Check Out These Vintage Bracelets We Adore!

Worn around the wrist, bracelets have been staples of jewelry collections since time immemorial. Ancient Egyptians and even older cultures are known to have used them for female as well as male adornment. Although materials vary greatly, these jewels have always been forms of dressing up a slender wrist. Styles you are probably familiar with include charm bracelets, bangles, bead or link bracelets and sports bracelets. Here, at Peter Suchy Jewelers, we have a fine collection of vintage bracelets that we absolutely adore.

Gold Hinged Bangle Bamboo Bracelet 

 

Made of 14k yellow gold, this bangle bracelet dates back to the 1960s. Its metal is worked to resemble the look of bamboo. Hinged for comfortable wear, it maintains a slightly oval shape. This is a great accessory item for Chinese jewelry or for yellow gold pieces.

Two-tone Gold Diamond Hinged Bracelet

 

This bangle is made of solid 18k yellow gold. The metal is worked to showcase a two-tone texture. Sixteen full-cut diamonds provide magnificent accent pieces to the tune of .42cts. This is a Buchellatti-style piece. Although it is open at the bottom, one portion hinges away to allow your wrist easy access. This is a great main piece that calls for yellow gold accessories.

Cultured Pearl Bracelet 

 

The setting is made of 14k solid white gold. This three-row strand of Japanese cultured Akoya pearls delights with its exceptional luster. A diamond connector ensures proper closure while you are wearing the piece. Spacers include 18 round diamonds weighing in at .10cts.

David Yurman Bangle Bracelet

 

The rope jewelry of David Yurman is legendary. Own a piece of his collection by choosing this cable bracelet made of silver with diamonds. There are in fact 40 full-cut diamonds that weigh in at .55cts. The end caps are made of 18k white gold as setting material. Accentuate the beauty of this piece with other rope jewelry by Yurman.

Persian Turquoise Hinged Link Bracelet 

 

Dated to Italy’s fashion scene of 1945, this piece features 64 Persian turquoise beads. They are accentuated by 32 rubies. Neither stone is treated. The setting material is 16k yellow gold. The hinged bracelet looks great on the wrist and is a sure conversation starter.

If you share your affection for vintage bracelets, we invite you to visit our showroom located at 1137 High Ridge Road in Stamford CT. There is only so much room on our favorites list, and we have not even begun to talk about the great multi-stone and Art Deco pieces we just got in!

You can also head on over to our top-rated PowerSeller eBay store where you’ll find all the vintage bracelets you see here. If you find a listing has ended, please email us at info@petersuchyjewelers.com as we may still have the bracelet in stock.

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The Bracelet: A History of One of Our Favorite Bobbles!

Worn around the arm, the bracelet is quite possibly one of the oldest pieces of jewelry invented by mankind. Archaeologists have been able to determine this as long as 7,000 years ago. Humans wore bracelets made of twigs, bones and shells. What else will a history of the bracelet reveal?

2000 BC and later:Egyptian and Sumerian women were known to regard bracelets as status symbols. The more bracelets a woman owned, the wealthier her husband was thought to be. If the wear of numerous bracelets was combined with the wear of other jewelry items, she would be considered a member of the ruling class or at least aspiring to this status. Common materials included leather, silver and gold. In China, nobles wore cuffs as well as bangles carved from jade. A favorite motif was the mythical dragon and other animals.

1300 BC and later:While bracelets continued to be status symbols, the ready availability of African gemstones now altered the size and shape of the jewelry. Skilled artisans began experimenting with inlays and durable settings. Men, too, became enamored with the wear of this jewelry item. Bracelets now became popular items that would be passed on to the next generation of wearers in a family.

476 AD and later:Greeks were famous for the cuff bracelets that men and women would wear. These items were worn on the upper as well as the lower arms. While soldiers used these cuffs as protection against sword cuts to the wrists, women relied on them to accessorize their wardrobes. During this time, the gold bangle also came into fashion. Due to the Greeks’ fascination with snakes, plenty of bangles were fashioned to resemble snakes coiled around a wearer’s arm. Chinese artisans engraved nature scenes on their bangles.

1601 and later:European royals favored satin ribbon bracelets that would hold precious stones. Before long, charm bracelets came into style. This style continued on and found heavy influences from the Victorian Era, when mourning jewelry, royal jewelry and bracelet styles intertwined.

1920 and later:Bracelets were now in the domain of the common woman. It no longer mattered if she was rich, had a wealthy husband, belonged to the upper classes or had to perform menial labor. The ability to mass produce these jewelry pieces opened up this fashion accessory to virtually anyone. Since that time, bracelets were influenced by changing styles and fashion fads. There were the clean lines of the Art Deco era and the plastic bangles for tweens. There were the wide plastic pieces of the 1980s and the slap-on bracelets that were little more than a metal strip covered with fabric. Nowadays, connoisseurs enjoy the more refined slimmer items made of titanium, platinum and tungsten.

Of course, if you give it enough time, the styles and looks will change once more. That said, the bracelet itself is here to stay and will never go out of style.

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All olives are equal

(but some are more equal than others)

 

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One of a kind antique bracelet set with 7.20 carat diamonds and crafted by the illustrious Emile Olive. This very bracelet is depicted in the "Bible of Antique Jewelry" namely Henri Vever's "La Bijouterie Française au XIXe Siècle" (third volume, page 533) and in its English translation "French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century" (page 1025).
 

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Henri Vever writes about Emile Olive:
"Emile Olive (1853-1902) succeeded Le Saché as designer in Falize's firm. An artist of lively intelligence and infinite taste, he spent thirty years applying body and soul to our beloved art. It is obvious that Olive's gift for geometry was hardly appreciated by his father, an accountant, since he sent him to work with a cheese and bean seller in Rue de la Verrerie.

Such an environment seemed hardly likely to foster the development of an artistic vocation. However the young man felt such a need to draw and had such a hightly developed sense of decoration that he even found curious ornamental motifs in the stains and fissures of the the old shop walls and in the mould on the cheeses of his employer!"
 

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The Belle Époque (French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in European social history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. Occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire, the "Belle Époque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" the major powers of Europe, new technologies improved lives and the commercial arts adapted Renaissance and eighteenth-century styles to modern forms. This epoch overlaps the end of what is called the Victorian Era there and the period named the Edwardian Era.
 
 
 
 

Antiqualy yours,

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Snowball fight in The Garden of Adin !!!

Snowball fight !!!
in The Garden of Adin

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Don't you just hope to get hit sometimes?

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Recipes d'Amour: The "oh la la" soup

Recipes d'Amour
The "oh la la" soup

(as most of the Adin pictures, this also is a non-edited true picture)

"La nouvelle cuisine d'Adin"
proudly presents:
Onion Summer Bracelet Soup

The secret trick to the great Adin French Onion Summer Bracelet Soup is starting with good beef stock. Another important point of attention is the proper caramelization of the onions. Caramelizing onions take at least half an hour of slow cooking the onions over medium high heat. The browning (or caramelizing) of the onions brings out the sweetness in them.

Ingredients

* 6 large red (or yellow) onions, peeled and thinly sliced.
* Olive oil
* 1/4 teaspoon of sugar
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* 8 cups of beef stock, chicken stock, or a combination of the two
* 1/2 cup of dry vermouth or dry white wine
* 1 bay leaf
* 1/4 teaspoon of dry thyme
* Salt and pepper
* 8 slices of toasted French bread
* 1 1/2 cups of grated Swiss Gruyere with a little grated Parmesan cheese
* one antique bracelet (a nice estate or vintage bracelet can do too)

Method

1) Put on the bracelet before you start cooking.
2) Sauté the onions in the olive oil in a large saucepan on medium high heat until well browned (not burned!) about half an hour (or longer). Add the sugar about 10 minutes into the process to help with the carmelization.
3) Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Then add the stock, vermouth (or wine), bay leaf, and thyme. Cover partially and simmer until the flavors are well blended, for another 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper and take out the bay leaf.
4) Serve either in individual oven-proof soup bowls or one large casserole dish. Ladle the soup into the bowls or casserole dish, cover with the toast and sprinkle with cheese. Put under the broiler for 10 minutes at 180 degrees Celcius (350 degrees Fahrenheit), or until the cheese bubbles and is slightly browned. Serve immediately.

Reason for the bracelet in this recipe?
Why not? Any reason to wear antique and estate jewelry is a good one.

Preparation time: ca. 75 min
Grade of difficulty: easy
Calories per portion: definitely

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So sorry dear, I couldn't get you nicer flowers!

So sorry dear,
I couldn't get you nicer flowers!
(but I think the wrapping band makes up for it a bit)

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Decorative Art Retro/Fifties gold bangle
set with diamonds and sapphires

Country of origin: Belgium

Style: Something between Art Retro and Fifties (of the twentieth century)

Style specifics: Retro Style is a recent designation for the period in the forties when large scale, stylized geometric forms, drapes, bows or ribbons were all the rage. Pink Gold, set with colored stones, sometimes in floral forms was common. But this type of jewelry is also very specific for the fifties of the twenthieth century.

Period: ca. 1950

Theme: belt

Material: platinum and 18K yellow gold

Diamonds: 16 semi-modern brilliant cut diamonds with a total estimated weight of approx. 1.28 crt. Their cut is semi-modern as the stones are polished around 1950 which means that although to today's standards they are considered to be modern brilliant cuts, their cullet (the point at the bottom) are still polished flat. Three single brilliant cut diamonds (also called 8/8) with a total estimated weight of approx. 0.12 crt.
Note: All diamond weights, color grades and clarity are approximate since the stones were not removed from their mounts to preserve the integrity of the setting.

Total diamond weight: approx. 1.40 crt.

Precious stones: 25 sapphires

Birthstones: Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April and sapphire for September.

Hallmarks: "950pt" indicating a platinum alloy of 95%, 750 indicating 18K gold and the outer shape of the master mark is in the shape of a barrel and was taken in use in Belgium since 1952.

Condition: excellent condition

Dimensions: inner circumference 19.50 cm (7.68 inch)

Weight: 52.00 gram (33.44 dwt)

Reference Nº: 10105-4294

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