Antique French 18k Yellow Gold Clasp & Woven Hair Bracelet, c. 1840-60 Basilica Saint Anne d'Auray Nothing spongy or ruined about

Nothing spongy or ruined about him

There is some loss to the gilding on the frame

There's a fine hairline at the rivet on the larger of the 2 pocket knives (fruit knife)

and measure 5

It will need a soak in oil

Antique French 18k Yellow Gold Clasp & Woven Hair Bracelet, c. 1840-60 Basilica Saint Anne d'Auray Nothing spongy or ruined aboutSurviving in magnificent condition, this mid 1800s French hair art jewelry item must not have been worn or used. Cherished as the memento it is of someone well loved in her time, the bracelet is a gorgeous chestnut brunette, very long hair used in the weave so would have been a woman or perhaps the long cut locks of a child (boys' hair was not cut until they were about 4 or 5, and sometimes the long cut locks were saved by Mothers. We won't know who