Berlin bacchante

A Berlin iron bracelet, circa 1830. The clasp is set with an iron cameo of a bacchante on a polished steel backplate, her hair threaded with vine leaves. The links of the bracelet are comprised of circles of tightly woven iron-wire coils. The bracelet is 7 inches long and 1 and 1/4 inches wide. In immaculate, rust free condition. For an identical bracelet see Plate 185 in Cast Iron from Central Europe 1800 – 1850. 

£750