In Italy everything has its own meaning and, if you have patience, following the threads of history, back in time you discover that the beauty of today is only the result of the heart, art and genius of our ancestors.Rock-born Mithras and Mithraic artifacts ( Baths of Diocletian, Rome) Now it becomes an everyday thing, a coquettish symbol of vanity, and enters fully into the world of jewelry.
#Antique intaglio ring windows
Always used in Christian iconography to impress and teach: first with mosaics (such as those of Aquileia) and then with the polychrome windows a believer, through the images, learned the events of the Gospels. Glass is once again the material that passes through time. It lends itself to carvings of great impact, but at a price within the reach of even bourgeoisie people who are about to become the new protagonist. Glass paste definitely becomes an ideal material for the cause. Jewels can no longer be the exclusive prerogative of high nobility. With the industrial revolution, the general concept of production is redefined, including in the goldsmith's art. The equation that had always seen the true gem as a symbol to be shown of a wealth destined for a few and as the only subject designated for engraving, is now overturned. The queen, a deep lover of the goldsmith's art, draws herself some Intaglio cameo pieces, dictating the English fashion of the jewel until the end of the 19th century.įrom the fifteenth century to the early '900, then, the miniatures of "carved" images were considered as works of art to be preserved, with a sentimental connotation, because received as a dowry by a father, or because the gift of the beloved, and they have surrounded the whole history of costume with a romantic aura. Shortly thereafter, even in England, glass cameo jewelry arrives, and meets a long period of splendor with the Victorian era. Incredibly beautiful pendants, similar to cameos, adorn the beautiful necklines of the Venetian ladies, lively Cameo intaglio earrings appear under the elaborate wigs, a riot of curls and cotton, and theatrical brooches embellish the brocade dresses, whose rustle of skirts fills the streets between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The skill of the creation, by means of diamond-cut engraving, sublimates the nascent French fashion and brings the jewelry sets of the royal courts across the Alps even in the lagoon. The highest pinnacle in history certainly comes with Murano glassmaking production. In fact, many of the Intaglio jewelry represent mythological scenes and some are even casts of coins or Roman friezes. The period of true splendor for Glass intaglio jewelry begins with the Renaissance, first in France, then in Italy, where the discovery of ancient Roman sites and the unearthing of finds rediscover the taste for the classic motif of Hellenistic mold, made of busts and ethereal faces, in plastic poses, evoking a beauty to contemplate. Together with Altino, Aquileia is one of the cities where future Venetians lived before escaping from the barbarian invasions of Attila. Originally, only semi-precious stones were carved, but glass, which came from trade with the East, became a very valuable alternative.Īnd what does this have to do with Venice? In reality everything starts from Aquileia, the Roman city of the famous mosaics declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998. It was born in the beginning as a method of creating seals, to be pressed on wax, but soon it was also used in jewelry making. The art of intaglios comes from far away, from ancient Greece and Rome. One of the works that have most exalted it, has been undoubtedly intaglio carving, a technique that excavates, through a work of engraving, the surface, creating images. This material has found its role in antique cameo jewelry for hundreds of years. The role of glass paste over the centuries Let's investigate more in depth how glass paste creates the intaglio jewelry. This ensures a gradual return to room temperature, without a sudden heat shock causing it to explode. The mixture is stirred for up to 18 hours and allowed to cool in particular furnaces, called "tempre", for an entire day. Its compound requires very long processing times. It is a mixture, based on silica, in which sodium, calcium and colored pigments are added and melted by cooking it in a blast furnace at 1300 degrees.
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