VICTORIAN ELEPHANT HAIR BANGLE

Victorian period

A really pretty Victorian Elephant Hair Bangle.

The antique bracelet features three bands:

The top and bottom bands are made of high carat rolled gold tubes.

The central band is made of a single strand of Elephant hair coiled in a high carat gold strip.

The bands are joined  by 14ct rolled gold crimp connectors.

Elephant hair jewellery became popular late in the 19th century.

It was bought as an exotic souvenir during the British Raj, when Western European adventurers started visiting India and would commission elephant hair jewellery as a souvenir of their safari experience.

The single strand of hair was taken from the elephants tail, and wrapped in gold.

Elephant hair jewellery is seen to prevent illness and harm, as well as bring love and luck.

This bracelet is extremely dainty when worn alone , and also looks fantastic as part of a wrist stack.

MEASUREMENTS

Internal diameter approx: 21.7cm / 8.5”

WEIGHT

Weight approx: 7.2g

MATERIALS

Elephant hair & 14ct rolled gold

Rolled gold was first created in England in the 19th century. It is made by fusing sheets of 9ct or higher gold either side of a base metal.

The metals are heat bonded then rolled into flat sheets.

Rolled gold has around 100 times more gold content, than plated gold.

CONDITION

Excellent

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