Characteristic red gold Retro tank bracelet with rubies

Antique jewelry object group: tank bracelet

Condition: excellent condition
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Country of origin: Portugal

Style: Retro - The style now called "Retro Art" is a genre which was developed in the 1940s and 1950s in response to a need for bold, eye-catching graphics and shapes that were easy to reproduce.
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Style specifics: Retro Style is a recent designation for the period in the forties when large scale, stylized geometric forms, drapes, bows or ribbons were all the rage. Pink Gold, set with colored stones, sometimes in floral forms was common.

Period: ca. 1940
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Source of inspiration: caterpillars of a tank

Material: 19.2 K red gold
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Precious stones: 25 baguette cut rubies (lab produced) (also called verneuil ruby). The fact that these stones are lab produced has no influence on the value of this jewel. Natural rubies and lab produced rubies were both used in this era, rather more for their effect then for their intrensic value.
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Birthstones: Ruby is the birthstone (or month stone) for July.
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Hallmarks: The hallmark is a (sort of) lion's head in a octagonal frame with the number 800, wich was in use in Porto, Portugal after 1938 and was used for alloys of 19.2 K gold (800/1000).
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Dimensions: width 2,30 cm (0,91 inch), length 19,50 cm (7,68 inch)

Weight: 50,60 gram (50,60 dwt)

Reference Nº: 12215-0016

Copyright photography: Adin, fine antique jewelry

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