Bracelet

Honore Severin Bourdoncle, French, 1823 - 1893 · ca. 1860

Cuff-type bracelet of five hinged, aluminum sections embellished with brass and gold; the large central section showing two winged cherubs amidst ribbons, garlands and scrollwork, floating above an oval cartouche containing an open-work gold panel with the scrolling, intertwined initials 'MJ' or 'MJC'; the central section flanked by smaller sections of strapwork and scrolls, the section on the left showing a bird and snake, the one on the right with a lizard and snake; the two outer sections of strapwork and scrolls, with attached catch and housing; the hinges, catch and housing of gold.