18ky Jade Bracelet

Sourced from our Estate collection

A luxurious 18k hinged bangle, set with a carved piece of untreated, type A Natural jadeite Jade.

$16,000.00 (CAD)

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Details

Material

18k Yellow Gold

Stone

Type A natural Jadeite Jade

Weight

24.33g

Size

2 1/4 inner circumference

Condition

Excellent

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Created:2025/05/02 15:14

About

Contemporary Era

(1970 - Now)

Also referred to as the “More is More” Era. Very large-scale jewellery was starting to be produced as Pop Art and Bohemian fashions came into popularity.

Plastic became a new medium to fabricate jewellery. Other pieces were often made of other unconventional materials such as plastic or wood. Prioritizing self-expression over traditional styles and materials became the new style. Jewellery of this Era was considered “wearable art”.

As we headed into the 1980s, jewellery styles became even more extravagant and large, such as oversized hoop earrings and necklaces which were worn by women in the office with their “power suits”. With women commonly in the workplace now, purchasing jewellery for oneself became increasingly common.

Costume jewellery truly began to take centre stage during the 80s. Neon plastic jewellery was not unusual to see on the younger members of this era- especially in a large statement earring. Another staple of the 80s was cross jewellery, necklaces being the favourite.

Contemporary jewellery is something that will always be in trend, because its something that is “made in current time”.

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Jade - Mineral

There are two different types of Jade, Jadeite which is the more highly sought after and prized version. The top colour for jade is an imperial green shade which only occurs in jadeite. Jadeite however is more likely to be translucent, these factors are what make a piece of imperial green jadeite rarer and more expensive than Nephrite. Nephrite is the less sought after type of jade, usually found as translucent to opaque and in colours like green, white, black, blue, red, pink, yellow, grey, brown, purple and orange. It is the more common type of jade and does not give off the perfect imperial green collectors are looking for. Jade can be mined in Myanmar, New Zealand, Canada, Taiwan, Guyana, Surinam, Southern Europe, Russia and China. Jade ranks a 6-6.5 on the Mohs hardness scale.

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