Gold Tone Panther Link Chain Necklace

Brick set links, three bars across, each row offset from the last so the whole thing moves like something with a spine. This is the panther link, and it is one of the few chain patterns that behaves more like fabric than like jewelry. Lay it flat and it is a ribbon. Put it on and it wraps.

The bar links are finely ribbed, a run of parallel lines across every face, and age has settled into the grooves while the raised surfaces stayed bright. That contrast is the reason it reads as gold rather than as gold colored. A flat polish would have looked cheaper.

It closes with a fold over box clasp, the kind with a tongue that snaps down and stays down, and there is a maker's mark stamped inside it.

Wear it on its own at the base of the throat. It is doing enough.

Details

• Gold tone
• Panther link, three bars across, ribbed faces
• Fold over box clasp, maker's mark stamped inside
• Good vintage condition, darkening settled in the link grooves consistent with age

Wear it to remember: flexible is not the same as soft.

One of one. When she's gone, she's gone.