Vintage Snip of the Week: Silver Bracelet vol. 2
Last week I visited my mum’s cottage in the middle of nowhere, and we decided to do a little Tour de Trinket to a tiny town nearby. Despite the fact that this town has just a handful of inhabitants, their flea markets (yes, in plural!) offer a wide selection of most wonderful things you can possibly imagine.
Instead of mindless splurging, I came home with this beautiful silver bracelet. When I found the bracelet, it was covered with a thick layer of silver oxide. It was all black and grubby, and for awhile I thought there’s no way to restore this item’s beauty. I decided to buy the bracelet though, since it cost me less than a glass of wine in my local pub.
I managed to clean the bracelet, and I must say it’s one of the most beautiful jewels I own. I found out that it was made in 1966 by a Finnish goldsmith company called Salovaara Ky, which is nowadays out of business. I have a feeling that they made similar style rings as well so I guess I should pay a visit to the local antique stores in the near future.
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What an adorable bracelet, congrats! I dimly recall seeing similar rings somewhere, sometime, so good luck hunting them (and hope you don’t mind if I look for them for ME too? ;))!
Why, thank you! The lovely lady who owns an antique store Mennyt Aika in Satakunnankatu has a decent and reasonably priced collection of silver jewelery. I will stop there next week and see what she has to offer. I’ll keep you posted. :)
Gorgeous! I LOVE that kind of silver jewelery!
This bracelet is gorgeous! It’s great that you were able to restore it to its if not original than near original loveliness! Great find!