Today I would like to share my excitement about Tagliamonte jewelry. Even though I am antique jewelry, vintage estate fine jewelry dealer, I don't wear any jewelry at all. But I love Tagliamonte creations so much for their exclusive standard and taste.
Tagliamonte company has been founded in Torre del Greco (Naples) in 1943 by Tagliamonte Vicenza. They decided to produce the cameos made of Venetian Glass. Tagliamonte is almost only company in the World that produces this kind of stone. It includes the masterful use of classical iconographic theme.
Tagliamonte company has been founded in Torre del Greco (Naples) in 1943 by Tagliamonte Vicenza. They decided to produce the cameos made of Venetian Glass. Tagliamonte is almost only company in the World that produces this kind of stone. It includes the masterful use of classical iconographic theme.
Tagliamonte uses a manufacturing style as old as Mesopotamia. Cameos and intaglios are a part of jewelry history that in recent years have been largely ignored. Tagliamonte are doing the great job to restore the interest for cameos. The company has a collection of over 3000 matrices, original and modern castings, and can produce Venice Cameo gems identical to the antique originals. All Tagliamonte creations are made by hands.
Don't be mistaken by the term "Venetian Glass". Some people think the glass doesn't worth any attention. What is glass? Glass is an amorphous solid that has been around in various forms for thousands of years and has been manufactured for human use since 12,000 BCE. The status of glass as a liquid, versus a solid, has been hotly debated. The short story is that glass is a supercooled liquid, meaning that it is rigid and static but does not change molecularly between melting and solidification into a desired shape. Glass is one the most versatile substances on Earth, used in many applications and in a wide variety of forms, from plain clear glass to tempered and tinted varieties, and so forth.
Glass occurs naturally when rocks high in silicates melt at high temperatures and cool before they can form a crystalline structure. Obsidian or volcanic glass is a well known example of naturally occurring glass, although it can also be formed by a lightning strike on a beach, which contains silicate-rich sand. Early forms of glass were probably rife with impurities and subject to cracking and other instability, but examples of glass beads, jars, and eating materials first appeared in ancient Egyptian culture.
When manufactured by humans, glass is a mixture of silica, soda, and lime. Other materials are sometimes added to the mixture to "frost" or cloud the glass or to add color. The elements of glass are heated to 1800° Fahrenheit (982° Celsius). The resulting fused liquid can be poured into molds or blown into various shapes, and when cooled, glass is a strong, minimally conducting substance that will not interact with materials stored inside. As a result, glass is frequently used in scientific laboratories to minimize inadvertent chemical reactions and to insulate power lines.
Silica is found in a wide variety of natural sources, including, most commonly, sand. Sodium carbonate, or soda, is used to lower the fusion point of silica, making glass light and workable. Soda is called a flux, because it brings the melting point of the mixture down. Lime is ground from limestone and makes the mixture more viscous, as well as making the glass less susceptible to the erosive qualities of water and acids.
Glass is a strange substance, defying easy scientific categorization. It is not a solid, not a gas, and not quite a liquid either. Generally, it is classified as a rigid liquid, maintaining liquid properties while acting like a solid. Heat can return the glass to a liquid and workable form, making it easy to reuse and recycle.
Venetian glass is a type of glass object made in Venice, Italy, primarily on the island of Murano. It is world-renowned for being colorful, elaborate, and skillfully made.
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