Antique French 18k Yellow Gold Clasp & Woven Hair Bracelet, c. 1840-60 Basilica Saint Anne d'Auray and measure 5

and measure 5

(585) with the lenses are intact and so is one side of the original leather nose guard as you can see (rather easy to split a leather lacing and attach for the other or replace both)

this service of fine ebony handled & 22K gold vermeil bladed & trimmed knives are just the thing to set out with entrement silver or for fruit/cheese service

even after all these centuries

you see it with the original 4 mouth-blown crystal bottles and their original stoppers

Antique French 18k Yellow Gold Clasp & Woven Hair Bracelet, c. 1840-60 Basilica Saint Anne d'Auray and measure 5Surviving in magnificent condition, this mid 1800s French hair art jewelry item must not have been worn or used. Cherished as the memento it is of someone well loved in her time, the bracelet is a gorgeous chestnut brunette, very long hair used in the weave so would have been a woman or perhaps the long cut locks of a child (boys' hair was not cut until they were about 4 or 5, and sometimes the long cut locks were saved by Mothers. We won't know who