Ip Silver Bangle Cuff Bracelet Anklet India Indian Mughal Antique Vintage

  

AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE: We guarantee the authenticity of all our items Wide Anklet or bangle bracelet Silver: Antique Add nandaimo to your favorites lis t! Check out nandaimo's other items! Silver bracelet bangle or cuff with granulation, India, circa 1900.

The bangle opens by means of a screw pin. Of thick gauge silver but is hollow. The bangle is in fine condition and has obvious age. Traditionally, such bangles were worn by women in rural communities in Madhya Pradesh.

It comprises nine main hinged panels covered in tiny silver spheres (gajre) to the point that the panels are bulbous. The panels are attached to a wide smooth frame. Each of the spheres is rigidly attached by means of a silver wire to the body of the bracelet. This work is known as moti ke gajre guchchha. The spheres are meant to resemble small pearls and are based on bracelets made of enamelled gold and seed pearls in this form which were made in Rajasthan in the nineteenth century.

The clusters of seed pearls used in the more extravagant versions of this bracelet were said to emulate bunched jasmine buds.