antique Chinese Export silver shadowbox Bangle Bracelet

Created using the shadowbox technique a row of silver flowers and leaves elegantly circles the wrist in this early 20th c. Chinese bangle bracelet. The floral and foliate motifs are set against a dramatically oxidized background visible through the openings in the cut-work and they are enhanced with hand-etched details. Quite often antique hollow bangles make it to us scarred with the experiences of a long life but the example at hand is unscathed, its beauty glowing with the patina of time and the secret memories it keeps stored within it...

Size / Weight: 7 3/4" inner circumference (2 1/2" inner diameter) by 1/4" wide; 12.2 grams

Hallmarks / Date: "SILVER" and what I am assuming is the workshop's identification code as shown; ca 1900

Condition: excellent vintage with carefully cut-out designs, its oxidation in great shape, beautifully finished, with warm patina and no damage and no repairs noted

Inv# 15853