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Wide Victorian garnet bangle

Reference #: 9341

Status: sale pending

Dimensions:  bangle is approx. 2/3 inch wide in the front and graduates down to 1/2 inch; interior circumference is 7 inches making this bangle perfect for a wrist that is from
6.75 to 8 inches in diameter.  (see photo below for more information)

Condition: excellent; no damage or restoration

Year: 1850-70

Price: sold

Description:  Gorgeous Victorian bangle adorned with hundreds of bohemian garnets. The setting is a low karat rose gold, often called, "garnet gold". 
         
   Garnet is the birth stone for January.  It received its name from the Latin word for pomegranate, "granatum", because it reminded early scientists of pomegranate seeds.
The Persians considered garnet a royal stone.  Primitive cultures believed that garnets could be used to stop bleeding and cure inflammation. Asian and North American tribes used garnets as bullets, believing the stone would inflict fatal wounds.  During the Victorian era, Western cultures believed that garnets would enrich the blood and provide the wearer with a long, healthy life.