Historical Jewellery

A selection of jewels that evokes ancient forms, traditional symbols, and time-honoured techniques.
Each piece is born from a careful study of historical models and is crafted in our workshop with the same care devoted to the original creations.
Wearing them means carrying with you a fragment of Florentine goldsmithing history, reinterpreted with artisanal sensitivity.

Painting by Sandro Botticelli titled The Primavera

Detail of the Three Graces

Three Graces, a detail from the celebrated painting "Spring"

Tre Grazie, un dettaglio del celebre dipinto "La Primavera"

Ciondolo ornamentale botticelli

Historical reproduction of an ornamental pendant from the 1400s

Ritratto di Caterina de' Medici

In one of the oldest inventories of the workshop of the convent of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, dating back to 1508, it is recorded that as early as those years, the laboratory produced perfumes in both alcoholic solutions and solid formats. Solid perfumes, known as 'olfactory buttons", were produced to be inserted inside perforated pendants: true wearable jewels. Between history and legend, on the occasion of the Blois exhibition in 1999 dedicated to Catherine de' Medici, Vannini created for the first time a historical reproduction of a jewel, present in a painting of the Queen, which contained a perfume tablet inside, itself reproduced according to ancient recipes by the workshop of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.

In uno degli inventari più antichi dell'Officina del convento di Santa Maria Novella di Firenze, risalente al 1508, è riportato…

Ciondolo porta profumo Catherine de Medici

On 15 November 1571, Catherine de' Medici wrote to the court jeweller François Dujardin to commission him, for that year's Christmas, a particular jewel with a "large mirror" of emerald clasped between two hands, signifying fidelity and friendship, stable and strong sentiments. Unfortunately, no drawings of the jewel exist, and to create it, Vannini had to rely on the descriptions present in historical documents. The Emerald Pendant is openable and can contain a solid perfume, historically conceived precisely to be inserted into a piece of jewellery and called an odour-bearing button.

Il 15 novembre 1571, Caterina De' Medici scriveva al gioielliere di corte François Dujardin per commissionargli, per il Natale di…

Pendente del cinquecentesco Di Caterina de' Medici che rappresenta l amicizia

Pendente del cinquecentesco Di Caterina de' Medici

La collana di Beatrice con ciondolo scena d' amore

Riproduzione storica collana Beatrice con ciondolo scena d' amore

Collana con serpente in oro caretterizzata da una dettagliata testa scolpita e un corpo squamato

Collana con serpente in oro simbologia antica e affascinante

pages from the very ancient fifteenth-century Vallombrosan Breviary.

pagine dell'antichissimo Breviario Vallombrosiano del XV secolo.

Riproduzione fedelissima di un ideale oggetto prezioso con perle e pietre preziose che compare nelle pagine dell'antichissimo Breviario Vallombrosiano del…

This piece of jewellery is a faithful reproduction of an ideal precious object with pearls and gemstones that appears in the pages of the ancient 15th-century Vallombrosan Breviary.

Questo gioiello è la riproduzione fedelissima di un ideale oggetto prezioso con perle e pietre preziose che compare nelle pagine…

This pendant stems from an original idea inspired by Florentine art, created with a lapis lazuli base, a rock crystal cameo, and set in solid, engraved gold.

Questo pendente nasce da un idea originale ed ispirata all' arte fiorentina creata con la base in lapislazulo, il cameo…

A miniature of clear 16th-century reference, depicting a group of young people in the prime of life set against the backdrop of a cheerful and joyful landscape.

A miniature with clear 16th-century reference, depicting a group of young people in the prime of life within the context of a…

A 16th-century style yellow gold locket with an enamelled silver oval inside depicting a romantic encounter. The combination of skill acquired over time and meticulous attention to detail creates a miniature work of art.

Medaglione in oro giallo dallo stile cinquecentesco con all'interno un ovale in argento smaltato raffigurante un incontro amoroso. Il connubio…

Ciondolo con cammeo in agata blu con corona di perle bianche

Ciondolo intarsiato i desideri di Apollo

Riproduzione fedele della collana del Tiziano dipinta dal maestro rinascimentale

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Historical Jewellery

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