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ITALIAN SILVERSMITH AND JEWELLER ADVERTISEMENTS



A selection of 18th/19th/20th century advertisements from the Italian silver trade. Some may be manufacturers, some may be wholesalers/retailers only, but all such information regarding those working in the trade is worth recording, especially for those doing further research.

The below is very much a work in progress, but, hopefully, in time it will turn into a useful resource.

ORESTE GRAZIOSI

Via S. Spirito, 27, Firenze


Oreste Graziosi - Firenze - 1899

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FRATELLI BROGGI

Corso Umberto I, 220, Roma. Via Giuseppe Broggi, 7, Milano.


Flli. Broggi - Milano - 1896


Fratelli Broggi - Roma - 1899

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FRATELLI CONTI

5, Piazza Frescobaldi, 5, Firenze


Fratelli Conti - Firenze - 1896

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VITTORIO TARCHI

Via Spontini, 83, Firenze


Vittorio Tarchi - Firenze - 1899

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CESARE ROCCHEGGIANI

Via Condotti, 12,13,14,15, Roma


C. Roccheggiani - Roma - 1899

Cesare Roccheggiani was a much famed and noted mosaicist, members of his family exhibited at the London Exhibition of 1851, and the Paris Exhibition of 1855. Cesare Roccheggiani had worked at Vatican Mosaic Workshop from 1856 until 1864. He started business on his own account, firstly at 125, Bubuino, and later at 14-15 Via Condotti, both workshops are near to the Piazza di Spagna.

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CALDERONI

Via Manzoni, Milano


Calderoni - Milano - 1899

The firm of Calderoni was founded at Milan in 1840. They are still in business today and are now part of the Damiani Group.

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MARIO BETTINI

Via dei Fossi, 7, Firenze and at Viale in Curva, 27, Firenze


Mario Bettini - Firenze - 1899


Mario Bettini - Firenze - 1908

Although taken over by V. Masetti-Fedi e Fi. sometime between 1896 and 1899, Mario Bettini continued to trade under their own name.

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ANTONIO CARACCIOLO

Via Vittorio Emanuele, 6, Livorno, Via Calzaioli, 10, Firenze, and Via Cavour, Spezia


A. Caracciolo - Livorno, Firenze, and Spezia - 1896

Antonio Caracciolo established his business at Livorno in 1880, and at La Spezia in 1892. Today, both towns still have Caracciolo shops.

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ARTURO TORREGGIANI

Foro Bonaparte, 9, Milano


Arturo Torreggiani - Milano - 1902

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E. RINALDINI

Firenze


E. Rinaldini - Firenze - 1899

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LUIGI PIERRET

Via Tornabuoni 19, Firenze


Cav. Luigi Pierret - Firenze - 1896

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LEOPOLDO SETTEPASSI

5,6, Ponte Vecchio, Firenze


Leopoldo Settepassi - Firenze - 1899

The Settepassi family have been jewellers since perhaps as far back as the fourteenth century. Leopoldo Settepassi founded his business on the Ponte Vecchio in 1856. They took over the famous Milanese jewellers, Faraone, in 1960, and are now headed by Cesare Settepassi, who up to 2009 was head of Tiffany's operations in Europe.

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MARCHESINI

Via Tornabuoni, 9, Firenze


Marchesini - Firenze - 1899

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GIUSEPPE MASETTI-FEDI

Via Strozzi, Firenze


Gppe Masetti-Fedi - Firenze - 1896


Giuseppe Masetti-Fedi - Firenze - 1905


G. Masetti-Fedi - Firenze - 1905


G. Masetti-Fedi - Firenze - 1905


G. Masetti-Fedi - Firenze - 1905

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ALIOTO ARTURO

Via S. Zanobi, 82, Firenze


Alioto Arturo - Firenze - 1899

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P. CANOCCHI & G. CHIARI

Borgo San Jacopo, 18, Firenze


P. Canocchi e G. Chiari - Firenze - 1896

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AGOSTINO BONI

Via Del Corso, N. 444-445, Roma


Agostino Boni - Roma - 1887

Founded in 1859.

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MANETTI & GORI

Via Por Santa Maria, 12, Firenze



Manetti & Gori - Firenze - 1896


Manetti & Gori - Firenze - 1899


Manetti & Gori - Firenze - 1902


Manetti & Gori - Firenze - 1904


Manetti & Gori - Firenze - 1905


Manetti & Gori - Firenze - 1905

Successors to Giuseppe Colombini.

Established in 1870.

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ANATOLIO GIACINTO HÉNIN

Via Orsole, 4, Milano


A. Hénin - Milano - 1899

More information regarding the firm of Hénin, can be found at: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... 38&t=27003
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