anti-aggression jewel: it could be useful and has been designed in the USA. It is also sold online ♦
It’s a good or bad news the launch, for now in the US, of an anti-aggression jewel? Judge for yourself. The debut of the pendant necklace to protect women from attempts at violence began in Philadelphia. Athena, this is the name of the pendant, is designed to protect women from aggression with the touch of a button hidden in the jewel. When activated, the jewel can transmit the geographical position of the wearer, and at the same time emits a deafening sound of 85 decibels. Yasmine Mustafa developed it after a disturbing trip to South America. “In each of the six countries I visited, I met women who told me stories of aggression,” he said. So Yasmine Mustafa started working with self-defense experts to design an effective and easy-to-use device. It is available combined with three different colors: rose gold, silver or black.

The name derives from the Greek goddess of wisdom and victory. The jewel can be worn with a necklace, but also attached to a key ring, tied to a bag, hooked to the belt. It has a single activation button: when pressed for three seconds it is activated, starting the sound and a request for intervention to an emergency service. The security price is rather modest: 129 dollars. Will it also arrive in Europe? G.N



Athena Safety Wearable
Athena Safety Wearable
Il ciondolo si può applicare anche alla borsa
Il ciondolo si può applicare anche alla borsa
Il ciondolo si collega con l'app che lancia l'allarme
Il ciondolo si collega con l’app che lancia l’allarme
Il ciondolo Athena legato alla borsa
Il ciondolo Athena legato alla borsa
Il ciondolo Athena
Il ciondolo Athena

Il pendente Athena
Il pendente Athena







The brooch of the scandal is Italian





The pin with the Moor of Venice, which has caused scandal at Buckingham Palace, is Italian. But it is not racist. Here is the story ♦ ︎
It’s all a misunderstanding. The brooch that has sent Buckingham Palace into crisis was made by an Italian jeweler, but does not have a racist vocation. When, before Christmas, Marie Christine von Reibnitz, princess of Kent married to Michael, the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth, showed up at the royal palace for lunch wearing a brooch that depicted a Moor, she did not think she would raised a controversy over the usual social media. The brooch, however, had a strong impact, because it was linked to the fact that Prince Harry’s official girlfriend, Meghan Markle, has a black-skinned mother. In short, it would have been a provocation.
Then the official apologies arrived: a spokeswoman for the princess said, later, that Marie Christine von Reibnitz was “very sorry and distressed for causing an offense”. And that, on the other hand, had worn the brooch many times without anyone having anything to say. Although, in truth, the same princess had in the past committed some gaffe that had been emphasized by the newspapers.
One fact remains: the brooch with the blackamoor is a racist symbol? Nardi, the Italian jeweler who made the jewel, and many others of the same kind, explains that this is not the case. The Moretto is a traditional figure of the Renaissance in Venice, so much so that William Shakespeare also uses a black-skinned man, Othello, for one of the most famous tragedies set in a Venetian colony, as was at that time Cyprus. The image of the Moor is recurrent in the works of art and jewelery of 18th-century Venice. And many tourists buy this classic image of the history of Venetian art without any racist intention.
Nardi has a shop in Piazza San Marco, is a traditional family business and produces jewelry from the late twenties. «The brooch belongs to the Renaissance collection», the jeweler explained. And it has no discriminatory meaning, but if anything it is an icon that belongs to a historical period. Perhaps, in short, the real scandal is the ignorance of history and art. Rudy Serra




Marie Christine von Reibnitz, principessa del Kent, con la spilla di Nardi
Marie Christine von Reibnitz, principessa del Kent, con la spilla di Nardi
Nardi, pendente con rubini e diamanti
Nardi, pendente con rubini e diamanti
Spilla Moretto con diamanti
Spilla Moretto con diamanti
Spilla in oro, argento, zaffiri, rubini e perle
Spilla in oro, argento, zaffiri, rubini e perle
Spilla in oro con zaffiri gialli e arancio
Spilla in oro con zaffiri gialli e arancio
Spilla Moretto in oro e argento con zaffiri neri e diamanti fancy
Spilla Moretto in oro e argento con zaffiri neri e diamanti fancy

Spilla Moro di Venezia in oro e zaffiri rosa
Spilla Moro di Venezia in oro e zaffiri rosa







Mikimoto, Japanese snow




The snow seen from Japan in a new collection by Mikimoto ♦
The snow in Japan is as light as the one that falls in the United States or in the Swiss Alps. And for this it enchants in the same way. But of course, Japanese sensitivity is even more delicate. An example is the collection dedicated to snow by Mikimoto, a Japanese Maison famous for its pearls. Like most Japanese Mikimoto has a special focus on nature. The Maison’s founder, Mikimoto Kamamuri, wanted to protect nature and be inspired by creative sources from the Japanese environment to transform the beauty of the universe into the art of jewelry. Pearls, another natural element, are a perfect element, with gold and diamonds. With this collection Mikimoto has captured snowflakes, using pearls and gold worked with an embroidery that incorporates the geometry of the crystals. And, next to the poetry of the snow, a tribute to Christmas: a Western festival that, however, also like in the East. Margherita Donato



Spilla di perle Akoya in oro giallo 18 carati con diamanti
Spilla di perle Akoya in oro giallo 18 carati con diamanti
Orecchini in oro rosa 18 carati con diamanti
Orecchini in oro rosa 18 carati con diamanti
Catena in oro rosa 18 carati con diamanti
Catena in oro rosa 18 carati con diamanti

Spilla di Mikimoto in oro 18carati, perla e diamanti
Spilla di Mikimoto in oro 18 carati, perla e diamanti







Michele della Valle top at Sotheby’s




Success from Sotheby’s for the jewels by Michele della Valle ♦ ︎
There were 13 jewels of Michele della Valle auctioned in Fine Jewels in Geneva on December 14th organized by Sotheby’s. One of the pieces was the top lot of the sale. It is a diamond brooch and a tsavorite, peridot and diamonds with the shape of two palms. A tropical tree was created with a set with baguette diamonds and brilliant cut, the other with circular cut tsavorite, live cut peridots, baguette and tapered baguette diamonds. Starting from a minimum estimate of € 38,500, the pin has been beaten at over € 62,000. But it was not the only piece on sale by the Italian designer-artist who is on the highest steps of the jeweler’s world-wide scale.
Among the other 12 jewels in the auction, a chick-shaped brooch in yellow gold with sapphire and onyx, also by Michele della Valle, started from 1,286 euros and came to 3,751. But those sold at the Geneva auction are just the last pieces put on sale this year by Sotheby’s of the Italian designer. On 12 October, for example, a necklace of rubies and diamonds pearls, was sold for over 73,000 euros and a pair of brooches with diamonds, spinels and tourmalines, totaled the remarkable sum of 62,000 euros. In June, still in the Swiss city (where Michele della Valle lives and works), the brooch with ruby ​​and diamonds Cervo, has touched the 20,000 euros, while the bracelet Sassi, with emeralds, pink sapphires and diamonds, has been beaten for 60,000 euros. Federico Graglia



Michele della Valle, collana di perle di rubino e diamanti
Michele della Valle, collana di perle di rubino e diamanti
Michele della Valle, collana in agata rossa, smalto e diamanti
Michele della Valle, collana in agata rossa, smalto e diamanti
Coppia di orecchini Ufo com peridoti, diamanti rosa e diamanti
Coppia di orecchini Ufo com peridoti, diamanti rosa e diamanti
Coppia di spille com diamanti, tormalina e spinello
Coppia di spille com diamanti, tormalina e spinello
Spilla a forma di palma, con diamanti, tsavorite e peridoto
Spilla a forma di palma, con diamanti, tsavorite e peridoto
Spilla Chick in oro giallo con zaffiro e onice
Spilla Chick in oro giallo con zaffiro e onice
Bracciale Sassi con smeraldi, diamanti e zaffiri rosa
Bracciale Sassi con smeraldi, diamanti e zaffiri rosa

Spilla Tartaruga con citrini e smeraldi
Spilla Tartaruga con citrini e smeraldi







Daniela Villegas in the Chromatic Paradise

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Daniela Villegas, travel to Mexico with the Chromatic Paradise collection ♦
Daniela Villegas, travel to Mexico with the Chromatic Paradise collection ♦ ︎
That Daniela Villegas is attracted by the colors of her country of origin, Mexico, is known. Her jewels are always based on contrasts of shapes and colors strong, cheerful, uncompromising. Add to this a fantasy that gallops like a wild horse across the plains of Texas. Combine these two aspects and you will have Chromatic Paradise, a collection that appeals to the wild nature of those lands, but also to the traditions born beyond the Rio Bravo. Daniela Villegas, who works and lives in Los Angeles, not only does not forget those harsh and enthralling atmospheres, but continues to observe them under a microscope. Her jewels are fanciful reconstructions or interpretations. This is also the case for the Chromatic Paradise collection, where for once the insects (her main source of inspiration) become a subject that is always present, but secondary. Instead, snakes and coyotes emerge with the difficult art of stone carving, with the classic mix of precious stones, semi-precious stones and natural elements. In this case, an even more effective formula. Giulia Netrese



Collana Coatlicue
Collana Coatlicue
Bracciale La Reina Coyote
Bracciale La Reina Coyote
Daniela Villegas, bracciale La Reina Coyote
Daniela Villegas, bracciale La Reina Coyote
Collezione Paradiso Cromatico, bracciale La Reina Coyote
Collezione Paradiso Cromatico, bracciale La Reina Coyote
Anello La reyna Coyote, turchese e tormaline verdi
Anello La Reina Coyote, turchese e tormaline verdi
La Reina Coyote Ring 2
Anello La Reina Coyote
La Reina Tiara
Tiara La Reina Coyote
Orecchini Papalote, con ametiste
Orecchini Papalote, con ametiste

Orecchini Quetzalcoatl
Orecchini Quetzalcoatl







Roberto Coin to the top

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Roberto Coin’s Haute Couture collection, the luxury that stands out ♦ ︎
If it were a tree, Roberto Coin would be a jeweler with roots in the Veneto and branches in around the world. It is an internationally renowned brand that is known for its fine jewelry, high quality medium or medium-high quality collections, made with precision, capability and on large scale. Jewelry that like in Hollywood as London. But Roberto Coin is also a jeweler capable of ascend to the high jewelery steps to present handmade pieces, one by one and hence, which may differ slightly from one another, since their composition is also linked to the possibility of having precious stones suitable.
An example is the Haute Couture collection, which is periodically renewed and represents the top of Maison’s creativity. They are specially designed pieces for special customers. Like the set of rings, each with a kind of stone that characterizes it: pink tourmaline, green peridot, citrine, blue sapphire. Of the Haute Couture series are also broochs, butterflies shaped, with white and colored diamonds, or delicate pearl necklaces combined with diamond rings and blue or pink sapphires. Alessia Mongrando



White gold ring with black sapphires, diamonds, peridot and natural green garnet
White gold ring with black sapphires, diamonds, peridot and natural green garnet
Roberto Coin, spilla in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi e brown
Roberto Coin, spilla in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi e brown

haute couture ring with citrines topazs and white diamonds in 18 carat yellow gold

White gold necklace with pearls and blue sapphires with Cento cut. white and black gold ring with 2 rows of Cento diamonds and 1 row of blue sapphires with Cento cut. white and black gold ring with 1 row of Cento diamonds and 2 rows of blue sapphires with Cento cut
White gold necklace with pearls and blue sapphires with Cento cut. white and black gold ring with 2 rows of Cento diamonds and 1 row of blue sapphires with Cento cut. white and black gold ring with 1 row of Cento diamonds and 2 rows of blue sapphires with Cento cut
White gold necklace, with pearls and pink sapphires with Cento cut. White and black gold ring with 2 rows of Cento diamonds and 1 row of pink sapphires with Cento cut. white and black gold ring with 1 row of Cento diamonds and 2 rows of pnk sapphires with Cento cut
White gold necklace, with pearls and pink sapphires with Cento cut. White and black gold ring with 2 rows of Cento diamonds and 1 row of pink sapphires with Cento cut.
white and black gold ring with 1 row of Cento diamonds and 2 rows of pnk sapphires with Cento cut
Roberto Coin, spilla in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, citrini, diamanti brown e neri
Roberto Coin, spilla in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, citrini, diamanti brown e neri
White gold ring with diamonds, pink sapphires and tourmaline
White gold ring with diamonds, pink sapphires and tourmaline

White gold ring with blue sapphires and diamonds
White gold ring with blue sapphires and diamonds







Special Alessio Boschi




Art, fantasy and virtuosity of Alessio Boschi: his extraordinary jewels explained by himself ♦ ︎
There are so many jewelers. There are few artists. But the jewelers-artists are even less. And even less. One of these goldsmith sculptors, a visionary who looks at the future through the past, a sophisticated stone conqueror and of the soul of the stones, is Alessio Boschi. Eclectic, but attached to the tradition, imaginative, but without falling into the extravagant, gorgeous, but within the limits of good taste: Alessio Boschi is a unicum that should be safeguarded as the picturesque Bagnoregio, a small village near Orvieto, where he lives when isn’t around the world looking for stones, pearls and inspirations.
Is it perhaps the millenary atmosphere that breathes in Civica di Bagnoregio (if you do not know the little town, you must go to visit it) to push Alessio Boschi on a journey through the sign that art history has scattered around Italy. The 2017 collection, for example, was inspired by the fountains of Rome, which is part of the Historica line.

Alessio Boschi
Alessio Boschi

Milan
The line with the apse windows of the Duomo of Milan is beautiful, like the very chic bracelet. There is the pavé version and the most accessible only engraved. The closure has tiny diamonds embedded and then molded in the shape of a double blade to keep the closure together. There is also a reduced version of bracelet with three pearl threads. Milan is a jewelery collection that testifies to the link between the French gothic bloom and the Lombardy capital: there is also a yellow and yellow diamonds and pearls.

Bracciale della linea Milano con perle Akoya bianche
Bracciale della linea Milano con perle Akoya bianche
Bracciale della linea Milano con perle Akoya gialle
Bracciale della linea Milano con perle Akoya gialle
Bracciale della linea Milano con perle Akoya gialle indossato
Bracciale della linea Milano con perle Akoya gialle indossato

Florence
The Florence line instead flies to a higher level. It is made of pink and gilded gold: it resembles the Gothic style and the double windows of the church of Santa Maria del Fiore and the bell tower of Giotto and Florence. The Florence bracelet is made of pink gold, with springs and grooves mounted to form non-metal bifurcated sides, but held by a pair of double-decker bras which follow the shape of the hooked stone at the ends of trilobate motifs. In practice, those wearing the bracelet do not see anything about the metal on which they are mounted. The order of the two bifors is marked by gold-plated punctured columns with grooves with small tiny diamonds: it is seen only by the near, but the effect is extremely bright and precious. Note the tiny golden capitals, micro-pavé and gold-plated diamond lilies. Flower earrings are separable in several pieces, with decorations on the back of diamond pattern in brown diamonds. The Flower Necklace is also separable: the columns are separated.

Firenze, collana Del Fiore
Firenze, collana Del Fiore
Bracciale della linea Firenze
Bracciale della linea Firenze

Venice
Gondola ring, one of a kind ring, represents the lagoon of Venice. It is made of a blue Australian black opal with black nuances. It is a very difficult stone to cut without breaking it, like the lagoon, exactly. The ring also uses emeralds and sapphires on the sides, Paraiba tourmalines and blue and yellow Akoia blue pearls. Within the ring gallery, which depicts the Rialto bridge, there is a gondolier. There are also two versions of earrings combined with the Gondola ring. The first one has a fossilized wooden gondola that looks like onyx, with different clips and butterflys with Venetian motif. The second version has an imperial topaz and the gondolier seems to climb. The galleries of the two rings are completely different: one has Rialto, with the gondolier on the reflection of the waves. In the other, the gondolier is in the foreground with the sunset in yellow diamonds cut as window. Always in Venice, one of the most famous places is the Bridge of Sighs, which inspired a ring. The Bridge of Sighs, for those who did not know it, led to inhospitable Venetian prisons, and the sighs were those who saw the sunshine for the last time. Boschi fully engraved diamonds, cut specially to follow the shape of the bridge. Each single pass is a diamond, and in the middle of nine mystery setting stones there is a natural spinel, purple as the color of Venetian aristocracy. In the gallery there is the Door of the Card, one of the monumental entrances of Palazzo Ducale, which leads to the Grand Council, with the engraving of the Lion of San Marco with Doge Foscari, rosettes with diamonds and masks. Inside the ring is the classic surprise of Alessio Boschi: a Venetian lady with her husband in jail by Alabarda’s armed guards.

Anello Gondola
Anello Gondola
Orecchini Gondola
Orecchini Gondola
Anello Ponte di Rialto indossato
Anello Ponte di Rialto indossato
Anello Ponte di Rialto
Anello Ponte di Rialto
Anello Ponte dei Sospiri
Anello Ponte dei Sospiri
Il Ponte dei Sospiri
Il Ponte dei Sospiri
Pendente Paper Gate Venice
Pendente Paper Gate Venice

Verona
The Romeo and Juliet ring originates from the purchase of a large sapphire with a window, that is, the light goes through the stone. The sapphire was already emerald cut, and in natural yellow, so not heated. “I wanted to create a jewel with a stone so pure and transparent that you could put something visible to the naked eye below,” Boschi’s says. “The sapphire found in Bangkok was the occasion to celebrate the impossible love between Romeo and Juliet, the drama written by Shakespeare. Inside the jewel there is, in fact, a hand-engraved magazine, representing the tomb of young lovers. It houses a small mosaic-shaped pendant, a Roman fabric of the Vatican school, a style other than that of Ravenna of Sicis or the Byzantine style of Istanbul. It is a miniature that evokes the dramatic scene of Juliet while poisoning. That’s why the top of the ring has a rectangular shape: the sapphire window is functional to the design. When the ring opens, thanks to a mechanical movement similar to that of the Fabergé egg, a pendant is raised with engraved Capuleti and Montecchi coats of arms. The pendant also turns into a bracelet, adorned by a small heart pierced by an arrow to remind you that love is stronger than anything else. At the sides of the ring are the engravings that reproduce the famous balcony of the two lovers, adorned with 0.5mm diamonds. A second secret compartment houses a miniature Romeo statue on his knees, with a rose in his hand. On the other hand, Juliet’s tomb, whose hair is not engraved in one piece of gold (anyone can do it). Instead, the hair is made one by one, woven together with gold: the yet another challenge of the Boschi to the impossible. Impossible to imitate, for sure. The ring is the result of two months of processing only for micromosaic. There is also the earring with the inscription “amor vincit omnia”, love wins everything. Like fantasy.

Verona, anello Romeo e Giulietta
Verona, anello Romeo e Giulietta
Verona, gli orecchini
Verona, gli orecchini

Pisa
The ring inspired by the famous leaning tower reproduces the upper part, the one with the skylight. It’s a one-of-a-kind, with purple and pink cut-off princess sapphires, framed by microdiamans, with bows orders that look slightly Byzantine. No matter how you can turn the tower, it will never be straight on your finger but, of course, will always hang on one side. The jewel is made with the technique of mistery setting on one side while on the other there is a side rosette made of purple sapphire buff top (above cabochon, faceted below) surrounded by a micro pavé. Also this ring has a surprise: it opens and inside are the symbols of the ancient Marinara Republic (Pisa was a small state during the Middle Ages) engraved and a small tower as pendant.

Anello Torre di Pisa, con i secrets
Anello Torre di Pisa, con i secrets

Rome
The Colosseum becomes a double jewel, but with the appearance it originally had in the imperial era. The jewel is in white gold, with three orders of columns and as many capitals in Ionian, Doric and Corinthian style. Below you can see the sandblasted relief with the legionaries, their elves and spears, the eagle and the imperial insignia of ancient Rome. In the first gallery of the Coliseum there are princess diamonds, cut by hand. Not only: they are cut to fit the frame curvature. Here is the art of Boschi: Choosing a brilliant cut with light-reflecting faces, square-shaped as in this case, entails considerable material expense. It would have been cheaper to cut a step, even a rectangular shape, so baguette. But it would have given a less beautiful, colder light. Instead, the entrances are cut into baguette steps, specially designed to have different light. In the first ring with the Coliseum there are the smallest black diamonds in the world: 0.7-0.8 carats. Under this dimension, black diamonds can not be cut. For this reason the second and third rings are black enamel. The most difficult thing was to find the way to climb the white part: it’s hard to find 0.6 carats in India (after the crisis, says Boschi, this size does not cut it anymore). Instead, the last step near the arena is 0.5 carats, as well as the stones that engage the stones are microscopic. The bigger up ring has black princess cut diamonds mounted to the contrary, to give the idea of ​​studs. They represent the windows of the Coliseum and each ring-sector is divided by row of black baguette diamonds. So the overall light that is very beautiful is given by the incisions of various cuts of stones.
There is also a second version of the Colosseum: the one that represents it as it is to our day. It is in pink gold, with the same work of recess, but this time with emeralds: a stone hard to work, which is easily cracked. At the center there is the hoax and the horses used in the games of ancient Rome. There is, finally, the blossomed sandbox, and when the ring turns from the hypogeum, the tiger and the lion come out of the chains mounted on the tracks.

Anello Colosseo, seconda versione in oro rosa
Anello Colosseo, seconda versione in oro rosa
Anello Colosseo, prima versione
Anello Colosseo, prima versione
Anello Colosseo
Anello Colosseo
Colosseo, ciondolo interno
Colosseo, ciondolo interno

Nature, animals
Next to the Historica collection, Boschi cultivates other continuous lines such as Naturalia, inspired by plants, flowers and animals, and Thalassa, which celebrates the creatures of the sea. An example to be framed is The Great White Shark, a brooch of the Thalassa line, a unique piece and the most important of the 2017 production: a large (but light) brooch from the shape of a fish. The muzzle, fins and tail are in keshi pearls, while the body recalls the shades of fish that in nature can be of two colors, with the back of a blue tending to gray and the bottom in pale blue. In jewel this effect is made by a combination of light indigo and aquamarine Santa Maria: two varieties similar to the nuances of the ocean.
The stones are mounted in jours (a day), ie without a metal base to receive light from below. And in the true Boschi style, even the shape of the frame is unusual: every single plot resumes the shape of the scales of fish, an artistic virtuosity that does not affect the yield.

Alessio Boschi con gli orecchini Great White Shark
Alessio Boschi con la spilla Great White Shark

The fish surprise
The recess is perfectly smooth to the touch, because the stones are cut again on the edge to eliminate any difference in height. To make the brooch portable, the whole frame or frame is in palladium, the new luxury of jewelery. The metal is forged with a difficult melt, because palladium is a metal that requires high temperatures, rather than platinum. To work on the palladium it takes a particular machine and can only be used in alloy with another metal. A Thai company is the only one in Asia to allow this processing.
The result is a 40% lighter brooch than conventional frames. Boschi Jewelry, as always, hide unexpected details. In this case, the fish’s stomach opens up and reveals a pink gold compartment, where the coral reef creatures are engraved by hand: octopus, clown fish, violin fish. Not only that: with a spring the broom door opens and closes to hold a pair of earrings. The shape of the jewel is round and the brooch is not only worn for one direction but in three dimensions. Pearl and diamond earrings represent the dorsal fin emerging from the sea and are inspired by the famous waves of Japanese artist Hokusai: they have a long removable gold pendant chain with small pearls, and the closure clip is shark-shaped.

Spilla Great White Shark
Spilla Great White Shark
Alessio Boschi con gli orecchini Great White Shark
Alessio Boschi con gli orecchini Great White Shark
Orecchini Great Shark
Orecchini Great Shark

Alessio’s flowers
Boschi usually replicates each model to ten pieces. For the Chinese market he designed a series of Peony rings in the Naturalia line. The novelty is the theme of the lotus, flower from which is extracted a precious essential oil, more expensive than gold. The ring is made with sapphires, pink rose and pseudomy pink pearls, with a deliberately selected tourmaline with inclusions, because it makes the idea of ​​the drops of essence sprung from its pistil: a courageous choice because it emphasizes how the designer privileges creativity , rather than adapt to the rules of the market. “In my opinion inclusions are not necessarily imperfections,” says Boschi at gioiellis.com. “In some cases give vitality and light to the stone and give it uniqueness, for example the Paraiba tourmaline.” Then there are the wisteria collection (wisteria collection) pieces, other Chinese high-purple jade flower and tsavoriti mixed with yellow diamonds for the leaves and the trellis.

Anello Wisteria indossato
Anello Wisteria indossato
Anelli Peony
Anelli Peony

A touch of India
The Palace Flowered is a ring representing the acanthus leaf revisited in the style of Rajastan, with India’s colors on a double-arch frame, like the moghul palaces, with purple sapphires, pink pear-shaped cut, tsavoriti in different shades and drops of emeralds.

Anello The Palace Flowered
Anello The Palace Flowered







Jewelery gone with the wind




On auction from Sotheby’s the jewels of Vivien Leigh, the protagonist of Gone with the wind ♦ ︎
Gone with the wind, gone with the memories, gone with the auction. The memories, objects, and jewels belonging to Vivien Leigh, the eternal interpreter of Scarlett O’Hara’s character in Gone With Wind, go to Sotheby’s auction. On September 26, the auction house sells 250 lots in London. Among them jewelry such as the floral ring that the actress wore at her marriage to actor Laurence Olivier in 1940. The ring wrote in “Laurence Olivier Vivien Eternally” (the estimate is 400-600 pounds ). Unfortunately, the union was not eternal: the couple began the relationship in 1936, but divorced in 1960, seven years before the death of Vivien Leigh. Among the jewels is a diamond brooch (estimated 25,000-35,000 pounds) of SJ Phillips and a 1940s bracelet with pendants as a miniature book, marked with the name of Leigh and her character Scarlett O’Hara. Federico Graglia




Spilla a forma di fiocco con diamanti
Spilla a forma di fiocco con diamanti

Bracciale appartenuto a Vivien Leigh
Bracciale appartenuto a Vivien Leigh
Anello di matrimonio con Laurence Oliver di Vivien Leigh
Anello di matrimonio con Laurence Oliver di Vivien Leigh
Orecchini in oro di Tiffany
Orecchini in oro di Tiffany
anello con rubino e diamanti
anello con rubino e diamanti

Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh








Alex Soldier on the red carpet




Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo and French actress Odile Vuillemin have worn at Monte Carlo Television Awards 2017 the latest creations by Alex Soldier ♦

Alex Soldier was born in the balance between two continents, Europe and Asia, in the region of the Ural mountains, in the city of Perm. This region, he says, is known for its abundant natural resources such as gold. According to a Russian folk tale, in these mountains once lived a craftsman Russian named Danila, who spent seven years to carve a flower malachite, a form perfect. The result turned out to be a masterpiece: the flower seemed to have its own soul, even though it was made of stone. This legend served as the inspiration for Alex Soldier. When designing jewelry, tells, Soldier strives to create works of art in miniature. And to think that before embracing art and turn it into a career, the designer has followed a master’s degree in computer engineering. In 1981 he changed the life of Alex: in just six months was promoted to chief designer of the largest plant of jewelry in the Ural region. His innovative ideas have won numerous awards at many trade fairs in Eastern Europe. But it’s since 1990, when he arrived in the US, which began to work independently, with new methods of design and production of jewelry. He won a lot of international awards. But, above all, it was claimed by combining creativity with a deep knowledge of precious metals, which allowed him to realize celebrated pieces. Many of the pieces of Soldier became prizes awarded to distinguished artists, such as Triumph, granted each year to writers and Russian musicians. A curiosity: a special gift is gone, in the past, the Italian poet Tonino Guerra. It is called Dancing Man.
Many of his jewelry adopted a variety of colored gems and pavé. It also uses colored gems faceted or cabochon. In some cases the jewel is designed so that the structure of metal under the gem can be seen through the stone, in transparency. Here are some examples of his work. Matilde de Bounvilles



Bracciale in oro e pavé di diamanti indossato da Odile Vuillemin
Bracciale in oro e pavé di diamanti indossato da Odile Vuillemin
Spilla Coronaria indossata da Shohreh Aghdashloo
Spilla Coronaria indossata da Shohreh Aghdashloo
Collana pezzo unico con monete
Collana pezzo unico con monete
Orecchini Girasole in oro con tsavoriti e granati
Orecchini Girasole in oro con tsavoriti e granati
Orecchini Symbolica con agata verde e topazio bianco
Orecchini Symbolica con agata verde e topazio bianco
Orecchini Symbolica con agata verde e topazio bianco
Orecchini Symbolica con agata verde e topazio bianco



Other jewels

Set di bracciale e orecchini
Set di bracciale e orecchini
Alex Soldier, anello girasole
Alex Soldier, anello girasole
Orecchini Astra
Orecchini Astra
Orecchini con topazi blu
Orecchini con topazi blu
Spilla Coronaria dreams
Spilla Coronaria dreams
Spille a forma di farfalla
Spille a forma di farfalla
Anelli e bracciale con perle grigie
Anelli e bracciale con perle grigie
Anello Rainbow
Anello Rainbow
Anello Trinity in oro, con diamanti neri e perla
Anello Trinity in oro, con diamanti neri e perla



The colorful world of Daniela Villegas

Daniela Villegas: precious insects, nature, plants, between Mexico and fantasy ♦ ︎
Daniela Villegas has a double luck: she lives in a own colorful world even when the story seems to paint the life of humanity in black and white. She also has the privilege of being born in a country, Mexico, which is perhaps colored by law. You can not be avoid to get dazzled by the tinged Mexican shades that lie in the natural landscape, in the plants, and even in the wildlife, from big to tiny animals.
It is impossible, then, to create jewels without carrying the color palette on brooches, necklaces and rings. And more, Daniela has a fantasy that seems born from Alice in Wonderland, the knowledge of stones and a personal preference for craftsmanship. An so it is understood why Daniela Villegas’s jewels can be so above the norm, to be surprising and, of course, be so sought after by enthusiasts and collectors. The lines of his collections are, though not exclusively, inspired by two subjects: insects and Mexican nature, which she knows well even though she is living between Los Angeles and Paris. Alessia Mongrando




Anello a forma di cactus Nopal
Anello a forma di cactus Nopal

Orecchini Little Princess
Orecchini Little Princess
Orecchini Libertad
Orecchini Libertad
Pendente Glinda
Pendente Glinda
Orecchini con tormaline verdi e perle di Thaiti
Orecchini con tormaline verdi e perle di Thaiti
Orecchino Khepri
Orecchino Khepri
Orecchini Colorado
Orecchini Colorado
Orecchini Amor Eterno
Orecchini Amor Eterno
Collana Arcoiris
Collana Arcoiris

Pendente Abundancia con tormaline e peridoto
Pendente Abundancia con tormaline e peridoto







The 100 facets of Roberto Coin

New jewels in Roberto Coin’s Haute Couture collection. With a special cut ♦
Among its hundreds of lives and countless collections, the volcanic designer named Roberto Coin, one of the most colorful line of jewelry and loveliest is the Haute Couture. Cocktail rings and butterfly shaped brooches are made of precious stones and colors stones, from diamonds to tourmaline, from peridot to sapphire.

At Baseleworld 2017 also are showed new necklaces and rings, which have been inserted in the same collection. We talk about a necklace in white gold with pearls and blue sapphires with Cento cut, and of a similar necklace but with pink pearls and sapphires and coordinated rings. Let’s add that Cento cut is another of Roberto Coin’s ideas, which initially applied to diamonds. It is a cut that is obtained by dividing the stone into nine different sections from which to start and scrap the 100 facets that take the place of the traditionals 57-58. The effect is that of the kaleidoscope. Lavinia Andorno




Collana in oro bianco con perle e zaffiri rosa con taglio Cento. Anello bianco e nero con 2 file di diamanti Cento e 1 fila di zaffiri rosa con taglio Cento. Anello bianco e nero con 1 fila di diamanti Cento e 2 file di zaffiri pnk con taglio Cento.
Collana in oro bianco con perle e zaffiri rosa con taglio Cento. Anello bianco e nero con 2 file di diamanti Cento e 1 fila di zaffiri rosa con taglio Cento. Anello bianco e nero con 1 fila di diamanti Cento e 2 file di zaffiri pnk con taglio Cento.

Collana in oro bianco con perle e zaffiri blu con taglio Cento. Anello bianco e nero con 2 file di diamanti Cento e 1 fila di zaffiri blu con taglio Cento. Anello bianco e nero con 1 fila di diamanti Cento e 2 file di zaffiri blu con taglio Cento
Collana in oro bianco con perle e zaffiri blu con taglio Cento. Anello bianco e nero con 2 file di diamanti Cento e 1 fila di zaffiri blu con taglio Cento. Anello bianco e nero con 1 fila di diamanti Cento e 2 file di zaffiri blu con taglio Cento
Anello in oro bianco con diamanti, zaffiri rosa e tormalina
Anello in oro bianco con diamanti, zaffiri rosa e tormalina
Anello in oro bianco con zaffiri, diamanti, peridoto e granato verde naturale. Anello in oro giallo con diamanti, citrino e topazio
Anello in oro bianco con zaffiri, diamanti, peridoto e granato verde naturale.
Anello in oro giallo con diamanti, citrino e topazio
Anello in oro bianco con zaffiri blu e diamanti
Anello in oro bianco con zaffiri blu e diamanti
Spilla con diamanti bianchi e brown, e citrini
Spilla con diamanti bianchi e brown, e citrini

Spilla con diamanti bianchi e brown
Spilla con diamanti bianchi e brown







The Rooster’s jewels

The year of the Rooster Fire celebrated from jewelry: rings and pins dedicated to the sign of Chinese astrology.
You were born in 1933 or 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005? In this case you should wear one of these jewels. Because 2017 is, as the years over listed, with the sign of the Rooster, according to Chinese astrology. Indeed, better, the current year is the Rooster Fire. In Chinese astrology, in fact, every year Zodiac is associated with an animal, but at the same time, one of five elements: gold, wood, water, fire, earth. In this case, Gallo and Fire. Do not miss this opportunity, because the next combination of the two elements will take place only between 60 years. As with all the different astrologie (there will be one that guess that fate? who knows), also the chinese associates certain characteristics to those who belong to a particular sign. In the case of the Fire Rooster, people born under this combination would be very punctual and have great responsibility in the workplace. But beware: enjoy yourself with a jewel is also necessary for another reason. Also according to the astrologers of Beijing and surroundings, the year which marks its sign is particularly unfortunate. And if the bad luck looms, maybe a jewel in the shape of a rooster will keep her away. Giulia Netrese

Buccellati, spilla gallo in oro. Prezzo: 3045 dollari su 1stbis
Buccellati, spilla gallo in oro. Prezzo: 3045 dollari su 1stbis

Gallo di epoca Vittoriana, con diamanti
Gallo di epo
Gallo con madreperla
Gallo con madreperla
Spilla di Tiffany in orom diamanti e rubini
Spilla di Tiffany in orom diamanti e rubini
Spilla in oro con diamanti e rubini
Spilla in oro con diamanti e rubini
Roberto Coin, anello per l'anno del Gallo
Roberto Coin, anello per l’anno del Gallo
Spilla in oro con corniola, rubino, diamanti
Spilla in oro con corniola, rubino, diamanti
Spilla antica in oro e pietre preziose
Spilla antica in oro e pietre preziose
Swarovski, gallo in cristalli colorati
Swarovski, gallo in cristalli colorati

Picchiotti blooms again

The Picchiotti work in progress: the best jewelry does not feel the passing time and evolves, as in the Rose collection.
It is often said (a bit too often, in fact) that the class jewelry are timeless. If the definition is too much in many cases, because it is dispensed to collections that will be forgotten in a few years, undoubtedly remains valid for those jewels that are designed and manufactured according to the dictates of the jewelry with a capital ‘G’. This is the case, for example, the Rose collection of Picchiotti, has become a classic of what you can offer the best Italian jewelry. As happens to the paintings of the great painters, it is worth, therefore, to return to dwell on the imaginative quality of these pieces. The Rose Brooch, for example, has been designed and realized in March 1967. The flower consists of a set with 400 brilliant-cut diamonds. Each of the seven petals is made separately and then assembled with artisan virtuosity, while the stem is set with baguette-cut diamonds. After this brooch, Picchiotti proposed rings, earrings and necklaces, always on the same high level. The necklace Rose Tower, for example, has two rows of diamonds and a cascade of asymmetrical oval Burmese rubies, while another version uses an equivalent amount of tsavorites. In 2016 it was added to the pieces of the collection also a pink sapphire ring. And for sure the collection will not end here. Lavinia Andorno

Anello della collezione Rose con diamanti e smeraldo
Anello della collezione Rose con diamanti e smeraldo

Anello con zaffiri rosa
Anello con zaffiri rosa
Orecchini con diamanti della collezione Rose
Orecchini con diamanti della collezione Rose
Anello con diamanti e zaffiri
Anello con diamanti e zaffiri
Picchiotti, la spilla Rose, con 400 diamanti
Picchiotti, la spilla Rose, con 400 diamanti
La Tower Rose Necklace, con rubini ovali brimani e diamanti
La Tower Rose Necklace, con rubini ovali brimani e diamanti
Collana Rose, con diamanti e tsavoriti
Collana Rose, con diamanti e tsavoriti

The Ocean by Alessio Boschi

The latest fantastic, clever, ingenious inventions by Alessio Boschi, jewelry that seems born on the waves of the ocean.
How to define Alessio Boschi? A genius? An heir of the Italian Renaissance? An eclectic artist? Maybe all of these things together. Alessio Boschi is a designer who has mastered the oriental art of gentle processing to complicated sets, brings the humanism of the Italian artistic history, has the sensitivity to the choice and composition of its unique pieces. Alessio Boschi is now a star in the firmament of the jewelry and will be even more. As demonstrated by some of his latest creations inspired by the sea, or rather the Ocean (Boschi lives between Thailand and Italy).
The Coral Reef brooch is also a pendant with an invisible fastening system: can be worn as a center piece in a strand of South Sea pearls. The jewel is a tribute to the coral reefs of tropical seas and seems a spray of water crashing into the shore. But, watch it well: there are also coral, sea fans and an octopus which is clinging around an Australian opal, reminiscent of the deep blue sea. What other designers could conceive and then build something like this? Always dedicated to deep sea is the ​​Orange Anemone ring, with its tentacles encrusted diamonds that frame a beautiful Ethiopian opal cabochon, surrounded by orange sapphires and garnets of Mali. This inhabitant of the seas seems attached to a submarine rock full of micro-algae, made with champagne diamonds, orange and yellow sapphires. Inside the ring, the inner work reveals a micro reef, hand carved in white gold and details of different sea creatures.
It is no less fascinating is the Ocean Foam necklace, inspired by the waves crashing against the shore. A blue and green Paraiba tourmaline remembers the nuances of tropical waters, while the white jadeite, and diamonds represent the foam that develops after the impact of waves on the reef. The movement of the waves, decorated with precious stones pendants to suggest the water drops, framing a beautiful imperial jade green. As explained by Alessio Boschi, a game between the most exquisite and traditional Chinese gem and a less conventional style in a creative challenge that never ends: East meets West. But only Boschi manages to get to this. Giulia Netrese

Ocean Foam ring by Alessio Boschi
Ocean Foam ring by Alessio Boschi

Coral Reef, spilla-ciondolo by Alessio Boschi
Coral Reef, spilla-ciondolo by Alessio Boschi
Collana Ocean Foam, by Alessio Boschi
Collana Ocean Foam, by Alessio Boschi
Anello Orange Sea Anemone, by Alessio Boschi
Anello Orange Sea Anemone, by Alessio Boschi
Alessio Boschi
Alessio Boschi