Mario Buccellati Bracelets
A love of tradition set Mario Buccellati and his fine jewelry house apart in the competitive Italian market and remains a point of pride for the family.
In 1919, Mario launched Buccellati with the opening of his first shop in Milan and quickly built a reputation for his richly embellished traforato, or finely pierced goldwork. The Ancona, Italy–born jeweler’s workmanship was in a class of its own. His rings, earrings, bracelets and other accessories were exquisite, yet the gemstones themselves were never too flashy, elevated instead by the designs’ intricate metalsmithing.
Today the Buccellati family is still closely tied to the business even as it is now owned by Richemont, a luxury conglomerate that also counts Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels among its subsidiaries.
A young Mario Buccellati apprenticed with famed goldsmith Beltrami e Besnati in the early 1900s, although many of the goldsmithing techniques synonymous with Buccellati go as far back as the Italian Renaissance. The family lineage is also said to include 18th-century jeweler Contardo Buccellati.
Owing to the founder’s advanced metalworking skills, the brand is known for designs that feature metal with the delicacy of lace and draw on the wonders of the natural world. The house’s work is typified by intricate gemstone settings that emphasize their natural color and dense engraving techniques that transform the texture of gold.
One of the time-honored engraving techniques that has come to characterize Buccellati’s work — techniques that require apprenticeships and training in the fine jeweler’s workshops — is called rigato. It involves the engraving of a precious metal with a series of parallel lines to achieve a fabric-like effect.
Rigato is on luminous display in the house’s Macri collection of earrings, cuff bracelets and other accessories. A painstaking attention to detail is pronounced in the celebrated Macri, Bartolomeo and Unica collections — witness the striking honeycomb motif, a house signature, that characterizes the Unica collection’s Caterina bracelet, for example.
The Macri collection was the work of Mario’s son, Gianmaria Buccellati, an award-winning jeweler and internationally renowned silversmith who worked to bring the brand to the global stage by overseeing the opening of boutiques in Tokyo, Paris, California and elsewhere.
In 1951, Mario opened his first store in New York City; today the company operates boutiques worldwide. In 2019, the company celebrated its centennial with a new flagship in Paris and the Vintage collection, which features some of its most enduring designs.
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Late 20th Century Italian Contemporary Mario Buccellati Bracelets
18k Gold, Rose Gold, Sterling Silver
1960s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Jade, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, 24k Gold
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Emerald, Gold, Silver
1960s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
18k Gold
1960s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold
1960s Italian Contemporary Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Coral, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Italian Modern Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold, White Gold
20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Gold, Silver
1960s Italian Contemporary Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Yellow Gold
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Yellow Gold
1950s European Retro Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Ruby, Yellow Gold
1960s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold
1970s Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Sterling Silver
1980s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Citrine, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Mario Buccellati Bracelets
14k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
2010s Italian Modern Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early 2000s Italian Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Amethyst, 18k Gold
1880s British Victorian Antique Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Rose Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
1960s Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Malachite, Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Artisan Mario Buccellati Bracelets
18k Gold
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Opal, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Chinese Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Jade, 14k Gold
20th Century Modern Mario Buccellati Bracelets
14k Gold, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Yellow Gold
20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Gold
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Etruscan Revival Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Sapphire, Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire
1980s Italian Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold
1850s Italian Antique Mario Buccellati Bracelets
1960s Italian Contemporary Vintage Mario Buccellati Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold