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Overview
This striking Art Deco bracelet features wide, ribbed gold-tone metal bands interspersed with plaques decorated with royal blue and black champlevé-style enamel and bezel-set emerald-cut sapphire-colored glass stones. The stylized geometric chevron motifs draw direct inspiration from the Egyptian Revival craze that swept the decorative arts following the opening of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
Story
Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of King Tut's tomb sparked a worldwide obsession with ancient Egyptian motifs. Jewelers combined bold pharaonic lapis blues and stepped pyramids with sleek Art Deco geometry.
Maker / Origin
During the 1920s and 1930s, prominent costume jewelry manufacturers such as Whiting & Davis, Neiger Brothers (Czechoslovakia), and Rice & Hochster created high-fashion Egyptian Revival pieces using brass, gilding, and vibrant enamels. Unmarked pieces of this caliber were often sold through fine department stores to fashionable women seeking exotic, modernist glamour.
Condition & Value
Good antique condition with visible surface patina and minor tarnish along the ribbed bars. Enamel appears largely intact with bright color, and the spring-ring clasp is present. Intact enamel and original glass stones preserve the strong market demand.
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
Best Venue
Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
Close market lane comp with similar material and presentation.