Next Meeting
Wednesday September 15th 2010: "History of the Buccellati Jewellery House” - a talk by John Kelly, Director of Buccellati UK.
Wednesday September 15th 2010: "History of the Buccellati Jewellery House” - a talk by John Kelly, Director of Buccellati UK.
The name of Buccellati has been known in the jewellery and silver trade since Contardo Buccellati had a store in Milan’s Via degli Orafi (nowadays known as Via Orefici or Goldsmiths’ Street) in the mid-eighteenth century.
Mario Buccellati officially started the present-day House in 1919. He took over his relatives’ business where he had started work as an apprentice before the first World War.
From the start, the “Buccellati style” found favour among the most discerning clientele, including the Vatican and the royal Houses of Italy, Belgium, Spain and Egypt.
Over the years the business flourished at the hands of various members of the Buccellati family.
In the early 1970’s the name was launched in the international arena, and opened shops in many major countries and cities, including Japan, Hong Kong, New York, London, Paris, Venice, Capri, Milan and Beverly Hills.
Autumn Programme
Wednesday September 15th 2010: “History of the Buccellati Jewellery House” - a talk by John Kelly, Director of Buccellati UK.
Wednesday October 20th 2010: “My Mother a Spy?” – a reminiscence by Gerald Peacocke.
Wednesday November 17th 2010: “The Golden House of Nero” (Domus Aurea) – an audio-visual
presentation by Anna Mangini
Wednesday December 15th 2010: “Women in 19th Century Italy” – an audio-visual presentation by
Dr. Kate Mitchell, Dept. of Italian, Cambridge University.
