1840s More Bracelets

This very unusual early Victorian jewel is of timeless elegance. The hinged bracelet with it's locket is decorated with the celtic symbol for eternity, the eternity knot...

It is composed of four round links decorated in the center of a cherub in a bright yellow and white enamel surround in reserves of gold threads. Maker's mark of F-J. RUDOLPHI. Weight: 54.16 gr. Dimensions: 20 x 3.8 cm. RUDOLPHI, THE SONG OF ROMANTIC JEWEL Like Froment-Meurice, the jeweler Frédéric-Jules RUDOLPHI deserves to be collected. The major European museums house his works. Of Danish origin, he succeeds Charles Wagner, whose workshop he directed from 1841. The sources of inspiration come from the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, accommodating in his own way the spirit of Romanticism. Among other things, loves were often illustrated, simple messengers of Love. Reference: A famous adornment with love (bracelet, brooch and earrings), Musée d'Orsay. Paris. A Renaissance-style clock in the Louvre Museum, Department of Objets d'Art. Paris. A beautiful emerald and silver bracelet...