Featured Panel bracelet

Bought at recent fair, the stall holder said it was broken and charged me next to nothing for it, I only had to replace 2 jump rings.

There are no marks that I can see, can't test it as I haven't replaced my out of date acid. I think the stone is Calcite, I was able to scratch it easily (miniscule scratch on an edge out of sight!) or maybe Aragonite.

Would this be 60s/70s or a bit earlier? Was this type of clasp used later? I really like this and have no idea why.

 

That's quite unusual.

Debora

 

That could easily be silver. Also nickel. You can use 18k acid to find out. Scrape the bracelet on a testing stone and drop some 18k acid on the mark. If it's silver it'll go milky and "curdle". It's unmistakeable once you've seen it. Other metals will just sit there or dissolve. Italy and Mexico both made bracelets that way, so...no idea whodunnit.

 

Doesn't look Mexican -- either stone or construction -- to my eye.

Debora

 

The prongs look unusual. Quite ornate!

 

It is gallery wire and there are hundreds of patterns... https://www.google.com/search?q=gal...jaAOoQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1209&bih=642&dpr=1.3

 

Thanks Holly,I had no idea that was what it was called.