In the shadow of Vesuvius

Wide antique bracelet made of six rows of red Mediterranean coral, circa 1890


€ 790.00 *
Content 1 piece
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Wide antique bracelet made of six rows of red Mediterranean coral, circa 1890
Wide antique bracelet made of six rows of red Mediterranean coral, circa 1890
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Hand-cut corals from the Mediterranean have always been the pride of southern Italian jewelry makers - and today they are rare jewels from a time when corals still populated the seabed in large numbers and delighted Italian travellers with their unusual color. One of the major centers of coral processing was the Italian port city of Torre del Greco, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, and it is very likely that the corals on this wide bracelet were also cut into beads there. The bracelet consists of six strands of antique Mediterranean coral in a typical, warm salmon shade. The pearls are hand-cut, not fully round and of a selectively beautiful color; their processing by hand also guarantees that the coral pearls were created in the 19th century. Corals like these were popular souvenirs of a trip to Italy in those years. They are held in place by a clasp made from gold-plated tombac, which is set with four coral buttons. This impressive bracelet came to us from Hamburg.
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Wide antique bracelet made of six rows of red Mediterranean coral, circa 1890
In the shadow of Vesuvius
€ 790.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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