Vintage 14k Gold Ditta Giovanni Apa Genuine Cameo Drop Earrings - 1970s Giovanni Apa Naples Italian Cameo 14kt Yellow Gold Earrings

This listing is for the photographed Vintage 14K Gold Giovanni Apa Genuine Cameo Drop Earrings. This set of earrings feature authentic hand carved cameos of a woman's profile set inside beautifully designed 14 karat yellow gold. The earrings are stamped 14k, and also feature a star and "95NA", which identifies that the gold earrings were made in Naples, Italy, and the jeweler who made them has the registration number 95. This registration number belongs to the jeweler Giovanni Apa, who was known for crafting high quality pieces that often featured genuine shell cameos. The earrings come inside of a teal "Ross Simons" drawstring bag. Stunning high quality 14kt gold genuine cameo earrings made by a renowned Italian jeweler! Amazing addition to any jewelry collection!

Giovanni Apa founded his jewelry studio in the town of Torre del Greco on the Gulf of Naples, Italy in 1848. He specialized in high quality, hand crafted gold cameo and coral pieces. Since the beginning of the 19th century the town of Torre del Greco had been known as the center for high quality coral and cameo jewelry, attracting swarms of customers to the area looking for these kinds of pieces. Many generations of the Apa family have since worked in the studio, continuing the businesses legacy as a high quality Italian made jewelry company. Today the company, which has since been renamed APA, operates a museum and showroom where the original studio once stood in Torre del Greco, with a small number of artisans still working onsite, crafting high quality jewelry pieces for the company.

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Vintage 14k Gold Ditta Giovanni Apa Genuine Cameo Drop Earrings - 1970s Giovanni Apa Naples Italian Cameo 14kt Yellow Gold Earrings