Love Token Bracelet

A Midcentury love token bracelet by American jewelry manufacturer Forstner. Featuring an oversize heart charm suspended on a thick snake chain. The charm features a heart shape, framed in a motif of outwardly radiating lines, complete with a sweetly scalloped edge. The back of the charm is blank, save for a diminutive Forstner maker’s mark. Should you wish, it could be engraved by your jeweler. Forstner was known for making high quality, gold-filled jewelry like this piece, and their signature style is recognizable in this design.

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:

Charm: 34.81mm long (including bail,) 25.02mm wide; chain: 18.5cm (7.25”) long around wrist, 3.24mm wide

Excellent condition

Gold-filled (stamped)

9.1 grams

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