RARE GUGLIELMO CINI STERLING BRACELET C. 1950’S 7″ LONG STERLING CHAIN BRACELET IS DECORATED WITH 6 STERLING DANGLES: 3 ANCIENT ROME STERLING COINS AND 3 US STERLING MEDALS REPLICAS APPROX. 1″ DIAMETER (SEE COINS DESCRIPTIONS BELOW) EACH COIN IS STAMPED CINI STERLING THE SPRING RING CLASP IS ALSO STAMPED STERLING TOTAL WEIGHT IS 51.4 GRAMS SPRING RING CLASP STAMPED STERLING EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION GUGLIELMO CINI WAS AN ITALIAN JEWELRY MAKER. HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1922 AT THE AGE OF 17 AND SET UP A SHOP IN BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL 1957. DURING THAT TIME HE AND ONE OF HIS DESIGNERS, FELIPE MENDOSA, CREATED BOTH FINE AND COSTUME JEWELRY USING HAND CRAFTED, MASTER JEWELER TECHNIQUES. THE JEWELRY WAS HIGH QUALITY AND BEGAN TO ATTRACT A CLIENTELE IN THE HOLLYWOOD FILM AND THEATER BUSINESS. IN 1957 CINI MOVED HIS OPERATIONS TO LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1979. US MEDAL STERLING REPLICA: OBVERSE: JESUS CROSSING THE SEA OF GALILEE ON THE BOAT. AT ONE POINT IN THE BIBLE (MARK 4:36) JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES ARE CROSSING THE SEA OF GALILEE IN A BOAT WHEN A GREAT STORM ARISES. UNMOVED, JESUS SLEEPS IN THE BACK OF THE BOAT UNTIL THE MEN, TERRIFIED, WAKE HIM. A FEW WORDS FROM JESUS AND ALL IS WELL AGAIN, ACCOMPANIED BY THE QUIET QUESTION ‘WHERE IS YOUR FAITH, MEN?’ IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS A ‘SECURITY IN THE STORM’ MOMENT. FOR THIS MEDAL, IN TEMPESTATE SECURITAS IS LATIN FOR ‘SECURITY IN THE WEATHER.’ REVERSE: THE PATRON SAINT GEORGE (S GEORGIVS PATRONVS) ON HIS HORSE (EQVITVM) SLAYING A DRAGON, A CHRISTIAN TRADITION ADAPTED FROM EASTERN ORTHODOXY. ANCIENT ROME DENARIUS COIN STERLING REPLICA: OBVERSE: SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS – ROMAN EMPEROR: 193-211 A.D. REVERSE: VRBS – ROMA ROMA SEATED STANDING LEFT, HOLDING VICTORY ON GLOBE AND SCEPTER. WE COMBINE SHIPPING International shipping needs re-calculation of shipping cost Please contact seller before bidding