Rare 19th C Chinese Straits .900 Silver Dragon Bangle Bracelet - Exquisite - $750 - (Elgin, SC)

The technique use is called filigree and granulation in most of North America ... in Europe it is called granule work ... sometimes wirework. The detail on these bracelets is just amazing ... the teeth are sharp.  These bracelets are Chinese but not made in China ...another wonderful book helped identify ..."Straits Chinese Silver, a Collectors Guide", by Ho Wing Meng.  "During the late nineteenth century large quantities of Straits Chinese silver were being fabricated in small towns in Malaya and Singapore by local Chinese silversmiths, immigrants from Mainland China."

Posted in Elgin, SC, Antiques
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