Fratelli Borani workshop was established in Turin in 1850.
They were purveyors of the King of Sardinia and made all Sardinian Orders as well as others. In 1866 they opened a workshop in Florence, which was transferred to Rome in 1871. In that same year Domenico Cravanzola, an employee of Borani, took over the business in Rome.
They were purveyors of the King of Sardinia and made all Sardinian Orders as well as others. In 1866 they opened a workshop in Florence, which was transferred to Rome in 1871. In that same year Domenico Cravanzola, an employee of Borani, took over the business in Rome.
He was in his period the principal jeweler in Italy and a purveyor of the Royal house of Italy (The firm held this office until 1946), making all the orders of Italy, San Marino and many others. Raviolo and Gardino took over in 1916, but Raviolo left the firm in about 1928. The name is since Ditta Cravanzola, E. Gardino Successori http://gardino.it/gardinoshop/.
The original Roman address of the firm of Via del Corso 338 was changed in Via del Corso 338-339-340 in the 1880s; the street name was changed in Corso Umberto I in 1900.
Breast star of the Crown of Italy.
Silver, gold, enamel.
Size 75.17 mm.
Weight 34.77 g.