Antique: Edwardian Silver Buckle Bangle Bracelet with Orb Detail

A beautiful antique sterling silver bangle bracelet with a buckle design and orb embellishment. It is hand-engraved with a foliage decoration on the front-half and unadorned on the other half. It is a hinged bangle with a push-in, tongue and groove closure, which fits securely. The buckle motif was popular in the later-half of the Victorian period, symbolizing love, loyalty or friendship and carried forward into the Edwardian period. These buckle bangle bracelets are becoming more difficult to find. Find two or three antique silver bracelets you love and wear them one at a time or all stacked together.

• The height is ¾ inch.
• The inside diameter is 55.5 mm/2.18 inches in length by 51.9 mm/2.04 inches in width.
• It will fit a wrist 6 1/2 inches in diameter or smaller.

• England.

• Edwardian, circa 1910.
• Stamped 925 i.e. sterling silver.

• The bracelet is in good antique condition. It is over 100 years old and has signs of wear and use commensurate with its age (some small scratches and dings).

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