Antique Albert watch chain necklace

Name: Antique Albert watch chain necklace
Brand: AUric Vintage
SKU: A26-010
Price: 590.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

€590,00

Original antique sterling silver watch chain. The solid puffy curb links graduate from both sides and feature the secure and aesthetically pleasing swivel clasp closures. Suspended from the centre of the chain is a solid T-bar, originally used as an anchor on a gentlemen's waistcoat. Additionally, a length of curb link chain hangs alongside the T-bar with a bolt ring end, allowing the wearer to accessorise with multiple different pendants. As was customary in the early 1900s, each link is marked with the lion passant, the British hallmark for Sterling silver, Birmingham assay office, 1918 and maker's mark for William Walter Cashmore.

1 / 6

Looking through the LOUPE

MATERIALS

Silver

AGE

1918

SIZE

45cm in length

WEIGHT

93.2 g

MARKS

Birmingham. Lion passant hallmark for 925 sterling silver, date letter for the year 1918 and maker's mark for William Walter Cashmore

British / 1895 - 1933

William Walter Cashmore

One small search of William Walter Cashmore will automatically bring up an array of elaborate silver medals and coveted solid Albert/ T-bar chains. Based in the British jewellery capital Birmingham, the jewellery workshops produced exceptional silver pieces from the late 19th century through to the 1930s. Pieces typically feature decorative cartouches, graduating links, scrolling script and deeply stamped hallmarks.The company was first registered around 1891 with surviving examples of Cashmore’s work dating to 1895.

1901 - 1920

Edwardian

Oh I just can’t wait to be King.

From a young age, Edward VII lived under the weight of his parents’ expectations. A strict regimen of intellectual study, piety, and morality was imposed upon him, while a reluctant Edward desired nothing more than the pleasures his position seemed to promise.

As his mother’s extraordinarily long reign wore on, it became clear that Edward’s rule would be anything but austere. When he was finally crowned in 1902, at the age of 61, it was with one of the most lavish coronations the British monarchy had ever seen. The once rarely seen diamond had become so readily available from the South African Kimberley mines that it was considered almost improper to be without one.

Tiaras, bracelets, chokers, rings, stomachers, and brooches were encrusted with diamonds. New platinum settings allowed delicate, lace-like designs to be crafted in strong, enduring metal, while colour returned to fashion after years of somber mourning. Though short-lived, Edward brought the party to his nine-year reign.