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Heavy Vintage Gold Snake Bangle with Diamonds & Emeralds, c. 1975


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Heavy Vintage Gold Snake Bangle with Diamonds & Emeralds, c. 1975
Heavy Vintage Gold Snake Bangle with Diamonds & Emeralds, c. 1975
Description
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In the late 19th century, strict etiquette governed how and where jewellery was to be worn. High society ladies changed their clothes several times a day to suit the occasion - and every occasion and every dress required different jewellery. An article from the ladies' journal Bazar from 1888 attests to this custom and recommends suitable pieces of jewelry. If you were receiving friends, you should wear a red gold necklace in the Etruscan style around your neck and a pair of earrings with sapphires in a diamond ring, but on your arm a bracelet "in the shape of a snake with ruby eyes and a sapphire crown on your head"! Even though it was created around 100 years later, this bracelet was designed almost exactly as the author of the article had in mind in 1888. Although the eyes of the snake are made of emeralds and not rubies, they are just as expressive. The forked tongue of the precious reptile is indicated here with rubies. And on its head, it wears a diamond crown adorned with nine diamonds in white gold settings. The highlight of the reptile is its flexible body, which consists of countless flexibly connected limbs. It is flexible and therefore very pliable, allowing it to fit snugly and precisely around the wrist in three impressive coils. The bracelet is a wonderful, very well-preserved piece of jewelry with an impressive weight of more than 85 grams. The precious snake came to us from Cologne and was probably made in Germany in the 1970s. The quotation can be found in the magazine Der Bazar, 34th vol. 1888, no. 25, p. 294.
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Size & Details
Material: Nine 8/8-cut diamonds, total approx. 0.25 ct, H, vsi-si Two natural star-cut emeralds, total approx. 0.08 ct, each approx. 2.3 mm in diameter Two natural star-cut rubies, total approx. 0.06 ct, each approx. 2.0 mm in diameter Gold 585/000, equivalent to 14 carat
Hallmarks: Fineness "585" under the tail
Size: Approx. 53,0 long Rolled approx. 8.0 cm wide The body is approx. 7.0 mm wide, the head measures approx. 1.5 x 3.7 cm
Weight: 85.3 g
Condition: Very good
Certificate: Delivery with certificate
Item ID: 24-0974
Heavy Vintage Gold Snake Bangle with Diamonds & Emeralds, c. 1975
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€ 7,590.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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