An unusual Bog Oak and gilt metal bracelet, third quarter 19th century

An unusual Bog Oak and gilt metal bracelet, third quarter 19th century, composed of links set with moulded bog oak fox faces, in gilt rope twist borders, length 17.5cm

Cf.: Shirley Bury, Jewellery 1789-1910 Vol II: The International Era, p. 536 no. 277, Suffolk, 1991, for a comparable moulded bog oak parure, and a discussion of the development of bog oak jewels as part of the vogue for Irish jewels in the mid 19th century. Please also see lot 300 in the present sale for another example of a bog oak jewel.