Imperial Austrian Gold Sapphire Diamond Trefoil Hinged Bangle Bracelet
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Directory: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Victorian: Pre 1910: Item # 1454566
Directory: Estate Jewelry: Gold: Victorian: Pre 1910: Item # 1454566
$2,850.00
A very fine Imperial Austro-Hungarian bangle bracelet simply designed as an oval of twisted gold, but then set at the top with a trefoil of three cornflower blue sapphires surrounded by rose cut diamonds. The sapphires, .72, .58, and .52 carat, have microscopic stringer, sharp-edge milky bands, and snowflake inclusions typical of sapphires mined in Kashmir in the 1880s. The sapphires have excellent saturation, medium-dark tone, pure blue color without violet overtones, and a characteristic velvety appearance. The sapphires are surrounded and centered with eleven small rose cut diamonds. The bracelet is stamped with the Vienna hallmark used 1872-1922. The removable safety chain makes the bangle easy to take on and off.
- Origin: Vienna, Austria-Hungary, ca 1885
- Condition: excellent
- Dimensions: 1/8” wide at back; 5/8” wide at front; interior circumference, 6-1/2
- Approximate Total Gemstone Weight: sapphire, 1.83 carats; diamond, .10 carat
- Weight: 14.9 grams
