Signed Cini Sterling Silver Capricorn Medallion Necklace

Guglielmo Cini, who was an Italian jewelry maker, came to the United States in 1922 at the age of 17 & set up his company in Boston Massachusetts until 1970. During that time he & one of his designers, Felipe Mendosa, created both fine & costume jewelry using hand crafted, master jeweler techniques. Cini jewelry was primarily sterling pieces reflecting classical & renaissance influences, & it is considered some of the finest among American made sterling jewelry. The early pieces were marked Guglielmo Sterling in a rectangular box.Guglielmo Cini frequently incorporated faceted colored rhinestones in his designs. The jewelry was high quality & began to attract a clientele in the Hollywood film & theater business. in 1957 Cini moved his operations to Laguna Beach, California & remained there until his death in 1979.Many of the Cini pieces are reproductions of antique jewelry, but he also produced many original creations. Most of the later pieces are signed Cini or Cini Sterling. Cini vintage jewelry is highly collectible today & sought after by avid collectors. The company went out of business in 1970, but was reopened by Cini's granddaughters in 1993 in Solana Beach California.This handsome & bold, large sterling silver medallion honors the person born under the Zodiac sign of Capricorn. Cini often used the zodiac for inspiration & incorperated his designs into brooches, medallions & other elaborate pieces. For those born under the influence Capricorn, transiting from December 22 to January 19 of each year, they are the most determined of the entire Zodiac! The most prominent qualities of the Goats, as they are called, are that they are ambitious, conservative, determined, practical & helpful. They make good team leaders & organizers, because of their single-minded focus on their work, sense of responsibility & sincerity. They are perceived by people around them to be workaholics, unemotional & detached. Sometimes their negative qualities - suspicious, resentful, inhibited, pessimistic & stubborn - are seen clearly, but deep inside the Goat is a humble heart. They are soft, & their hard outer shells are meant to guard themselves against the hurt caused by rejection. The diameter of the medallion measures a substantial 2 1/2 inches. The loop is half an inch. The chain is very impressive - perfect for the strength of the pendant! Signed Cini Sterling Silver Capricorn Medallion Necklace