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Victorian Garnet bangle
Reference #: 9219
Status: sold
Dimensions: will fit a wrist from 6.5 to 7.5 inches
Condition: excellent, no damage or restoration.
Year: 1860-1890
Description:
This garnet bangle is quite distinctive. The top has a large cabochon garnet surrounded by flat cut garnets. The back of the medallion is open so that light reflects through the garnets enhancing the color. The rest of the bangle is encrusted with rose cut garnets. European in origin and set in low karat rose gold, commonly know as "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.
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