An unusual 9ct gold bracelet that was made circa 1900-1910 and retailed by Murrle Bennett and Company in Regent's Street. London. Murrle, Bennett and Company was a wholesale jewellers established in London in 1884 by Ernst Mürrle and J B Bennett. They sold the jewellery fashions of the time and imported many pieces by Theodor Farhner from Pfortzeim in Germany. This is a particularly pretty bracelet and has been set with four peridots and four blister pearls within gold decorated wire work tendrils. It has a hidden clasp and a safety chain }

A good example of a Suffragette bracelet set with Peridots (Green colour meaning “give”), Pearls ( White colour meaning “women”), Amethysts (Violet colour meaning “votes”). This bracelet would have been worn by sympathisers of the Suffrage movement as a sign to other women of their feelings. It is a very pretty design composed of amethysts interspersed with peridots with double figure of eight designs in between set with natural split pearls. Mrs Pethick-Lawrence, editor of the weekly newspaper Votes for Women, explained the symbolism of the colours in spring 1908: “Purple as everyone knows is the royal colour. It stands for the royal blood that flows in the veins of every suffragette, the instinct of freedom and dignity; white stands for purity in private and public life; green is the colour of hope and the emblem of spring.” In other words, she said, the colours stood for freedom and dignity, purity and hope. }

This is a really beautiful bracelet that was made circa 1900-1910. It has been so well designed and is typical of the superb workmanship of the early 1900s. It consists of three well matched rectangular cut peridots that are surrounded by natural split pearls. In between are articulated links set with further natural split pearls. There are further pearls set in to the gate links that go around the bracelet. Peridot is named after the French word “peritot”, meaning gold, because the mineral can vary towards this colour. Peridot is the birthstone for the month of August. It is also the stone given to celebrate the 16th year of marriage }

A pretty 9ct gold bracelet set with four peridots and four natural split pearls. It was made circa 1910. Quite a few of these bracelets were made in the early 1900s with different stones and varying designs, but this one is an especially lovely example. It has a safety chain for extra security. }