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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4244157, member: 5833&quot;]The three penny bracelet shown off by [USER=29]@Ownedbybear[/USER] put me in mind of a bracelet I have.&nbsp; Since it lives next to the other one, decided to show &amp; get opinions on both.&nbsp; (Apologies for the quality of some of the pictures.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]337068[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Top one is silver (unmarked, untested) &amp; chunks of raw aquamarine.&nbsp; The silver is worked in a leaf &amp; tendril design.&nbsp; The clasp is a simple hook &amp; eye.&nbsp; Would this be considered Arts &amp; Crafts?&nbsp; Or just craft show?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]337069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337070[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The stones are not as dark or as green as the photos make them; they&#039;re a pale aqua blue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bracelet I thought of when I saw OBB&#039;s is this one.&nbsp; Each section is an operculum, sort of the front door of snail type molluscs, in this case turban shells.&nbsp; They are backed by &amp; held by bezels made of British coins, most George VI, 1944 or so.&nbsp; Think most of them were used in India.&nbsp; I imagine some ship&#039;s machinist stationed in the Indian Ocean cobbling this together for his sweetheart.&nbsp; The clasp is a working buckle.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]337071[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337072[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337073[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The floor is open.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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