Bracelets are the perfect fashion accessory. It can be discreet or visible, rigid or flexible, colored or neutral. It dresses up a sober outfit, it enhances a ring, a necklace. The bracelet is also the counterpart of your watch. Vintage bracelets or antique bracelets come in links, circles, chains, with or without stones. It is even possible to find antique bracelets with braided hair. The memory of the loved one was worn on the wrist. And even a simple gold band, engraved with the name or the date of the loved one, is beautiful, isn’t it?
Antique coral bracelet and clasp in 18 karat gold (750). Antique bracelet formed of three rows of coral sticks, joined by a delightful clasp decorated with letters. The clasp is a 14 karat (585) rose gold box, marked with letters “AV”. Antique jewelry, circa 1950. Owl hallmark.
Reliquary pearl bracelet in 18 karat (750) rose gold. The bracelet is composed of two rows of cultured pearls linked by a gold cruciform element. In the center of the bracelet, a rectangular gold element holds a lock of hair, protected by a curved glass. The clasp is with a gold stick, which is passed through a ring. Antique reliquary bracelet, late 19th century.
French owl hallmarks on various parts of the bracelet (french state hallmark for 18 karat gold)
Total length: 19.5 cm
Dimensions of central element: 24 x 15 mm
Diameter of beads: 3.4 mm
Vintage flexible bracelet in 18 karat yellow gold (750). The bracelet is composed of three rows of chains connected by tricolor gold elements. The piece is adorned with a setting of blue glass cabochons and a hollow gold ring. Created around 1990, France.
Eagle head hallmark (poinçon d’État français pour l’or 18 karats)
Belle Epoque diamond bracelet in 14 karat gold and platinum. This Belle Epoque bracelet features oval links, with a larger link at the center set with fourteen old mine and rose-cut diamonds. The central diamond is set in a closed setting and weighs approximately 0.10 carats. The main link is bordered by two links set with rose-cut diamonds (six in total). It dates to around 1900, during the Belle Epoque period, and likely has origins in England.
Marked with a shell hallmark (French state hallmark for 14 karat gold)
Length: 19.5 cm
Estimated total diamond weight: 0.26 carats
Note : Please note that the clasp has a safety chain and a figure-eight fastener. Condition: Signs of wear
Victorian garnet bangle bracelet in 18k rose gold. Bangle bracelet featuring a central element set with four large cabochon almandine garnets, topped with a cross set with 18 fine pearls. A drop-shaped motif set with fine pearls complements the main element. Central element from the 19th century, bangle from the early 20th century.
Cloverleaf hallmark
Dimensions of the main motif: 20 x 26 mm
Inner circumference: 16.3 cm
Condition: soldering traces visible under the main element
Garnet bangle bracelet in 18-karat rose gold (750) and silver. This delicate bracelet forms a wire bangle, adorned with a circular element made of gold and silver serving as the clasp. The clasp is set with a significant cabochon garnet and features scroll motifs. The central element dates back to the 19th century and has been subsequently assembled into this fine bracelet.
Hallmarked with “charançons” (french state hallmarks for 18-karat gold) and a partially legible maker’s mark.
Inner circumference: 17 cm (approximately 6.7 inches)
Clasp dimensions: 14 x 13.8 mm
Gold watch chain necklace crafted from 18-karat rose gold (750). The chain features a voluminous fancy link design and is secured with a lobster clasp. It can be worn as a choker necklace by adding a rectangular element in gold and platinum with filigree volutes, which comes with the chain, or as a double bracelet. This piece dates back to around 1900 and originates from France.
Hallmarks: Eagle’s head and rhinoceros (French hallmarks for 18k gold)
Length: 36 cm (14.17 inches)
Link Width: 5 mm (0.20 inches)
Bracelet rows of pink gold 18 karats (750 thousandth). Antique bracelet composed of three rows of jaseron chains, gathered by and held by a lobster clasp. Antique bracelet, early 20th century.
Owl punch
Length : 21,5 cm Width: 10 mm
Condition: traces of soldering
Note : it was most probably an old watch chain.
Curb bracelet 1900 in 18 karat pink gold. The bracelet is made of curb links in polished and stamped gold. The links are hollow. The clasp is box ratchet. It has a safety chain. Early 20th century bracelet, France.
French Victorian diamond bracelet in rose gold 18 karats and silver. This bangle bracelet is decorated with a stylized floral motif in silver set with twenty-seven old and rose-cut diamonds. The main diamond is an old mine cut and weighs approximately 0.42 carat. The bracelet closes with a concealed clasp, secured by a chain. Antique French bracelet of the Napoleon III period, French Victorian period, circa 1880.
Eagle head and rhinoceros hallmark, illegible goldsmith’s hallmark
Inside dimensions of the bracelet : 4,9 cm x 6 cm
Dimensions of the motif : 19 mm x 40 mm
Estimated weight of the diamonds : 0.85 carat
Estimated weight of the central diamond : 0.42 carat