Giacinto Melillo

Designed as a branch of vine leaves alternated to vitrum pastae grapes, further decorated at the from with a pendant depicting a Putto playing a panpipe, length approximately 370mm, maker's mark, unsigned, accompanied by a wood case, gross weight 52,6 grams.1880.

For similar 'Etrusca' necklaces refer to I Castellani, L' Erma n° 144, 145, 146, pagine 330 e 331.

(Disegnata com un tralcio di pampini alternati a grappoli d'uva e decorata al centro con un pendente raffigurante un putto mentre suona il flauto di Pan, lunghezza approssimativa 370mm, punzone dell'orafo, non firmata, acconpagnata da cofanetto in legno, peso 52,6 grammi.1880

Per collane etrusche simili , fate riferimento a I Castellani, l'Erma n° 144,145, 146, page 330 and 331. )

Giacinto Melillo was an apprentice of Alessandro Castellani in Naple's workshop where He created and supplied sumptuous neoclassical jewelery inspired from Castellani 's collection.

Archaeological jewelry was extremely popular in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century, and it was actively collected at the highest levels of society. The jewelry produced by renowned firms such as Castellani represented one of the example of the nineteenth century’s interest in historical styles and study for the Antiques. Castellani family was a unique team of goldsmiths, collectors, antique dealers and ceramists, who constituted a "dynasty" in Rome, the ones that in the 19th and 20th centuries reproduced the techniques used by the Etruscan, Roman and Byzantin for granulation and filigree to reinterpreted ancient motifs and create unique jewels. The Castellani family preserved and donated to the Italian State the jewels they created during their century-long activity and these jewels are now exhibited in the National Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome, the Capitoline Museums and the Artistic-Industrial Museum of Rome and at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican in the Museum of the Treasury of the Basilica.

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