I love Scottish Agate pieces and bracelets in particular.
My favourite Agate is the Grey Lacey Agate from Montrose - it goes so well with white and I have a White Cashmere Sweater that that my own Montrose Agate bracelet looks fabulous against.
This is one is rather nice as each panel is divided up using the Scottish Cross/ Saltire and I have not seen one like it before - all the panels are graduated with the largest in the centre.
It fastens with a box tongue clasp with a heart shaped pusher.
This bracelet is incredibly small - but I have a petite friend which it fits no problem so if you are lucky enough to have petite wrists make sure you don't let this slip away as it is a rare thing.
In excellent condition as the silver is heavy guage so no dings or dents inside or out, see photo's.
The size is: 5 ¾” (14.5cm) Inside diameter and is 3/4" 2cm at the widest panel
I usually have a few Scottish Agate Bracelets so make sure you take a look in my shop if this is not for you.
Scottish Agate or Pebble Jewellery was made popular by Queen Victoria. When she travelled to the Highlands with Prince Albert she fell in love with the dramatic landscape and went on to purchase Balmoral, the rest as they say is history. This love extended to all things Scottish and when the London papers reported that the couple were wearing “polished pebble brooches made from local stones” it set a trend that would last for decades and even spread to Europe.
Written examples of this sweeping fashion are to be seen in the novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in her novel Cranford (1851) set in the Cheshire village of Knutsford where one of the characters – Miss Pole was wearing no less than 7 Scottish pebble brooches!
If you are interested in Scottish Agate Jewellery I can really recommend Scottish Jewellery – A Victorian Passion by Diana Scarisbrick inside you will see some very similar bracelets………
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Please Note: All Weights & Measures are Approximate. Unless otherwise stated, any dimensions and estimated weights of gemstones in this description have been determined without un-setting the stones and are, therefore, to be considered only as a probable because of limitations imposed by the mount.