Rare Vintage Tubogas Bracelet 14K Gold 1970s
In the 1930s during the world war 2 when resources were scarce, goldsmiths had to make much out of little. And the heavy looking but light tubogas jewelry was absolutely the best why to go around!
The tubogas or gas pipe is a snake-like hollow, flexible design that looks and feels absolutely amazing.
It was made by wrapping gold strips with raised edges tightly together around a wood or cobber core that is later dissolved with acid to form a continuous flexible hollow tube.
The first examples of tubogas bangles can actually be found back in the roman age when teo gold lines were intertwined together in a special new way. This kind of fabrication was called "snake chain" due to the elasticity and length. Even if it was technically different from the 1900s tubogas it is considered the ancestor of the tubogas.
After a quiet periods in the mid 1900s after the war, the tubogas pieces became wildly famous in the 1970s when Bulgari made a whole collection ecolving around the tubogas technique.
The huge success of the collection made the tubogas known as the “Bulgari chain" even though Companies like Tessitore in Naples (1888) and Weingrill in Verona (1879), were already producing tubogas like this way before Bulgari.
Today is your chance of getting your hands on a real vintage tubogas bracelet. She is absolutely stunning and in excellent condition with minor age related signs of wear. All colored areas are just reflections from the surroundings.
She’s 7.5 inches/19 cm in inside circumference and 9.5 mm wide and has a beautiful hidden clasp that works perfectly.
The bracelet weighs a great 20 grams and is marked for 14K solid gold.
In the 1930s during the world war 2 when resources were scarce, goldsmiths had to make much out of little. And the heavy looking but light tubogas jewelry was absolutely the best why to go around!
The tubogas or gas pipe is a snake-like hollow, flexible design that looks and feels absolutely amazing.
It was made by wrapping gold strips with raised edges tightly together around a wood or cobber core that is later dissolved with acid to form a continuous flexible hollow tube.
The first examples of tubogas bangles can actually be found back in the roman age when teo gold lines were intertwined together in a special new way. This kind of fabrication was called "snake chain" due to the elasticity and length. Even if it was technically different from the 1900s tubogas it is considered the ancestor of the tubogas.
After a quiet periods in the mid 1900s after the war, the tubogas pieces became wildly famous in the 1970s when Bulgari made a whole collection ecolving around the tubogas technique.
The huge success of the collection made the tubogas known as the “Bulgari chain" even though Companies like Tessitore in Naples (1888) and Weingrill in Verona (1879), were already producing tubogas like this way before Bulgari.
Today is your chance of getting your hands on a real vintage tubogas bracelet. She is absolutely stunning and in excellent condition with minor age related signs of wear. All colored areas are just reflections from the surroundings.
She’s 7.5 inches/19 cm in inside circumference and 9.5 mm wide and has a beautiful hidden clasp that works perfectly.
The bracelet weighs a great 20 grams and is marked for 14K solid gold.
In the 1930s during the world war 2 when resources were scarce, goldsmiths had to make much out of little. And the heavy looking but light tubogas jewelry was absolutely the best why to go around!
The tubogas or gas pipe is a snake-like hollow, flexible design that looks and feels absolutely amazing.
It was made by wrapping gold strips with raised edges tightly together around a wood or cobber core that is later dissolved with acid to form a continuous flexible hollow tube.
The first examples of tubogas bangles can actually be found back in the roman age when teo gold lines were intertwined together in a special new way. This kind of fabrication was called "snake chain" due to the elasticity and length. Even if it was technically different from the 1900s tubogas it is considered the ancestor of the tubogas.
After a quiet periods in the mid 1900s after the war, the tubogas pieces became wildly famous in the 1970s when Bulgari made a whole collection ecolving around the tubogas technique.
The huge success of the collection made the tubogas known as the “Bulgari chain" even though Companies like Tessitore in Naples (1888) and Weingrill in Verona (1879), were already producing tubogas like this way before Bulgari.
Today is your chance of getting your hands on a real vintage tubogas bracelet. She is absolutely stunning and in excellent condition with minor age related signs of wear. All colored areas are just reflections from the surroundings.
She’s 7.5 inches/19 cm in inside circumference and 9.5 mm wide and has a beautiful hidden clasp that works perfectly.
The bracelet weighs a great 20 grams and is marked for 14K solid gold.
