French Art Deco 18ct White Gold & Platinum, Diamond & Unheated Sapphire Elliptical Design Bracelet By Edouard Caen

This is an amazing platinumDerives from the Spanish word ‘platina’ meaning ‘little silver’. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum’s durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete… and 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) white goldWhite gold is an alloy of gold and at least one other white metal – most often nickel or palladium (both of which act as a bleaching agent to reduce the natural yellow colour of the gold). Art DecoA movement within the arts between the two Great Wars (1920-1935) across Europe and the US, characterized by its clean, geometric designs. The aesthetic was intended to celebrate an age of progress and the modernity of the machine. bracelet that was made by Edouard Caen in the 1920s. His atelier was in 19 Rue Rambuteau, Paris. It is typical of the 1920s reaction to the earlier Art NouveauA movement within the arts, particularly jewellery, evolving out of a response to mass production and the industrial revolution (1890-1915). Jewellery of this period was heavily influenced by nature and femininity, with its sweeping lines and organic motifs. flowing style. It features eight elliptical sections set with graduated diamonds on either side and a continuous line of French cut royal blue sapphires with a total approximate weight of 9.20 caratsThe unit of weight for a diamond or other gemstone and also for a pearl. Abbreviated ‘ct’, 1 carat is equal to 0.2 grams. In reference to gold, a unit of purity or fineness of gold and gold alloy, expressed as a number out of 24 parts by weight, e.g. ’24 carat’ signifies pure gold, ’18 carat’ 18/24th gold in the alloy, et cetera.  Also abbreviated as ‘c…. The bracelet is articulatedIn jewellery, an articulated piece is composed of segments with flexible connections. so it literally flows around the wrist. The 18ct yellow tongue clasp is hidden behind one of the sections so it looks seamless. This bracelet is accompanied with a gemmological certificate stating that the sapphires are from Myanmar (BurmaBurma (modern day Myanmar) is one of most celebrated sources of the gemstone, ruby. Coming out of Mogok, known as the ‘Valley of Rubies’, the gemstones, along with sapphires and spinels, have been sourced there for at least 1,500 years, and are prized for their luminosity.) and Basaltic deposits with no indications of heating. A wonderful, unusual and very beautiful bracelet!