Italian Jewellery history 101

The history of Italian jewellery is well known world over for its passion, beauty and exquisite designs. Many of todays jewellery designers draw from the craftsmanship that dates back centuries to their forefathers. Italian jewellery, like other cultures, has some of its roots in ceremonial, religion or family status influences. In Italy, the approach of the designer is strongly linked to the historical rise and rule of the Roman empire, its great trade routes and the knowledge of the known world. This contact and trading with so many cultures had extra influence on the design of their jewellery. Specialties in production and intricate work from around the known world was brought back and blended into their already extensive knowledge and work. Classical Italian jewellery designs have traces of Greek, Asian and Egyptian cultures as well as those from more northerly parts of Europe.

Along side gold, exquisite sterling silver is one of the mainstays of Italian jewellery making and design. Some of the top designers chose to work exclusively in silver and take great pride in creating beautiful adornment to enhance the beauty of the human form. There is still a great demand for high quality silver jewellery around the world, what better place to come than the country with a history, pride in quality and design as well as one of the highest standards of production in the world.

Its difficult to show the high quality and superb design through photgraphs, however, as our money back guarentee and our customer feedback verifies, the jewellery we supply is simply outstanding.

I regularly have new jewellery made in Italy, if you would like me to notify you when it is  on sale please email janet@redfordjewellery.com and I will add you to the notify database.

Best wishes,   Janet.