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efuerst100 Posts: 34 |
posted 12-14-2005 09:12 PM
  
Gianmaria Buccellati produces much of its silver in Bologna at the Clementi factory associated with the Italian mark "1 BO". In general, the company seems to mark its silver pieces with "Gianmaria Buccellati", "925" "1 BO" "M [pressmark] C". Over the past few years, I have found several older (pre-1968)silver pieces simply marked with "1 BO", "M [pressmark] C" and "800". I know that Buccellati has made pieces in 800 silver and, given the other marks, I have wondered whether the pieces are early Buccellati. However, I found one article (in Italian which I translated with a poor computer translator) that seemed to indicate that Buccellati only purchased the Clementi factory in 1984 and that perhaps the factory (or its predecessor) was started by M.H. Wilkens of Bremen, Germany fame. Of course, the pieces I have found do not have the Wilkens' name on them. Any ideas or suggestions for further research? IP: Logged |
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efuerst100 Posts: 34 |
posted 01-03-2006 12:54 PM
I did some more research on this issue. I found another small silver collector who believes that Martin Wilkens was the German proprietor of Fabbrica Argenteria Felsinea, which was assumed (in 1917) by Michelangelo Clementi. He said that this takeover was related to WWI. According to an article I found on-line, Buccellati purchased the Clementi factory in 1984 but used the factory to produce many of its silver pieces beforehand. Has anyone ever seen any silver items marked Fabbrica Argenteria Felsinea? I'm curious whether any of the patterns match the current Buccellati ones. I've looked at the current Wilkens website and see that a couple of patterns are quite similar to Buccellati's. IP: Logged |
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efuerst100 Posts: 34 |
posted 01-15-2006 08:54 PM
I posed my question by email to the current Wilkens company in Germany. They just responded stating that Wilkens never owned a factory in Bologna, Italy. The mystery continues!!! IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 11-17-2007 07:59 AM
LenaF46 Posted in the New Members' Forum on 11-17-2007 03:38 AM quote: IP: Logged |
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