Lorenzo Guerrini, Collar with cabochon sapphires, Rome, late 1940s.  Didier Ltd (stand 602).  TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

Made in 18ct yellow gold, with one hinged rounded end, decorated with embossed stylized flowers set with small brilliant cut diamonds, circular cut sapphires and rubies, and further decorated with large cabochon sapphires. Designed and worked by Lorenzo Guerrini in the gold workshop of Mario Masenza, Rome. With original green kid leather pouch. Inscribed on the outside, LORENZO GUERRINI, MASENZA, ROMA 

Literature: Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters, Didier Ltd, London 2015, p. 17, no. 15

Giacomo Manzù, Testa di Edipo, 1967. Didier Ltd (stand 602).  TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

Medallion cast in 18ct gold with a stylized bearded face of Oedipus, with two pierced holes in the eyes, and gashes in the mouth and hair, set in an oval frame. Height 8.3 cm, width 6.8 cm. Signed on the reverse in raised letters MANZU and scratched with the number iii-vi. 

Manzù first visited the motif of Oedipus in 1964 when he designed the scenery and costumes for Stravinsky’s opera Oedipus Rex staged at the Rome Opera House.

Literature: I.S. Manzu and G. Ferrazza, Manzù e l’Oro, L'Arte e L'Artigiano, Rome 1997, p. 84, no. 55, for number six from the edition
Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters, Didier Ltd, London 2015, p. 27, no. 32. 

Franco Cannilla, Ruby and diamond brooch, Rome, late 1960s. Didier Ltd (stand 602).  TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

Abstract design made in 18ct yellow gold, comprising four repoussé arcs three set with circular cut rubies in the circular ends and a fourth with brilliant cut diamonds, and a circle set with a larger ruby. Height 6.9 cm, width 7.2 cm.

Provenance: Ex. collection Dame Elisabeth Taylor.

Literature: Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters, Didier Ltd, London 2015, 13, no. 8

Exhibitions: Il gioiello d’arte contemporanea della gioielleria Fumanti, Galleria Cecchini, Perugia 1971 (cover illustration).

Alberto Giorgi, Movimento 058 Studio Uranio, Fano, 1969. Didier Ltd (stand 602).  TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

Unique large brooch made in 18ct white, yellow and rose gold with kinetic spheres and discs. Backplate 5 x 5 cm, height of mobile element 9.7 cm. Scratched on the reverse, 263 movimento 055 studio uranio, Giorgio Alberto, 69.

This brooch is a miniature version of an iron and chrome sculpture, Ricerca Struttuale (F. Solmi, I Gioielli Alberto Giorgi, Ancona 1974, pp. 100-1). 

Literature: Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters, Didier Ltd, London 2015, p. 48, no. 69

Getulo Alviani, Gold and coral pendant necklace, Rome, 1970s. Didier Ltd (stand 602).  TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

Made in 18ct gold, the square polished pendant in rose gold to the left and yellow gold to the right and decorated in the centre with a bi-coloured vertical plaque inlaid with two rows of mosaic coral squares. Designed by Getulio Alviani and made by Danilo Fumanti, Rome. Height of pendant 7.2 cm, width of pendant 6 cm, diameter 12.5 cm. Signed on the reverse of the pendant, Alviani, FUMANTI, ROMA.

Literature:  G. Bologna et al., Bijoux etReilures: Artistes du XXe Siecle, Paris 1992, p. 110.
L. Lenti and C. Bergesio, Dizionario del Gioiello Italiano del XIX e XX Secolo, Turin 2005, p. 18.
Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters, Didier Ltd, London 2015, p. 74, no. 107.

Afro Basaldella, Mount of Olives locket and chain, Rome, c. 1951. Didier Ltd (stand 602).  TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

Made in 18ct yellow gold, the front of the detachable locket embossed with the porticoed façade of the Church of All Nations (or Basilica of the Agony) within an olive grove on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem; the reverse decorated in the centre with the sacred monogram ihs with stylized chalice and surrounded by the legend, monte degli ulivi. The locket opens to reveal a small stone secured by four gold claws and inscribed in blue ink (with the date?), 2 - ix - 51. The chain formed from alternating flat links comprising thorned figure of eights and circles. Designed by Afro and made in the gold workshop of Mario Masenza, Rome. Locket (max.) 6 cm; width 4.7; thickness 1.3 cm; length of chain 48 cm. inscribed to one side across both parts of the locket, Afro, and on the other side, MASENZA, ROMA; the underside of clasp of the chain engraved in italics, ama. 

Literature: Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters, Didier Ltd, London 2015, pp. 10-1, no. 5

Bruno Martinazzi (Turin, 1923), Mele, Turin, 1971. Didier Ltd (stand 602).  TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

Made in 20ct yellow and 18ct white gold, with a sliced apple resting on a square table, from an edition of six sold through Rivers & Co., London. With original box. Width 2.75 cm, height 4.55 cm, size R. Inscribed 2/6, MARTINAZZI and stamped with London import marks for 1971. 

Literature: Country Life, 8 June 1972
J.A. Black, A History of Jewels, Novara1974, p. 304
L.R. Eleuteri (ed.), Twentieth-Century Jewelry. Art Nouveau to Modern Design, Milan and New York 1994, p. 24 
Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters, Didier Ltd, London 2015, p.3 34, no. 41. 

Giorgio de Chirico (Volós 1888-1978 Rome), Brooch, Rome, c. 1950. Didier Ltd (stand 602).  TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

Unique brooch embossed in 18ct gold with a horseman wearing breeches and a Phrygian cap on a rearing horse, all with very fine chased details, and set with brilliant-cut diamond eyes; the applied frame to the reverse with a double prong fitting. Height 6.8 cm, width 4.5 cm. Inscribed on the mount behind the horse’s leg, De Chirico, ROMA. 

The horse and rider of this brooch is a two-dimensional translation of a 1940 terracotta statue by de Chirico that was acquired by the influential Florentine art dealer Mario Bellini. The terracotta was subsequently produced in bronze in 1966. It was also Bellini who in 1943 commissioned from de Chirico one of his earliest jewels: a gold and gem-set brooch with two horses standing on a column for his wife Adriana. 
The horse is a recurring theme in de Chirico’s work, and especially the dioscuro of horse and rider seen here, while the imagery of the Phrygian cap, a symbol of freedom, alludes to the prevailing historical situation of the 1940s. 

Literature: Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters, Didier Ltd, London 2015, p. 25, no. 28. 

Marino Marini (1901-1980), Piccolo Miracolo, 1970. Didier Ltd (stand 602).  TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)

Sculpture cast in solid 18ct yellow gold with a rider falling off a rearing horse, and set on a black Belgian marble socle containing veins of gold. Height (sculpture) 13.5 cm, height (total) 19.5 cm, width 10.5 cm; socle 6.3 cm3. Signed in the cast to the front with the monogram m.m. and engraved on the reverse 3/6; stamped with French hallmarks and maker’s mark with the initials m and o with a mallet. 

This, the smallest version of Marini’s famous sculpture, was produced from a plaster model now in the Fondazione Marino Marini, Pistoia, in an edition of six (plus three artists’ proofs) in gold and three examples in bronze in 1970. Later, in the 1980s, an edition of two in silver was also produced. 

Literature: G. Carandente, Marino Marini. Catalogue Raisonne of the Sculptures, Milan 1998, p. 328, no. 468b
Martine Newby Haspeslagh, Jewels of the Italian Modern Masters, Didier Ltd, London 2015, p. 31, no. 38