Victorian Oversized Sterling Silver Buckle Bangle medallion featuring the exquisite Russian craftsmanship

featuring the exquisite Russian craftsmanship we would expect from a pre-Revolution piece

and even a gas engine to drive the polishing lathes

and a little imagination

and was much used in funerary art - representing the cycle of death and rebirth

S&S makers mark

Victorian Oversized Sterling Silver Buckle Bangle medallion featuring the exquisite Russian craftsmanshipDATE: Victorian, 1883 A big and bold antique silver cuff bangle dating from the latter half of the 19th Century. It's intricately engraved with abstract foliate motifs, and features a large square buckle, distinctly modernist in feel. Crafted in Sterling Silver throughout, with clear Birmingham hallmarks dating it to the year 1883. MEASUREMENTS Width: 3. 1cm Internal dimensions: 5. 9 x 5. 0cm To fit up to 6. 5 inch wrist WEIGHT 43. 4g MARKS English