18 kt. and silver "Moretto Paola" brooch set with rubies. ©2010 Nardi

18 kt. pink gold "Moretto Paola" brooch set with pink sapphires. ©2010 Nardi

18 kt. gold and silver "Moretto Paola" brooch set with rubies and sapphires. ©2010 Nardi 

18 kt. gold "Moretto Rinascimento" brooch set with rubiesl and diamonds. ©2010 Nardi

18 kt. gold and enamel "The View of Venice " Moretto brooch wih rubies and diamonds. ©2010 Nardi

18 kt. gold "Moretto Albero della Vita " brooch with diamonds. ©2010 Nardi 

18 kt. gold, silver "Moretto" brooch with fire opals and fancy color diamonds. ©2010 Nardi 

18 kt. gold and silver "Moretto" brooch set with chrysoberyls and fancy color diamonds. ©2010 Nardi 

18 kt. gold "Elizabeth Taylor Moretto" brooch with sapphires and diamonds. ©2010 Nardi 

18 kt. gold "Moretto Traforo" brooch set with fancy color diamonds. ©2010 Nardi 

18 kt. gold "Moretto Traforo" brooch set with fancy color diamonds. ©2010 Nardi 

18 kt. gold "Moretto Scudo" brooch set with colored sapphires, and diamonds. ©2010 Nardi 

18 kt. gold "Moretto" ring with diamonds. ©2010 Nardi

18 kt. gold "Moretto" earrings set with diamonds. ©2010 Nardi

18 kt. gold and silver "Moretto" cufflinks with rubies. ©2010 Nardi

The “moretto” is an item of jewellery that best encapsulates the classical image of Shakespeare’s Othello and the refined goldsmith’s techniques of 18th-century Venice.
Dressed in his characteristic clothes and turban, the blackamoor, or “moretto”, is embellished by the infinite styles and combinations of its creators’ unbridled fantasy and skill.

Depicted as either a token of love or as a caring companion, it possesses the exquisite merits of a beautiful and unmistakable Venetian jewel or those of a precious souvenir that has always been desired and sought-after by royalty, elegant women and famous personages.