The Absolute Art Deco bracelet with rock crystal, turquoise and black enamel

The Art Deco style is a very famous and popular art movement that had a lot influence in the world of jewelry. Art Deco was introduced in the 1920s as protest against the dreamy Art Nouveau style. Art Deco ended in the 1930s. The style emphasized a very abstract design with geometric patterns and as most favorite colors: black (the enamel links of this bracelet), blue (the turquoises, that have turn greenish over the time), green, white (the rockcrystal links) and red.

Antique jewelry object group: flexible bracelets/bangles

Country of origin: Although it does not carry any legible control marks we believe this to be of French origin.

Style: Art Deco
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Style specifics: Abstract motives and geometrical forms are quite typical for the Art Deco period.

Period: ca. 1925
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Material: 18K yellow gold
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Technique: Enamelling is an old and widely-adopted technology. The ancient Egyptians applied enamels to pottery and stone objects. The ancient Greeks, Celts, Russians, and Chinese also used enameling processes on metal objects. Enamel is the colorful result of fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. The powder melts and flows and hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating on metal, glass or ceramic. According to some sources, the word enamel comes from the High German word smelzan (to smelt) via the Old French esmail. Used as a noun, "an enamel" is a usually small decorative object, coated with enamel coating, such as a champlevé or a cloisonné (different techniques).

Precious stones: turquoise and rock crystal
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Birthstones: Turquoise is the birthstone (or month stone) for December.
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Hallmarks: No trace.
The closures of this bracelet are not in gold but in guilded silver. Most probably they have been replaced somewhere in the bracelet's life. It's here where we would have expected the hallmarks to be.
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Condition: very good condition
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Dimensions: length approximately 18.50 cm (7.28 inch)

Weight: 57.20 gram (36.78 dwt)

Reference Nº: 09360-4361

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