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& ENAMEL
with
THREE CINDERELLA CHARMS
and a
TOOTH FAIRY/MOUSE CHARM
.....1950-52
.....PURCHASED IN GERMANY
byan
American Army Serviceman & his wife
(while stationedthere for the above-referenced 3 years)
as
TOOTH FAIRY GIFTS
for
THEIR LITTLE PRINCESS,
shortly after they all saw
DISNEY\'S ORIGINAL 1950 CINDERELLA MOVIE
.....UNMARKED SILVER with POLYCHROMEENAMEL in SEVEN COLORS
PossiblyGerman/Nickel Silver,but seecomments& pictures. (Solid .835 silver?)
Enamel \"paint\"is baked on.
.....CONDITION isEXCELLENT
Charms appear to retain most oftheirenamel.
See pictures above and more comments below.
.....1952-1953.....
.
Offered is a fine oldenamel-on-silver Cinderella charm bracelet; purchased, and probably made, in Germany. . . in 1950, `51 and/or `52.The charms, received individually astooth fairy gifts, appear to me to be:Cinderella\'s \"glass\" slipper, her pumpkin carriage, her fairy godmother, and a tooth mouse.
The original owner had always thought the \"fairy godmother\"charm was Cinderella, and maybe her parents thought the same, or maybe her parents claimed such just because Cinderella charms were sold out?!
And she also thought that the mouse was one of Cinderella\'s mice -- and maybe the manufacturer was just showing one of Cinderella\'s mice with the fairy godmother\'s wand -- but it seems more likely to me to fit the \"tooth mouse\" charm as a tooth fairy gift idea. The original owner has never heard of such a thing as a \"tooth mouse\". Admittedly, the \"tooth mouse\" is apparently not part of German culture. It is, however, correct as a tooth \"fairy\" for thebordering European countries of France, Switzerland, Luxembourgand Belgium (plus Spain and Scotland).The link bracelet is \"original\", received with her first charm.I believe the metal to be German/Nickel Silver, which contains no actual silver. But as shown in my image of the back side of the fairy godmother charm along side my other two German charms from the same owner, the silver tone of the charms is exactly the same as that of the solid .835 silver sailor charm.
Being homebound due to my MS, I regret being unableto get this to a jeweler for further testing. But again, my best guess is nickel silver.
The enamel paint is baked on.
Right at 6 inches long with the clasp closed, the bracelet with charms weighs 0.3 ounces on my shipping scale (approximately 8.5 grams).
CONDITION EXCELLENTNo dents, dings, bends, repairs or noteworthy mini-scratches.
I\'m guessing that the charms, on average, retain over 50% of their original enamel, but . . . ? I failed to get an image showing the red enamel in the \"buckle\" of the slipper, probably the onlyenamel that the slipper ever had.A German-made(?), rareand early Cinderella charm bracelet with an additionalprovenance-appropriate \"tooth mouse\" charm; all in quite fine class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-stretch: normal;\">Please note -- if of interest -- regarding my Completed/Sold Listings: has somehow screwed up my (whoa!) exclamation point when injected into Completed/Sold Listings “code” . . . and has been unwilling to go to the trouble to fix their simple flaw. As the (only?/main) results, a standard-route search for my “Completed listings” or “Sold listings”, by first selecting my “See other items” link/page, and then choosing Sold or Completed, will result in the message “The seller User ID you entered was not found.”If you wish to view my Completed or Sold listings, you next need to view your URL (web address) bar, and near the start of the address you\'ll see /whoa%21/. Change it to /whoa!/, and hit enter. Voila! You can then change your sortpreferences or virtually anything else, except if you want to change from Sold to Completed or vice-versa; then you\'ll have to make the URLwhoa%21>whoa!change again.Thanks for your time, interest and SHIPPING
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