Silver Clown With Dumb Bell Charm
銀小丑啞鈴吊墜
AD 1890

Provenance:
Michael Rötzer 2025

Item number: X39
Material: Silver
Size: 32.6 x 18.7 mm
Weight: 2.06 g

Silver Nuremberg
Iron Maiden Charm
銀紐倫堡鐵處女吊墜
AD 1890

Provenance:
Michael Rötzer 2025

Item number: X40
Material: Silver
Size: 25.8 x 10.6 x 6.3 mm
Weight: 1.7 g

Silver Clown Climbing Pole Charm
銀小丑攀桿吊墜
AD 1920

Provenance:
Antiquitäten-Kunstgewerbe Horst Fuchs 2025

Item number: X41
Material: Silver
Size: 46 x 12.7 mm
Weight: 1.96 g

Silver Saluting Soldier Charm
銀敬禮士兵吊墜
AD 1920

Provenance:
Antiquitäten-Kunstgewerbe Horst Fuchs 2025

Item number: X42
Material: Silver
Size: 32.2 x 6.4 mm
Weight: 1.53 g

Silver Mailman Charm
銀郵差吊墜
AD 1920

Provenance:
Antiquitäten-Kunstgewerbe Horst Fuchs 2025

Item number: X43
Material: Silver
Size: 32.5 x 11.5 mm
Weight: 1.27 g

Antique bracelet charms are small decorative pendants, usually crafted in silver or gold, designed to be suspended from a chain bracelet and worn at the wrist. They were produced in a wide variety of forms, including symbols, animals, everyday objects, sentimental motifs and miniature functional models. Many examples are articulated, incorporating moving parts such as opening lockets, mechanical devices, telescopic elements or hinged compartments. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—particularly in the Victorian era and early Edwardian era—charm bracelets became popular among young women, who collected and displayed charms as personal tokens, souvenirs or markers of courtship. It is often recounted that if a gentleman wished to examine a lady’s charm closely, he was expected to present her with another charm in exchange, thereby contributing to her collection. Charms were commonly attached by jump rings or swivel clasps, allowing additions over time, and the bracelet functioned both as jewellery and as a visible record of personal taste, travel, relationships and milestones.

古董手鍊吊墜是小型裝飾性墜件，通常以銀或金製作，設計為懸掛於手鍊上佩戴於手腕。其造型多樣，包括象徵圖案、動物形象、日常物件、紀念性主題以及微型可動模型。許多吊飾具有活動結構，包含可開啟的小盒、機械裝置、伸縮部件或鉸鏈式暗格等設計。

在十九世紀及二十世紀初期，尤其於維多利亞時期與愛德華時期，吊飾手鍊在年輕女性之間相當流行，常被作為個人收藏與展示之用，象徵紀念、旅行經歷或情感寄託。相傳若有男士希望近距離細看女士手上的吊飾，便需贈送另一枚獨特吊飾作為交換，以增添其收藏。吊飾通常以圈環或旋轉扣固定於手鍊上，便於日後逐一添加，使手鍊既為飾品，亦成為記錄個人品味、經歷與人生重要時刻的載體。

類似/相同物件 請看:

英國 大英博物館 British Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1975-01-1

蘇格蘭 蘇格蘭國立博物館 National Museum of Scotland

https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/from-amulets-to-elf-bolts-10-scottish-charms

美國 國家歷史博物館 National Museum of American History

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_1066419

英國 維多利亞與艾伯特博物館 Victoria and Albert Museum

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O298974/charm-bracelet-unknown/

更多相關訊息請參考:

https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/the-mysterious-brooch-of-lorn

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remarkable-charm-bracelet-gives-us-sense-life-inside-concentration-camp-180968805/