Before he got into the jewelry business, Giorgio Jona worked on the stock exchange. His passion for antiques collecting led him to abandon the financial world in favor of trading antique art and gemstones for creating jewelry. When his son, Alex, joined the Italian jewelry purveyor that Giorgio had founded in 1961, the Jona brand began to offer elegant jewelry subdued enough for daily wear yet visually splendid and skillfully handcrafted using precious metals and stones.
Tucked in a 1690 baroque building on Torino’s Palazzo Balbo di Vinadio is a 3,000-square-foot showroom. This is the headquarters of Jona, home to luxury jewelry designs that are complex, yet often understated. For example, a slender pair of yellow tourmaline drop earrings set into 18-carat gold has a juxtaposition creating just the slightest contrast, which might be noticed only upon close inspection.
Vibrant precious stones collected from around the world are a common fixture in Jona jewelry, with stones like lapis lazuli shaped into eye-like cufflinks, sapphires caged in 14-carat-gold rings and quartz crystals stacked into modern beaded necklaces. Enamel is often arranged to create graphic, abstract patterns or cheekier winks, like miniature tennis balls on cufflinks. Even sparklier pieces, like diamond-encrusted earrings, bear an organic quality when arranged in the shape of a blooming daisy. An innovative spirit can also be found in Jona’s collaborations, such as the partnership with Italian architect and jewelry designer Tiziana Redavid that yielded radical bracelets and necklaces made with stainless-steel springs. The result is a brand whose modern shapes and precious stones ride the line between traditional elegance and modern daring.
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Jona Sterling Silver "Sacco" Fruit Basket
By Jona
Located in Torino, IT
Jona design collection, handcrafted in Italy, 925/ sterling silver "sacco" fruit basket. Weight: 454 gr. All of our silver is new and has never been previously owned.
Sterling Silver
$3,950
H 21 in W 12.5 in D 10 in
Wonderful Monumental European Sterling Silver Bridal Basket Cobalt Blue Glass
Located in Roslyn, NY
A rare and wonderful monumental large European sterling silver pierced bridal basket with open work handle inset with a beautiful cobalt blue glass.
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Sterling Silver Italian Oval Centerpiece
By Argenterie Lala
Located in VALENZA, IT
Entirely handmade solid sterling silver centerpiece. The shaped and edged oval bowl with a double line rim, rests on a foot which is also oval shaped. The body of the centerpiece is...
Sterling Silver
$48,000
H 17 in W 17 in D 15 in
Thomas Pitts Sterling Silver Epergne Centerpiece Nine Baskets London, circa 1773
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality antique sterling silver epergne by famous English silversmith Thomas Pitts, 18th century. Epergne is handmade and has nine reticulated baskets that create airy open a...
Sterling Silver
$1,950 / item
H 2.5 in Dm 11.5 in
Art Deco Sterling Silver Centerpiece Dish, International Silver Co, C.1940
By International Silver
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Art Deco Sterling silver centerpiece dish, International Silver Co, C.1940. The large dish on plain pedestal foot, the body with scalloped undu...
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tiffany Centerpiece
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are honored to offer you this sterling silver Tiffany centerpiece from the late nineteenth century. Just an exquisite piece of sterling silver hollowware...
Sterling Silver
$11,455
H 16.93 in W 14.57 in D 9.06 in
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Centrepiece with fruit on Cristal Base
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid sterling silver oval centerpiece with fruits and leaves composition made by chiseled silver sheet. The fruit and leaves have been modeled by hand from the silver plate, shaped ...
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Serving Bowl 430B
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver serving bowl in pattern 430B by Danish maker Georg Jensen. Designed in a classic and simple design, standing on base. Measuring 3 inches tall and 9 1/4 inches in diam...
Sterling Silver, Silver
Square, Sterling Silver Tray, Made in Italy
By Ganci Argenterie
Located in Milano, IT
The Square - sterling silver tray - ag/925/g 838 Completely handmade in our workshop in Milano Ganci Argenterie - Hallmark 110MI - one of the oldest Italian Silversmith.
Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian English Sterling Silver Monteith Bowl
By Daniel & John Wellby
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver Monteith bowl; an addition to our range of collectable silverware. This magnificent antique Edwardian sterling silver bowl has a large Monteith form onto a spreading foot. The body of this antique Edwardian monteith bowl is ornamented with exceptional panels of flat engraved decoration, incorporating dynamic chinoiserie characters amongst foliate and towering structures; it can be determined that such a frieze of figures relates to a historical event or folklore. Each panel is segmented with concave fluted pales to a matte textured plateau. The decoration to the body incorporates a leaf bordered cartouche to one side, displaying a contemporary bright cut engraved coat of arms, all above the motto 'Vix Ea Nostra Voco' - I scarce call these deeds of our ancestors ours*. These heraldic markings are surmounted with the contemporary bright cut engraved crest of on a mount, a hind lodged in front of a hawthorn-tree, ducally gorged and chained*. This exceptional example of antique silverware is fitted with two cast and applied handles, each fashioned in the form of lion's masks grasping a hallmarked drop-ring handle. The detachable shaped rim of this antique Monteith bowl...
Silver
Antique Cut Glass and Sterling Silver Bon Bon Basket
By James Deakin & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique George V English sterling silver and cut glass bon bon basket; an addition to our silverware collection This fine antique George V sterl...
Sterling Silver
$4,657Sale Price|33% Off
H 8.27 in W 14.97 in D 10.24 in
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Basket or 2 Bottles Champagne Bucket
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large 800 solid silver basket. The structure was created by modeling the silver sheet in a band to make it become a basket with a handle. It was subsequently embossed, chiseled and h...
Silver
Buccellati Silver Fruit Basket Centerpiece
By Mario Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Buccellati silver fruit basket centerpiece in sterling silver. Buccellati centerpiece oval shape measures approximate: 21 1/2? in length, 18...
Silver