Hi. This belonged to my wife's grandmother. I looked in the Antique Jewelry University database and did not see a match for this maker. Who made this? Thanks!
We think it *probably* came from Germany, but don't know for sure.
Maybe ask a jeweler?
^^^ I think I will have to. I have been searching and searching online. I think the "VR" means it was made in Verona, and I think it sort of looks like the Verona Arena (their Roman colosseum). But searching for those terms yields nothing.
Update: I posted on the site that omni550 mentioned. The mark is "14VR", which belongs to Ferdinando Trainotti, and the strange mark on the right represents the arena of Verona.
This pic shows info about him:
That time period meshes with the family provenance that DW's grandmother owned it, and their family had a bit of money.
There is very little on the web about Ferdinando Trainotti. Here is pic from the web that also shows his mark:
And, here is a pics of the whole bracelet:
Thanks for all the help!
^^^ Yeah, DW is actually not that fond of it, so we might sell it. I am guessing we could get about $3000 for it (now that we can say exactly what it is). MIL needs the dough.