Description
An amazing, one-off piece of hand-crafted antique Arts and Crafts work that is a joy of a thing! Difficult to know where to start in describing her-she is a naturalistic goddess of a piece, adorned with flowers of various types, leaves and studded with wonderfully lively opal doublets in between the flowers’ panels. Created in c1900, she is unique and when you study the reverse….wow! Look at the intricate work of this designer/ craftsperson. A fabulous piece of jewellery history.
There are seven silver openwork panels of the most beautiful hand wrought work-each is different to the next and each features an individual arrangement of flowers, leaves and sometimes, clusters of berries. I spotted irises, lilies, nasturtium and forget-me-nots. As we know, at the turn of that century (in Victorian times) flowers were used to express feelings or to convey messages, so the messages in this piece are full of emotions. A large-scale ropework twist silver wire surrounds frames each panel. In between the seven panels are 6 smaller link panels, each accommodating a small and very colourful Boulder opal, with green and blue flashes (one even has pinky colours and another red spots). They elevate this beautiful bracelet even further!
The bracelet has a simple catch and an original safety chain. She retains some patina, as I did not wish to polish away all of the character and the history. I shall send in a gift box to keep her safe during transit (box in images not included) and send by complimentary Tracked and Signed post. Thank you. Ref:cpj
