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Folk Luck & Everyday Charms · c. 1700 – today

Charm bracelets & chatelaines

What it is
Victorian and 20th-century bracelets and watch-chains hung with miniature charms: hearts, keys, lockets, anchors, zodiacs and souvenirs. They are the domestic descendants of the Fraisenkette.
Making yours
Link bracelet with jump-rings and 5–20 charms, cast, stamped or enamelled.
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Gold chain to which are attached ten assorted charms, Europe and United States, 19th centuryGold chain to which are attached ten assorted charms, Europe and United States, 19th centuryEurope · 1800-1900Girl's nickel plated metal charm bracelet made in the UK about 1981Girl's nickel plated metal charm bracelet made in the UK about 1981United Kingdom · ca. 1981ChatelaineChatelaineYoon Bora at The 70th Independence Day of Republic of KoreaYoon Bora at The 70th Independence Day of Republic of KoreaGold charm bracelet from which hang the tops of ten gem-set stick pins, Europe, 19th century, assembled UnitedGold charm bracelet from which hang the tops of ten gem-set stick pins, Europe, 19th century, assembled UnitedEurope · 1800-1900The Mercy SeatThe Mercy SeatUnited Kingdom · 2022-2024Breast milk charm beadsBreast milk charm beadsBracelet charm in the shape of a wedding chapel with a bride and groom inside, 'God's House', The Vampire's WiBracelet charm in the shape of a wedding chapel with a bride and groom inside, 'God's House', The Vampire's WiUnited Kingdom · 2022-2024The Charm Bracelet - geograph.org.ukThe Charm Bracelet - geograph.org.ukThe Red Right HandThe Red Right HandUnited Kingdom · 2022-2024Genuine elephant hair braceletGenuine elephant hair bracelet

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Anything in the gallery can be made, by hand, in the prescribed metal or yours and, where the tradition names an hour, at that hour or with a plain note that it was not. Numbered. Price on commission, quoted first. I reply within one business day.