Who we are
The Store in Via Tribunali is located in the ancient heart of the city and in just a few years has become a true point of reference for fans of the genre.
«Passion, research, pride are the ingredients that make “Gerolomini Gallery” a Neapolitan excellence».
Gerolomini Gallery, is in the ancient heart of Naples and intends to promote the authenticity and excellence of regional and Italian goldsmith craftsmanship.
The creation of a cameo requires great attention to detail, quality of raw materials and above all the great experience that only the master craftsmen of Torre del Greco can offer.
The creation of a cameo requires great attention to detail, quality of raw materials and above all the great experience that only the master craftsmen of Torre del Greco can offer.
Equal attention is given to coral, a material that has been considered as precious as gold for centuries. Torresi artisans enhance it by declining it in all forms, engraved, raw, or combined with other stones or cameos.
To welcome the guests of our gallery there is a master engraver who gives beautiful moments with his stories of great suggestion in the meantime that he shows with his hands the various magics of his work:
To welcome the guests of our gallery there is a master engraver who gives beautiful moments with his stories of great suggestion in the meantime that he shows with his hands the various magics of his work:
“ The art of cameo making was born way back in the 1700s. Shells arrived in the city of Naples from warm countries like Madagascar, the Caribbean, the Seychelles, etc. Legend has it that a sailor at the port of Naples, almost for fun, with a carpenter's chisel discovered that the cup of the shell was calcareous, therefore easily workable. So he slowly began to engrave the face of his beloved and the cameo with the image of a woman's profile was born .”
Then, over the years, the art of cameo making was transferred by Ferdinand IV of Bourbon from the city of Naples to Torre del Greco, first building a factory-workshop and subsequently a real School.