NEAPOLITAN Vintage Vivid Red Coral Dangle-Drops Earrings In 18Kt Yellow Gold
Neapolitan coral dangle drops earrings.
This is a beautiful and colorful pair of dangle-drops earrings created in the city of Napoles, Italy back in the 1970's. This pair of Neapolitan earrings were carefully crafted in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with polished finish. Embellished with round beads carved from natural vivid red corals. They are fitted at the reverse with gold posts for pierced ears and comfortable French omega backs for fastening clips. The corals displayed in these earrings, are magnificent and vivid red, matched in size, color, saturation and with even unspotted surfaces. Red coral or Corallium rubrum, is a branch-forming coral species found in the Mediterranean Sea and is one of the most valuable of all precious corals
Country: Napoles, Italy.
Period: Classic modernist, 1970.
Corals: Mounted with multiples beads carved from natural Mediterranean corals.
Birthstone: Corals for the month of October.
Weight: 14.60 Grams, (9.40 Dwt).
Measurements: 57 mm by 17 mm (2.25 x 0.67 Inches).
Hallmarks: They are both stamped with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay and warranty of the 18kt yellow gold and signed as follows, "ITALY .750".
Neapolitan Coral
This kind started to be fished extensively and worked in Torre del Greco, in the year 1400, at the time when Livorno held the monopoly on the raw coral. Besides its apotropaic virtues, people started to associate coral to the marvelous capacity of the material to be processed and to the great skills of the artisans, comparable to that of an alchemist or demiurge. Thanks to the Bourbons, in 1715 the town of Torre del Greco became one of the most important centers in the processing and carving of coral. The king supported the development of craftsmanship by reducing the tax on imported raw coral, though he couldn’t start a factory in the town because of the boom of the French Revolution and of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794. Ferdinando IV of Bourbon founded the first factory for the manufacturing of coral in Torre del Greco. At the time, the production of sacred objects was replaced by the creation of ornaments and everyday objects, like combs, clips and paper knives to satisfy the requests of emerging bourgeoisie. Fishermen of Torre del Greco risked going up to the African coasts, winning over other competitor towns and thus turning Torre del Greco into the main center in Italy for coral processing. Giovanni Della Rocca, member of Parliament, obtained a decree in 1876 which established the School of Coral engraving and Industrial artistic design in Torre del Greco. The town thus became one of the world leading centers in the processing of coral and shells, devoted to the education and training of young people in the art of engraving. Indeed, the coral School in Naples is still the leader in the most modern methods of processing cameos and coral, above all in the mentioned area of Torre del Greco.
Collateral: This pair of Neapolitan coral earrings is accompanied by a presentation jewelry box.
Condition: The overall condition of this pair of Neapolitan coral earrings is excellent. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to the gold. All corals are secured in the settings. These earrings were carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and authenticity.
INVENTORY REF: E110625MONM/.3509
