Pair of Antique Pakistan Silver Cuff Bracelets

These hinged cuff bracelets are worn on the forearms and are also known as a tubular armlets. Created from heavy sheet silver and formed into a tapered tube, our pair of cuffs are decorated with alternating bands of debossed plain silver and embossed dot work. The top and bottom of the cuffs are edged with a single row of blunted spikes. which add a decorative deign element and also reinforce the bracelets' strength. 

Mid 19th century, Pakistan. High grade silver with a row of green and red glass "gemstones", with several stones missing.  The cuffs close with pins, in this case made from brass. Although likely not original to the bracelets, the pins are old in their own right. Collected by Kashgar founder Bernie Heaphy in the late 1990's.

Bracelets of this type were worn from Afghanistan to Pakistan to west India and formed an integral part of a woman's decorative dowry and her savings.

Measurements: Inside circumference upper 14 cm, inside circumference lower 18.8 cm. Length 10.7 cm. These will fit onto a small or slender wrist.