Vintage Indian Gold Bangles

Fine Indian enamel bangles set in 22k.

With at least 80 years in age, this was the style of everyday glorious gold.

With a trickle of enamel in every color of the saree, the dainty daubs offset the golden heft of these melodious bangles.

The wearing of gold here is both heritage and household, these stone-less Indian bangles are really to keep the value of gold, many times on the person.

Each bangle is a flat fold on the inside, framed by a scalloped bridge under florets on the outer.

It is both ornate and simple, the harmony of Indian art forms perfected by secular craftsmanship, this suchness verifiable by perceptive wearers.

These bangles would have been sold by size in its time, the ones who could afford rarely settling for a single bangle.

Many of these gold-only bangles have been melted down over the years, the ones preserved must be not too small or large.

Not for petite wrists, but also not large, these bangles have a 6cm diameter, to 10cm tall.

The slimness of its make will cuff higher on the hand very nicely, serving a cuffed look without awkwardness.

The bangles weigh 72.9 grams.