Italian 18 Karat White & Yellow Gold Panel Links Cuff Bracelet

This stunning abstract/brutalist cuff was designed, sculpted and finished here in our shop by Eytan Brandes. He says he was inspired by the rough but naturally evocative look of fossilized coral.  Other opinions around the shop hold that it looks like the shadows of a long line of ecstatic dancers, or what a Giacometti statue...

This unusual chain is a segment from an 18 karat gold 40" long necklace that one of our customers inherited from a great-great-great-blah-blah aunt. We know it's European, because her people immigrated from Poland, and we know it's at least a hundred years old (by the number of "greats" in front of the distant aunt) but that's about it. The mark on the original clasp just says "18K," with no tasty hallmarks to help with identification. We've never seen a chain like this. It resembles a book chain, but the construction is different. Basically, it's two lengths of rolo-style cable chain connected to each other by horizontal oval loops with links on each end. It's got great, loose-snaky movement, and every other center loop has been stamped with a bubbly pattern, just to give it a little more visual oomph. We're going to cut this chain down for various projects because it doesn't really work as a necklace. (It's the kind of thing you'd wear with your metals of office, which you don't have, and neither does anyone else.) Project numero uno is this one-of-a-kind, absolutely unique bracelet, which combines the chain with a fantastic vintage 14 karat box clasp, salvaged from an ugly bead bracelet, that's been sitting around the shop just waiting for this chain to come along. It's a big oval box clasp set with a chewy chrysoprase cabochon, nicely cut, great color, and about 15 carats. The clasp is stamped "585" and "14" on the back, along with the maker's mark (MG) for Manchu Gems, which was a Hong Kong jeweler that produced a lot of distinctively "oriental" jade, coral and chrysoprase jewelry...

Material: 18K yellow & white gold Diamonds: round brilliant cut = 0.56cttw Color: G Clarity: SI1 Dimensions: bracelet will fit up to a 6.5-inch wrist Weight: 8.70 grams

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