Diamond Persian Turquoise Victorian Snake Bracelet Gold Antique Entwined Snakes
Located in New York, NY
A very rare and wonderful antique Victorian Diamond and Persian Turquoise Double Snake Bracelet in 9 Karat Gold.
Diamond, Turquoise, 9k Gold, Gold
Wonderful Victorian Coral Coiled Snake Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary Victorian snake bracelet of genuine coral beads wired on a coiled metal core capped with finely detailed repousee gold filled snake head and tail.
Coral, Pinchbeck
Antique French Snake Bracelet
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1880s, 18k, France. This spectacular Victorian snake bracelet features a handmade flexible body and a head set with a deep blue .80-carat sapphire, fine diamonds, and ruby eyes.
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Victorian Amethyst Emerald Diamond Snake Bracelet Fob 14 Karat Gold Antique
Located in New York, NY
This is a rare and wonderful antique Victorian Snake Bracelet with Royal Purple Amethyst gems, Emerald eyes and a European Cut Diamond and in 14 Karat Gold.
Amethyst, Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Victorian Gold and Turquoise Snake Wrap Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
Finely crafted in 14k yellow gold with Cabochon Turquoises, old cut Diamonds, and Cabochon Tourmalines as the eyes. Circa lare 1800s Size 6 1/2, flexible
Diamond, Tourmaline, Turquoise, 14k Gold
Victorian Gold Gilt Silver Coral Wrap Snake Bangle Bracelet
Located in Monroe Township, NJ
This Victorian gold gilt silver snake wrap bangle bracelet, features intricate craftsmanship and rich details that embody the elegance of the Victorian era.
Coral, Silver
Antique English Victorian Gold and Diamond Snake Link Bracelet
Located in Denver, CO
Three antique diamonds (one Old Mine-cut and two rose-cuts) totaling approximately 0.12 carats, H color SI clarity, adorn the snake's head and eyes in this exquisite Victorian-era li...
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Whitby Jet snake bracelet, faceted beads, collectible Mourning Antique Victorian
Located in Kings Langley, GB
Gorgeous Victorian Whitby Jet snake bracelet, crafted around 1880 in England, in excellent condition.
Emerald Snake Cuff Bracelet White Diamond Victorian Style
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: 14k gold plated brass Gemstone: Natural emerald eyes and a white diamond Color: Yellow gold with green and white stones Design: Serpent form open cuff with an adjustable f...
White Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold, Gold Plate, Brass
Victorian 5.80 Ct Old Mine Cut Diamond Rare Snake bracelet
Located in Napoli, IT
Symbolic Snakes This extremely beautiful, rare Victorian bracelet is a joy to admire as survivor of Victorian Period jewellery Glorious workmanship of the time, hand crafted of solid...
Diamond, 14k Gold
Snake Cuff Bracelet White Diamond Black Enamel Victorian Style
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Victorian Revival Snake Cuff Bracelet White Diamond Serpent Statement Bangle 14k Gold Plated Brass Black Enamel Designer J DAUPHIN Handcrafted in a 14k gold finish over brass, this...
White Diamond, 14k Gold, Gold Plate, Enamel, Brass
Snake Bracelet Cuff Emerald Eyes Ruby Head Victorian Style
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Victorian Ruby and Emerald Snake Bangle Bracelet 14k Gold Plated Designer: J Dauphin This Bracelet can be custom made in your size.
Ruby, Emerald, Brass, Gold Plate, 14k Gold
Snake Cuff Bracelet Diamond Ruby Victorian Style J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Snake Cuff Bracelet White Diamond Ruby Victorian Style 14k Gold Plated Designer: J Dauphin The White Diamond Ruby Snake Bracelet is an open cuff bangle featuring a slender serpent m...
Ruby, White Diamond, Diamond, Brass, Gold Plate, 14k Gold, Gold
Antique Victorian Double Snake Bracelet Coiled Enamel 14k Yellow Gold Bangle
Located in Torrance, CA
Finely detailed antique Victorian double coiled snake bracelet crafted in 14 karat yellow gold (circa 1880s to 1900s).
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Snake Cuff Bracelet Opal Ruby Victorian Style J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Natural Opal Ruby Snake Cuff Bracelet 14k Gold Plated Victorian Bangle Designer: J Dauphin The Opal and Ruby Serpent Cuff is a slender, coiled bangle handcrafted in 14k gold-plated ...
Opal, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Brass
Victorian 2.53 CTW Diamond Ruby 14K Yellow Gold Antique Snake Bangle Bracelet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed as a stylized snake with coiled body forming a rounded bangle bracelet Decorated with foliate appliqué arranged along stipple scale textured back Depicted with looped tail g...
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Silver Snake Bangle Bracelet with Opal and Ruby Victorian Style
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ictorian Style Snake Bangle Sterling Silver Opal Ruby Designer: J Dauphin The Victorian Style Snake Bangle is a definitive piece handcrafted in solid sterling silver. Featuring a se...
Opal, Ruby, Silver, Sterling Silver
Amazing 19th Century Snake Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
Amazing Antique Snake Bracelet from the mid 19th Century. The head and tail of the snake are composed of beautifully detailed, chased 18k gold with large cabochon sapphires for the s...
Sapphire, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Antique Carved Coral Snake Coiled Bracelet
Located in Monroe Township, NJ
Exquisite antique bracelet features pale white coral, skillfully carved into a coiled snake design. The bracelet wraps naturally around the wrist with beads forming the serpent's se...
Coral
Antique emerald and diamond snake bracelet
Located in New York, NY
A Victorian old-mine diamond bypass bracelet designed as a serpent, the flexible coiled body set throughout with graduated old-mine cut diamonds in a sterling silver-topped mount ove...
Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
Antique bypass gold and gemset snake bracelet
Located in New York, NY
A Victorian gold link bypass bracelet designed as two serpents; one with a diamond-set head and emerald eyes, the other with a sapphire-set head and ruby eyes, in 18k. Awt diamonds ....
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Turquoise and Garnet Snake Mourning Hair Bracelet
Located in London, GB
This is a Victorian 9ct yellow gold mourning bracelet featuring woven hair in the form of a serpent with a gold head and tail featuring eleven turquoise stones and two cabochon garne...
Garnet, Turquoise, Gold, Yellow Gold
14K Cobalt Blue Enamel Snake Bracelet with Pearls
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This amazing 14K Yellow Gold Snake Bracelet is very special. This bracelet is done in Cobalt Blue Enamel, etched gold and Ruby Eyes. It also has (13) Thirteen pearls on the head at...
Pearl, Ruby, 14k Gold, Enamel
Amazing 19th Century Sapphire Silver Gold Snake Bracelet
Located in Riverdale, NY
Amazing Antique Snake Bracelet from the mid to late 19th Century. The head and tail of the snake are composed of beautifully detailed, chased 18k gold with large cabochon sapphires f...
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver, 14k Gold
Gold Snake Bracelet Diamonds & Rubies J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: J Dauphin Title: Sparkle Companion Materials: 14k Gold Plated Gold and Sterling Silver Chain Gemstones: Natural Pavé White Diamonds and Natural Ruby Eyes Style: Victori...
White Diamond, Ruby, Diamond, Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold
Snake Cuff Bracelet White Diamond Ruby J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
White Diamond and Ruby Snake Bracelet – 14K Gold-Plated Brass, Victorian Style Designer: J Dauphin This handcrafted snake bracelet by J Dauphin is made in 14k gold-plated brass and...
White Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Gold Plate, Brass
Antique Double Snake Bracelet Silver Niello Silver Gilt Hair Eternal Friendship
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This rare and unusual bracelet is designed as two snake heads that hold a wheel. The knobs of the wheel have been covered with rose gold gilding. The center of the wheel is decorate...
Silver, Niello
Antique French Pearl Ruby Diamond Gold Convertible Snake Bracelet Necklace 1860
Located in Chicago, IL
This exceptional quality Victorian era articulated snake bracelet / necklace is formed of sections, each engraved to imitate snake scales.
Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, Gold
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage style Natural rose cut Diamonds 14k Gold serpent snake bracelet
Located in Delhi, DL
This snake gold bracelet is a versatile and captivating accessory that can add a touch of elegance, mystery, and individuality to your style. This diamond gold bracelet consists of: ...
Diamond, 14k Gold
Vintage Sapphire Ruby 18 Karat Yellow Gold Snake Triple Coil Flexible Bracelet
Located in London, GB
With Assay Marks for France to its tail This bracelet comes with a fitted box, as pictured. Dimensions: Length of snake when coiled 12.5cm Width of snake 0.6cm Whilst the use of t...
Sapphire, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Anthony's Temptation - 9ct Gold and Garnet Snake Curb Necklace or Wrap Bracelet
Located in Midhurst, GB
1960s 9ct gold curb chain with a Victorian 9ct gold, garnet and sapphire snake motif clasp. Story: I made this necklace by combining two identical curb bracelets, both in 9ct yellow ...
Garnet, Gold
Antique Serpent Snake Bracelet Diamond Crown Ruby Eyes 14 Karat Gold circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
This is a very rare and wonderful antique museum quality Victorian Coiled Serpent Snake Bracelet in 14 Karat Gold with a Rose Cut Diamond crown and cabochon Ruby Eyes dating to circa...
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique French 18 Karat Gold Diamond and Sapphire Double Snake Bracelet Bangle
Located in New York, NY
Antique French 18 Karat Gold Rose Cut Diamond and Sapphire Double Snake Serpent Bracelet Bangle Though it may come as a surprise to some, the snake is one of history’s most enduring...
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Antique Rose-Cut Diamond Ruby 14 Karat Gold Snake Bangle Bracelet, 19th Century
Located in Rotterdam, NL
This beautiful antique creation of the Victorian era is a serpent bracelet dating from the mid-to-late 19th century - the snake is artfully created in yellow gold and set with ruby e...
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Gold
Snake Serpent Cuff Bracelet Opal Black Diamond Gold Plated J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
J Dauphin Opal Snake Cuff Gold Serpent Bracelet Black Diamond A sculptural Victorian style serpent cuff handcrafted in 14k gold plated brass, featuring a substantial, tapered archite...
Black Diamond, Opal, Brass, 14k Gold, Gold Plate
Impressive Early Victorian Blue Enamel Snake Bracelet
Located in London, GB
An impressive early Victorian blue enamel, diamond and gold snake bracelet, the realistically carved head with open mouth, the eyebrows and top of head with rose and old mine-cut dia...
Diamond, Enamel
Unavailable|$12,118
Victorian Emerald Snake Bracelet
Located in London, GB
Antique Victorian (c1900) Cabochon Emerald and Diamond Snake Bracelet.
Diamond, 18k Gold
Unavailable|$675
Victorian Whitby Jet Snake Bracelet
Located in Bozeman, MT
Victorian Whitby jet coiled snake bracelet, 1880s.
Unavailable|$19,800
Victorian Blue Enamel Diamonds Snake Necklace Bracelet
Located in Houston, TX
As versatile as it is beautiful, this 18k yellow gold Victorian era serpent can be worn as a necklace or bracelet.
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold
Unavailable|$16,500
Victorian Era Blue Enamel & Diamond Snake Bracelet
Located in Austin, TX
Victorian era 18k gold & blue enamel snake bracelet with multiple hinges.
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Enamel
Unavailable|$3,950
Victorian French Sterling Silver/Gold-Filled Garnet Snake Bracelet
Located in Narberth, PA
A very fashionable French snake bracelet from the Victorian (ca1880s) era!
Garnet, Gold, Sterling Silver
Unavailable|$16,250
Magnificent Victorian Green Enamel Diamond Ruby Rare Snake Bracelet
Located in Napoli, IT
Wrapped into History! Throughout time and different civilizations, snakes have ever intrigued and attracted mankind Every era and civilization strengthen with various symbolisms; lo...
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Enamel
Antique Victorian Flexible Coil Snake-Style Gold Filled Wrap Bracelet
Located in St. Louis Park, MN
This Victorian flexible coil wrap bracelet resembles a snake wrapped around your wrist.
Gold-filled
Antique Victorian 14K Gold Coiled Snake Agate Cabochon Eyes Hinged Bracelet
Located in Sausalito, CA
Step into the elegance of a bygone era with this lovely 14k gold snake bracelet, a timeless representation of Victorian-era artistry and symbolism.
Agate, 14k Gold
Antique Victorian 2.80ct Old Cut Diamond, Ruby & Turquoise Enamel Snake Bracelet
Located in Kenley surrey, GB
A Superb example of a Victorian Serpent Bangle Bracelet . This is extremely attractive and very wearable..
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Enamel
Antique Victorian 18K Gold Diamond Bracelet Snake Coiled Around its own Body
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique jewelry object group: bangle Condition: very good condition Do you wish for a 360° view of this unique jewel? Just send us your request and we’ll give you the direct link t...
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Unavailable
A XIXth century snake bracelet
Located in New York, NY
An unusual XIXth century 18 K yellow gold snake bracelet,set with diamonds in the eyes and a sapphire (on the head).
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Unavailable|$6,200
Gold, Ruby and Turquoise Snake Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous 18 kt solid gold Egyptian Revival hand chased coiled snake bracelet with turquoise set stone decorations with ruby eyes. Adjustable size.
Ruby, Turquoise, 18k Gold
Unavailable|$6,300
Black Pavé Diamond, Leather Snake Bracelet
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Black Pavé Diamond, Leather Snake Bracelet. Featuring a Black Pavé Diamond Snake Bracelet with a total weight of 5.50 carats, set in 18K White Gold. The body of the snake is made...
Black Diamond, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rhodium
Unavailable|$12,000
Antique 5.80 Carat Old Mine Cut Diamond Rare Coiled Snake Bracelet
Located in Napoli, IT
This extremely beautiful, rare Victorian bracelet is a joy to admire as survivor of Victorian Period jewellery.
Diamond, 15k Gold
Unavailable|$3,413
Antique Sapphire Diamond 14K Gold Snake Tubogas Bracelet, circa 1925/30
Located in Goettingen, DE
Antique Sapphire Diamond 14K Gold Snake Tubogas Bracelet, circa 1925/30 Decorative Tubogas gold bracelet in the shape of a snake. The detailed head with fine engravings is set with ...
Diamond, Peridot, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Sold|$9,800
Victorian Snake Bracelet
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1880s, 14k. This delightful Victorian snake bracelet features a handmade flexible body and a head set with ruby eyes.
Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
14 Karat Flexible Wrap Around Victorian Snake Bracelet with Vidid Emerald Head
Located in New York, NY
14K Flexible Wrap Around Victorian Snake Bracelet with Vidid Emerald Head
14k Gold
Sold|$3,250
English Victorian Snake Bracelet
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
A charming treasure to add to your antique jewelry wardrobe, the bracelet is made of 9 karat yellow gold. The textured body encircles the wrist with its lovely hand and fastens with ...
Emerald, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
Sold|$5,695
French Yellow Gold Victorian Snake Bracelet
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1910 French 18K Yellow Gold, coiled Snake Bracelet, woven gold over a piece of light metal for springing, coiling movement. measuring 1.5 inch wide with each section being 1/4...
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Antique Victorian Snake Bracelet Coiled 18k Yellow Gold French Import Jewelry
Located in Torrance, CA
Finely detailed antique Victorian coiled snake bracelet crafted in 18 karat yellow gold (circa 1880s to 1900s).
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Victorian Snake Bracelet jasper Yellow Gold Pearl Good Luck Eternity
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This elegant bracelet has been handcrafted in the middle of the 19th century. Segments of beautifully coloured jasper, a variety called blood jasper because of the tiny red spots, ar...
Pearl, Jasper, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
The reign of Queen Victoria encapsulates a quickly evolving period of history — and jewelry styles were no exception. No single period has seen such a diverse group of jewelry attributed to it than the Victorian era. Today, there is a vast collection of authentic antique Victorian jewelry and watches on 1stDibs.
Victorian jewelry is named after Queen Victoria, whose reign lasted from 1837 to 1901, making her the second longest-ruling monarch. (She was surpassed by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015.) During this time, different styles of fashion and jewelry came and went. Thanks to our fascination with royalty and swoon-worthy melodramas like Netflix’s The Crown — which is rife with evocative fashion, jewelry and interiors — and the 2017 feature film Victoria & Abdul, we are all familiar with her story. After the death of Victoria’s father and three childless uncles, she ascended to the throne at age 18. In 1840, Queen Victoria married the love of her life, her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Queen Victoria loved serpentine jewels, and she had even more power to shape trends than Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle do today. The British monarch’s best-known piece in this mold is the gold coiled-snake engagement ring she received from Prince Albert — the sinuous reptile was considered a symbol of everlasting love.
The Queen's 63-year reign has been divided by historians into the Romantic period, the early happy years, circa 1837–60; the Grand period, marked by the deaths of the Queen’s mother and husband, circa 1860–80; and the late Victorian or Aesthetic period, which lasted from about 1880 until 1901 and ushered in the Belle Époque. Queen Victoria wore her heart on her sleeve, and her fashion and jewelry reflected her emotions.
Romantic period jewelry, which featured common decorative motifs and was embellished with seed pearls, coral and turquoise, was a celebration of the young monarch’s love. Everything changed with the death of Prince Albert, and the Grand period is most often associated with mourning jewelry. Jewelry was smaller, lighter and more dainty during the late Victorian period. During this era, diamonds came into fashion, and semiprecious gems such as amethysts and opals became prevalent, too. Using gemstones for their natural beauty and not their worth was something that jewelers of the era felt passionate about, and this ideology would really become relevant in Art Nouveau jewelry.
Find a collection of authentic antique Victorian jewelry — from rings, necklaces and brooches to a range of other accessories — on 1stDibs.
Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself.
Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.
Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.
For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany & Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.
Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.
In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so.
Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.
Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle.
BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.
A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in.
Since Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.
Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.
Find a stunning collection of vintage and antique gold jewelry on 1stDibs.
Today, antique and vintage bracelets are versatile and universally loved accessories that can add polish and pizzazz to any ensemble.
Bracelets were among the jewels discovered to have been buried with Pharaoh Tutankhamun when his tomb was unearthed in 1922, and wrist and arm bracelets were allegedly worn by Queen Puabi in Sumer, southern Mesopotamia. But preceding the adornments of Ancient Egypt and elsewhere, the people of prehistoric times likely wore the decorative accessory, fashioning it from shells and fish bones. When the Bronze Age allowed for more durable materials and semiprecious stones to be incorporated into jewelry, bracelets became a treasured symbol of wealth.
In the thousands of years following the debut of the world’s first bracelets, the artistry behind this common accessory has only broadened, with designers at popular jewelry houses growing more venturesome over time. David Webb looked to nature for his Animal Kingdom bracelets, and for her best-selling bracelets and more at Tiffany & Co., Elsa Peretti would frequently do the same. From bangles to tennis bracelets, the modern age offers plenty of options.
Internationally acclaimed bracelet designs have on occasion become powerful symbols of status, style and, in the case of Cartier's iconic design, love. The Cartier Love bracelet can be found on the wish list of most jewelry lovers and on the wrist of some of the world’s biggest stars. Its arrangement of mock screwheads and distinctive functionality — it was initially locked and unlocked with an accompanying vermeil screwdriver — is an enduring expression of loyalty, unity and romance. (Do you know how to spot a fake Cartier Love bracelet?)
While the Love bracelet has played a role in the skyrocketing popularity of cuff-style bracelets, they are far from the only glamorous option for collectors. Make a statement with an Art Deco design, a style that sees all kinds of iterations fitted with studded cuffs, one-of-a-kind shapes and dazzling insets. A chunky vintage gold bracelet in the Retro style will prove eye-catching and elevate any outfit.
One of the best things about bracelets, however, is that you never have to choose just one. Style icon Jacqueline Kennedy stacked her Croisillon bracelets — designed by Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. — with such frequency that the ornate bangles were eventually dubbed “Jackie bracelets” by reporters. Contemporary silver pieces can easily complement each other, rendering a layering of luxury almost a necessity.
Find a diverse collection of bracelets that you can sort by style, stone cut and more on 1stDibs.