| Metal Melt Value |
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| These prices come from GIA recognized Gem Guide, THE wholesale price guide for dealers. These values do not dictate what a piece is worth. This is the price a piece would be worth if stripped down and melted to its bare materials. |
The History
This
beautiful piece comes from the Art Deco Era! The Art Deco Era is famous for
being the "Gatsby" or "Roaring Twenties" Era. A lot of
gorgeous and timeless designs in jewelry came out of this period.
During
the Art Deco Period jewelers often made jewelry upon custom order, this would
often take weeks to months to completely craft by hand.
Chinese
Export jewelry became popular during the late Victorian Period and lasted until
the 1960's. In a lot of ways Chinese Export jewelry fashioned what we know of
jewelry today. During these period's Chinese Craftsmen including Jewelers,
Stone cutters were considered by far the best in the world.
The rich
and wealthy would have a piece custom ordered through their local jeweler whom
was usually gifted at drawing a design to send off to contacts in China to
craft and send back. As you can imagine, this was not cheap, that being said,
these pieces are very rare and few have survived until today.
Chinese
Stone cutters were considered some of the finest artisans in the world during
the Vintage Era. They would carve western themes as well as the more rare
traditional eastern themes into their many pieces.
There is some discoloration near one of the heads of the dragons, a little soap and water should clear this right up.
The Piece
The bracelet has gorgeous Persian Turquoise colored glass eyes in the dragon faces.
The bracelet features classic handmade art deco designs including beautiful twist patterns throughout the cuff and highly detailed carved and chased patterns that depict a serpent or dragons head on either side of the cuff.
The intricacy of the bracelet is just simply amazing and would have taken a lot of time to craft completely by hand.
The bracelet has a inside circumference of 7" with a width of just under 3/4". The wrist gap measures just under 2 and 1/2".
Antique and Vintage jewelry is disappearing at alarming rates. Unfortunately, most of the jewelry from this time period has been lost or melted down over the years, please don't miss your chance to own this special piece of history!
Display items do not come with purchase, item only, unless otherwise noted.
| Age Circa | Antique C. 1920 |
Accent Stone |
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| Markings |
Unmarked, tested |
Main Stone Carat Weight/Color/Clarity |
Blue |
| Gram Weight |
24.5 |
Accent Stone Carat Weight/Color/Clarity |
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| Metal Type |
Sterling Silver |
Stone Cuts | Round |
| Metal Purity |
.925 |
Sizable by Your Local Jeweler |
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| Ring Size |
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item Measurements |
See Description |
| Main Stone |
Glass |
No Questions Asked 30 Day Return Policy |
YES! Always |
*Due to the age of some of these pieces, some items will not be stamped. The National Stamping Act was not enacted until 1906, before 1906 jewelry was not legally required to have a karat mark. This is one way to date items prior to the Art Nouveau time period.
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