A beautiful very sparkly mid century period traditionally handcrafted unheated untreated deep blue natural sapphire and unheated untreated natural diamond quality eternity bracelet circa 1950 7.42 cttw.
This quality sinuous and elegant original mid century period sapphire bracelet is very luxurious and just so sparkly!.
Each of the links moves beautifully draping across the wrist. This is a beautiful traditionally handmade bracelet.
The inside circumference of this stunning bracelet 6 1/8". It will fit a small or extra small wrist. 5 3/4" or so. It sits 5/16" wide on the wrist (8mm). There is a safety chain on either side of the clasp allowing an extra 2 1/8" (8 1/4" in length open) to take on and off over the hand.
The contrast between the deep blue of the unheated untreated sapphires and the white diamonds is absolutely beautiful. The color POP is beautiful!
Importantly these sapphires are completely unenhanced -no treatments at all - there are no residues they are unheated and untreated just as mother nature made them which is just so rare to obtain especially today. Such sapphires cannot be compared to heated or treated sapphires and are much more valuable than heated or treated sapphires.
7.00 carats of unheated untreated deep blue natural sapphires
0.42 carats of unheated untreated natural diamonds VS/SI clarity F/G/H in color
7.42 carats total gem weight.
There is an 18K stamp on the back of the clasp meaning solid 18 karat gold, this confirmed by testing.
It weighs 13.8 grams.
& how beautiful the divine deep blue of the sapphires is!
I love how versatile this piece is. You can wear it casually to lunch with friends, to work to stun in meetings and be admired and of course you can wear it to a black tie event such as a wedding or engagement party.
It is in lovely vintage condition and is ready to gift or to wear.
An Appraisal Report and Gem Report is included with your purchase.
It will be sent in a presentation box ready for gifting and for safe keeping.
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Unfortunately, in the last two decades many sapphires seen in modern jewelry have had the color induced by high temperature heating in chemicals such as beryllium. This is called diffusion treatment and includes surface diffusion, bulk diffusion, lattice diffusion, deep diffusion and beryllium treatment. In recent years sapphires have been clarity enhanced by filling any fissures or cracks with molten lead glass, sometimes the glass is colored as well, with time the filler falls out or goes cloudy ruining the stone. Polymer resins can be used in a similar way. Colored coatings can be applied to the back of a sapphire. These treatments are undesirable and such treated stones are of very low value. The sapphires in this bracelet are unheated and untreated making this particular bracelet the perfect choice for a very special sapphire celebration such as a milestone birthday, a sapphire anniversary or an engagement.
Sapphires are round faceted, there are 35, one in each hand crafted link
Average measurement 3.69 x 2.06mm. (taken from measuring six of the 35 sapphires)
Diamonds are round faceted, there are 70, 2 in each hand crafted link
Average measurement 1.1 x 0.6mm
