Bronze Italian bookmarks. Choose from Crown or Traditional Glass Paste in 2 color options.
Glass Paste Description (loosely translated from Italian):
Bookmark glass paste not to lose the mark but to leave it. An elegant bookmark embellished with a bronze frieze frieze set with a glass paste cameo depicting an angel with wings, art Putto.
With handmade bronze frieze frieze decorated with Murano glass paste depicting an angel with wings, art Putto. Essential and original page marker resulting from the continuous research of Bortoletti and his master jewelers. The manual chiseling of bronze and the beauty of the glass paste give life to this unique exclusive object.
Crown Bookmark Crazy Long Description (also loosely and translated from Italian):
Bookmark design crown Handmade with white bronze decoration depicting the French royal crown emblem.
The white bronze decoration was made with the fleur-de-lis emblem inserted into the crown as an emblem of royalty.
A hand-chiseled white bronze bookmark, it is the brainchild of master jewelers Bortoletti and is a true gem of design.
Planned and designed by art masters inspired by the jewels of the French monarchy and the Chateau de Versailles.
The Fleur-de-lis element, contained in the royal crown has since the Middle Ages become the emblem of royalty and is one of the best-known heraldic figures in France.
The bookmark was made completely by hand from white bronze cast by lost wax and chiseled like a real jewel.
A ‘unique opportunity to reveal your good taste, for a fine gift.
For your special occasions a nice and colorful bookmark to keep your mark but to leave it, for your pleasant reading breaks.
Bookmark design crown
The white bronze decoration has been hand-chiseled to bring out the beauty of the casting. For small celebrations and special moments, an exclusive handmade Venetian-style bookmark, ideal for expressing yourself through a gift.
The creative process of bronze casting is completely handmade, with the passion and love of our craftsmen.
The bookmark is created by hand using traditional crafting techniques, in a creative process that sees a continuous confrontation between past and present.
Not to miss the mark but to leave it, exclusive Corona bookmark for moments of pause.
A one-of-a-kind handmade bookmark, elegant and original from the typical Venetian manufacture of artistic craftsmanship.
A handmade bookmark for a classy audience that is the result of Bortoletti and his master jewelers’ continuous research in the field of design.
Old-fashioned design and attention to form frame the unusual combinations of materials and colors.
Bookmark glass paste (more info):
A unique and precious object for those who love Venetian style and elegance. A handmade bookmark for a classy audience that is the result of Bortoletti and his master jewelers’ continuous research in the field of design. The processing of glass paste is unique and passed down through generations of Murano’s master glassmakers.
The manual chiseling of bronze and the beauty of the glass paste give life to this unique exclusive object.
A unique and precious object for those who love Venetian style and elegance.
A handmade bookmark for a classy audience that is the result of Bortoletti and his master jewelers’ continuous research in the field of design.
The processing of glass paste is unique and passed down through generations of Murano’s master glassmakers.
Glass paste making is unique and passed down through generations of Murano master glassmakers.
The earliest finds of vitreous paste appear to date from the fourth millennium B.C. and are almost totally lacking in transparency the characteristic that will later make the fortune of this material.
In fact, the glass of the ancients was called ‘vitrine,’ a substance composed of the same basic elements, but with an opaque appearance, almost always colored.
The glass paste appliqués that decorate Bortoletti’s objects are produced in our workshop, and take up the images of ancient neoclassical Cameos.
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