The iconic sweetheart bracelet — a stretchy cobra-style bracelet with a large puffy heart center. This one is the good quality Victorian version made with a sterling silver base with gold fill overlay.
• Material: 1/20 10K Gold Filled on Sterling Base (marked inside band - see photo), puffed heart
• Era: Late Victorian to Edwardian, circa 1890-1905
• Details: Classic sweetheart expansion / cobra links, stretchy and comfortable. Center heart with bright-cut engraving, fern motif and hand-engraved initials inside a small heart cartouche
• Condition: Very good antique condition. Gold fill in excellent condition with warm patina. Expansion is strong and snappy. Light surface wear to heart face consistent with age.
• Measurements: Fits 6" to 7" wrist comfortably due to expansion, heart approx 1" x 1"
These were traditionally given as love tokens and became hugely popular as military sweetheart jewelry into the 1940s