Trifari Coiled Bead Necklace and Bracelet Set

A long station necklace and its matching bracelet, still together, which is rarer than it sounds. Sets get broken up. Someone loses the bracelet, someone sells the necklace on its own, and forty years later the two halves are in different states. These two stayed in the same box.

The beads are the reason to want it. Fine gold wire wound in tight coils around a core, so each one reads as a ribbed sphere with real depth instead of a stamped ball. They sit between small square caps on a fine snake chain, spaced far enough apart to float rather than crowd. The bracelet does the same trick smaller, on a twisted rope chain.

The necklace is long enough to wear at full length over a sweater or doubled at the collarbone. That is two necklaces, plus a bracelet, which is a lot of jewelry for one decision.

Details

• Trifari, signed
• Gold tone
• Necklace: coiled wire beads spaced along a fine snake chain, spring ring clasp
• Bracelet: smaller coiled beads on a twisted rope chain, lobster clasp
• Sold as a two piece set
• Excellent vintage condition, beads tight and even, plating bright

Wear it to remember: the things that stayed together did it on purpose.