The subject of our annual exhibit of this year (May 30-June2) was Czech beads. The exhibit was organized in a brief introduction on various kinds of Czech beads with canes, moulds, raw beads etc., I could borrow during a short travel in Jabonec during my easter holydays. Followed some cages devoted to the collection of Nicoletta Chiozzi, who inherited a little stock of Czech beads and necklaces from her grand-aunt Imelde, who owned a boutique in Milan between 1920 and 1930. Another small part of the exhibit was devoted to scene jewellery for Scala Theatre made by Corbetta, a firm established in Milan in 1865 which made jewellery for the Scala and other famous Italian and foreign theatres, made with metal and Czech beads. Followed a section devoted to Unger, a firm established in 1875 in Milan and still active. The exhibit close with a small section with strings of Czech trade beads from the collection of Augusto Panini.
An adapted version of this exhibit will be held next spring in Casalmaggiore, ten kms from Parma, which probably most people know as the homeland of Parmesan cheese and Parma ham.
The first picture is of a cage with pieces from the 30s and original drawings. In the second picture a bracelet from early 70s, the first jewel made by current owner of Unger, Maria Pia Rossi