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Title: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: dadmumbrill on November 08, 2012, 02:14:14 AM
Can anyone date and/or value this bracelet
It is in it's original case and Came from my grandmothers mother
I think it has seed pearl on it and know that it has not been restored
Many thanks
Title: Re: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: wendy177 on November 08, 2012, 07:51:04 AM
Need much clearer photos of stones? front & back , also close ups  of the clasp opened & closed.  Have you searched for a mark with a jewelers loop?? 
Title: Re: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: mart on November 08, 2012, 11:10:57 AM
Pics are sideways,, and a plain white background would be better !!  How big is it ??
Title: Re: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: frogpatch on November 08, 2012, 03:07:58 PM
Looks like tortoise shell, but hard to tell.
Title: Re: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: wendy177 on November 08, 2012, 03:38:58 PM
 Looks to me like angel skin coral  which if it is 100 years old and  was given as a christening gift would fit perfect as angel skin coral was used at that time and was said to protect children and in many countries is given as a gift to children. Need better photos!! mart would  be small if it was indeed  given as a christening gift.
Title: Re: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: greenacres on November 08, 2012, 03:40:27 PM
If your retaking the photos please make it a plain background. My brain can't function with the busy colors going on. ;D
Title: Re: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: mart on November 08, 2012, 08:17:16 PM
Looks to me like angel skin coral  which if it is 100 years old and  was given as a christening gift would fit perfect as angel skin coral was used at that time and was said to protect children and in many countries is given as a gift to children. Need better photos!! mart would  be small if it was indeed  given as a christening gift.

I know but on the background it was on looked too big for that !!
Title: Re: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: bigwull on November 09, 2012, 12:02:06 AM
Looks like tortoise shell, but hard to tell.
looks more like rose gold from where i,m sitting....over here Christening bracelets...were normally silver...we called it a "silver bangle"....but i have seen them in rose gold...which was more common during Victorian times...so the 100 years old bit would be correct....
Title: Re: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: KC on November 09, 2012, 09:05:51 AM
This is called a cuff style bracelet and I agree pic is hard to tell...but looks it also has a catch chain which you don't see on a small child's bracelet very often.  The bracelets are typically solid or slip/bend style.

I would like the dimensions.  

The coral was used during that time line.  Don't believe it is pearl...but it could be opal.  Can't tell from this pic.  (Hope it isn't opal, if it hasn't been oiled over the years it will disintegrate if jostled too much!)
Title: Re: 100 year or more christening bracelet
Post by: mart on November 09, 2012, 09:22:52 AM
I thought it looked like opal too KC !!