10kt Gold and Hairwork Bracelet

Description:

10kt Gold and Hairwork Bracelet, early to mid-19th century, oval bezel-set gold clasp centered with a plait of silver/brown hair with blue enamel border set with faceted paste stones, linked to foliate-engraved gold mounts on a brown hairwork band.

Note: A late 19th/early 20th century note kept with the bracelet is inscribed "small hair bracelet made of Louisa Catherine Adam's hair (Mrs. John Quincy Adams)."
It is possible the hair plait mounted at the center of the clasp may be of John Quincy Adams's hair, as hair bracelets were often kept as a memento of love.
Estimate $400-600

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