July! Time to have some vacations. It could be a good time to think about a swimming mask with corrective lenses, or just a good time for a pair of coloured sunglasses, with polarized lenses, good for mountain or for the beach. Whatever you need, we have it!
Turtles and birds, means tortoise-shell and feathers.
2018 Xmas window display
Bow spectacles from the 16th to 20th century made of leather,
San Martin xe ‘ndà in sofita/ a trovar la so novissa./ So novissa no ghe gera,/ el xe ‘ndà col cuo par tera/ viva viva san Martin/ Viva el nostro re del vin!/ San Martin m’ha mandà qua/ che ghe fassa la carità./ Anca lu col ghe n’aveva,/ carità el ghe ne fasseva/ Viva viva san Martin/ […]
71 years ago, Urbano descended the Molinà river in order to start his first paid job. The Cargnel factory had been lately bought by the Tabacchi family and renamed S.A.F.I.L.O. We thank all of those who shared with Ottica Vascellari its 70th year, now gone by, and hope they will keep up the enthusiasm in […]
We apologize for not anwsering some emails, as we have recently been under attack and our website and server got stuck. Now everything is under control and ok, and we are back online.
Scuola dell’Infanzia “Nicolò Tommaseo Sez. 1” We are proud to dedicate this windows display to the 2nd edition of a photography contest for kids and teenagers, which took place last May at “Mercato di Rialto” the very heart of the city. The main purpouse of this contest, which has been set up by the Comitato […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It all began when, in the 1875 Achille Berry, a twenty-year-old ophthalmologist native of Annecy (Fr), opened the first optical shop specialized in photography and astronomy, in Via Roma, 1 in Torino. Some years later, Ratti brothers relieved this business and, over half a century after the opening of the first store, the Berry company launched the […]
This month’s window display is supplied with some works, made by Gabriele Conchetto, very talented miniaturist, who crafted amazing 3D pictures of some of the most beautifulhidden places of this city. It is extremelydifficoult to tell the value of these tiny pieces of art as the time and passion spent making them are priceless. […]