Delicate arm bracelet of cast iron openwork filigree the band in a pattern of attached circles that extend on either side to a link in the form of a heart made of two scrolling elements with six smaller scrolling elements inside the large four part central link comprised of four main scrolling elements each with three or five smaller scrolling elements inside the clasp a simple hook

Bracelet

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin

About 1820

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