Vintage Platinum Diamond Tennis Bracelet

Platinum Art Deco style diamond tennis bracelet from the fifties.

The line of 38 semi-modern brilliant-cut diamonds of this platinum estate bracelet in the Art Deco style has been waiting since the 1950s to serve as your red carpet piece leading up to one of your lifetime highlights. Next to the infinite lustre, there’s certainly no shortage of detail when looking at the frilling engravings on the rim of this jewellery piece. After all, tennis bracelets such as this one have become a symbol of achievement; so why not profess the success of your love with this stunning jewel?

Antique jewellery object group: tennis bracelet

Condition: excellent condition

Country of origin: unknown

Style: Estate

Period: ca. 1950

Material: platinum

Extra information: Tennis bracelet – The in-line thin diamond bracelet that features a symmetrical pattern of diamonds is called a tennis bracelet. Tennis bracelets exist much longer than the term used for them. According to Diamond Bug, in 1987 Chris Evert, the former world No. 1 woman tennis player and the winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles, was playing in the U.S. Open. She was wearing an elegant, light in-line diamond bracelet, made by jeweler-to-the-stars George Bedewi, which accidentally broke and the match was interrupted to allow Chris to recover her precious diamonds. The “tennis bracelet” incident sparked a new name for the item and sparked a huge jewellery trend. Tennis bracelets continued to be worn by various tennis stars like Serena Williams and Gabriella Sabatini, and Diana Kerrison. Before this, they were just called rivi√®re- or inline bracelets.

Diamonds: 38 semi-modern brilliant-cut diamonds with a total estimated weight of approx. 4.30ct. Their cut is semi-modern as the stones are polished around 1950 which means that although to today’s standards they are considered to be modern brilliant cuts, their cullet (the point at the bottom) are still polished flat.
Note: All diamond weights, colour grades and clarity are approximate since the stones were not removed from their mounts to preserve the integrity of the setting.

Total diamond weight: approx. 4.30ct. (approximate color and clarity: G/I, vs/si)

Birthstones: Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April.

Hallmarks: The back of the closure is stamped with two words, “PLATIN” and “KEVIN”. We do not have any background information on this Kevin, presuming he’s the jeweller that made this bracelet.

Dimensions: length 18.50 cm (7.28 inch)

Weight: 32.10 gram (20.64 dwt)