Posted 5 years ago
Fairybug
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I recently inherited this. I love, the weird and the wonderful so when my grandma died I was given this (along with her pink stetson and some other antique jewellery) I've been researching the jewellery and have done quite well with everything except this!?
I'm sure it's silver although I haven't as yet found any marks but I can't find anything like it anywhere online. It's clearly ethnic there was a lot of other ethnic and ethnic style jewellery in the inheritance. But I'm not sure exactly where whether. It be India? China? Africa? I suspect it was inherited by my grand mother from her great aunt and that some charms are missing. That side of the family had ties with bohemian however my grandmother herself lived in East Africa for a while and bought many african and Indian things whilst she was there. She also travelled Egypt extensively. If anyone could help me date or place where it is from I'd be greatly or if you have or have seen one like it I'd love to know/see
Tia
Fairybug
I love grandma! What an adventurous lady...my kind of woman!!
I’ve never seen a bracelet or charms like that.
Beautiful silver link bracelet with figural charms, which seem to be Oriental, Buddha, a Chinese man with his status hat, an Asian man with a wide straw hat, and an odd long charm that I can't identify.
The bracelet has those cannetille flowers and some wrapped twisted wires decorating the links, this is not especially Asian, but they did use this style, as well as Europeans. The fold over clasp is found on many American silver bracelets.
So this is a real mystery as you have elements that point to different producers in different countries, dating would be mid 20th century.