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| Giovanni Pichler Cameo - Minerva before 1791 onyx British Museum |
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| Giovanni Pichler Cameo - Ulysses before 1791 onyx British Museum |
The patriarch of the Pichler empire was Anton (1697-1779), a German gem-cutter who migrated to Naples, and then to Rome in 1743, where he was known as Antonio and gained great fame for the precision-beauty of his craft. Antonio trained his son Giovanni (1734-1791) as a worthy successor. Then in 1773 after he was past 75 Antonio fathered another son, Luigi – 39 years the junior of Giovanni, his brother. Luigi was still a small child when Antonio died, but loyal Giovanni saw him raised as another worthy successor and accomplished artist. Luigi then carried forward the family business of classically-inspired luxury gem-cutting in Rome until his retirement in 1850, more than 100 years after his own father had founded the house.
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| Giovanni Pichler Intaglio - Draped female figure, possibly Urania before 1791 sard British Museum |
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| Luigi Pichler Intaglio - Venus crouching in water before 1850 sard British Museum |
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| Luigi Pichler Intaglio - Helmeted warrior before 1850 carnelian British Museum |
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| Giovanni Pichler Cameo - Bust of a Roman, possibly Vespasian before 1791 onyx British Museum |
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| Giovanni Pichler Cameo - Niobe before 1791 sardonyx British Museum |
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| Giovanni Pichler Cameo - Homer before 1791 onyx British Museum |
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| Giovanni Pichler Intaglio - Brutus before 1791 sardonyx British Museum |
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| Luigi Pichler Intaglio - Omphale wearing Nemean lion-skin before 1850 sard British Museum |
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| attributed to Giovanni Pichler Cameo - Cupid on dolphin with lyre before 1791 onyx British Museum |
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| Giovanni Pichler Cameo - Cupid in chains before 1791 onyx British Museum |
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| Luigi Pichler Intaglio - Profile of a girl before 1850 amethyst British Museum |
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| Pichler Workshop Intaglio - Bearded man 18th century sard British Museum |