RARE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN ENGLISH BLONDE TORTOISESHELL BRACELET with HEART PADLOCK

Description

This beautiful Victorian bracelet is made from the incredibly rare blonde tortoiseshell. Wonderfully deeply amber-coloured yet fully and magically translucent, its oversized links modelled as links of a chain, and it has a massive heart-shaped padlock clasp with ornate, solid gold fittings.
It dates from around 1870 and is in very good, fully wearable condition, with some light ageing, light scratches and a few small areas of natural shell layer separation visible, these are of little consequence. It weighs 29.5 grams and measures 8 inches wearable length, the padlock being 2 x 1.5 inches. The final photo shows it with a US penny (1 cent) coin for scale, which measures 19 mm / ¾ of an inch diameter.
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