The enduring appeal of the 19th century revivalism

The Etruscan revival, that followed in the wake of the discovery of ancient gold jewellery in the 1830s, was the first and most popular of all the historical styles embraced by jewellers of the Victorian period.

The Rome goldsmith Fortunato Pio Castellani (1793-1865), invited by the papal authorities to study…

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