Antique Curb Link Bracelet

Welcome to Marika Gems! This piece has already sold (you have great taste, by the way!) While each piece of jewelry in our collection is vintage or antique and many are entirely one-of-a-kind, we strive to find similar jewels for our clients whenever possible. If you’d like to be notified when jewels similar to your selection are added to our collection, please copy the URL or title of this listing, then click this link and enter your contact information. You’ll be added to the Wish List and be first to know about new arrivals.

The perfect wear-every-day bracelet: an antique gold-filled curb link chain. This bracelet likely began life as a watch chain, and was later shortened into a length to be worn around the wrist. This bracelet fastens with a dog-clip clasp bearing the mark T&H for Thomas Hopwood of Birmingham as well as a fineness mark indicating it is fashioned from 14 karat gold-filled metal. Please note: this bracelet is a bit longer than the standard ladies length. It could easily and economically be shortened by your jeweler, or worn by someone with a larger wrist for a comfortable fit.

What is “gold-filled?” Gold-filled jewelry is higher quality than gold-plated and lower cost than solid (alloyed) gold. Typically, gold-filled jewelry is required to have a 1/20th (or 5%) weight in gold (usually 14k,) which is affixed/bonded to all exterior portions of the jewelry item (which usually has a brass, or sometimes copper, core.) Gold-plated jewelry has no such standards and as a result usually involves a much thinner coating of gold. Gold-filled jewelry can last a lifetime without showing signs of wear and makes for excellent and durable everyday-wear pieces.

More details:

8” long around wrist, 7.8mm wide

Excellent condition

Gold-filled (stamped)

27.2 grams

All purchases arrive in a gift box, wrapped with a ribbon.