Featured Emerald paste costume bracelet

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by bluejay, Jan 23, 2024.

  1. bluejay

    bluejay Member

    Hi all :cat: I bought this bracelet around a year ago and just wondered what you think its age is? I bought it from someone who said it had been in their family a long time, and they assumed it was Victorian, but it looks later to me - Art Deco? It came with the box but of course that may not be original to the bracelet.

    It's obviously seen better days but I thought it was so sweet and just bought it to wear. Has a few missing pieces at the ends, I find it odd that the swirly pieces are claw set?! Maybe it was simpler/cheaper to make that way?

    also, does anyone have any advice on cleaning it? It's not silver, so I'm not really sure what to use on it.

    Thank you :joyful:

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  2. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Looks more fifties to my eye. An old toothbrush with a little spray window cleaner on the stones, sunshine cloth on the rest.
     
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  3. bluejay

    bluejay Member

    Ahh, later than I thought! Is there anything in particular that gives its age away? Apologies for the questions, I'm trying to learn.

    And thank you for the advice, off to order some sunshine clothes :happy: Hopefully I can get it sparkling a bit more again.
     
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  4. Lark

    Lark Well-Known Member

    The box looks like a pen box.
     
  5. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Certainly not Victorian. But looks earlier than the 1950s to my eye. The box + bracelet is a marriage. No marks at all?

    Debora
     
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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    nice bling !!!!!!;):happy:
     
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  7. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    Gotta love green!

    Agree that box did not originally go with this. I've not seen construction like this from the back before. Does the bracelet have any stretch?
     
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  8. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Pretty bracelet -- looks nice to wear.
     
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  9. bluejay

    bluejay Member

    No, definitely no marks anywhere unfortunately!

    No stretch, but the smaller stones shift a little on those strips along the back. It looks to be lots of little strips of metal that attach inside the casing of the small green stones - so the swirly ones move a little but are kept mostly in place by the small green stones. If that makes sense!
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    To mine too. Could be 1920s.
     
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