{"product_id":"cut-steel-bracelet-c-1810","title":"Cut Steel Bracelet c.1810","description":"\u003cp\u003eNapoleonic Era cut steel bracelet of navette shaped links c.1810\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis earlier period of steel is notable for the facetted studs being rivetted on a steel backplate, the connectors being steel split rings and the tongue to the clasp being a pure sheet of polished steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exact navette links in this bracelet can be seen in the parure in the Met Collection, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5 inches length.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA craze for cut steel jewels and 'toys'(buckles, chatelaines, buttons, sword hilts) swept Europe at the end of the c18th utilising tiny pieces of steel, facetted and highly polished to imitate the scintillation of diamonds especially by candlelight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo expensive and fashionable was steel at this time that Catherine the Great, Empress Josephine and Queen Charlotte were all presented with parures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMathew Boulton and Josiah Wedgewood the leading manufacturers of the day both utilised cut steel to great effect.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sian Harlowe Antique Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64032508084573,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/1205\/7949\/files\/1a1877_3dbf405e47ea4a768754e861e02a6ed3_mv2.avif?v=1774883370","url":"https:\/\/sianharloweantiques.co.uk\/products\/cut-steel-bracelet-c-1810","provider":"Sian Harlowe  Antique Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}