Sweetheat Bracelet Directory
Sweetheart Bracelets
"Sweetheart Bracelets" or alternatively termed "Expansion Bracelets" range in age from 1900 through to 1960. These bracelets experienced enormous popularity during the war periods and were often given as a token of love before a soldier went off to war. It is not uncommon to even find expansion bracelets with navy and army insignias on them. The bracelets were also extremely popular during the 1950's. The decorative plate in the center of the front of the bracelet often had a place for an initial to be monogrammed.
Expansion Bracelets
The bracelets were flexible or expandable. A flexible bracelet comprises of moveable metal links with metal joints attaching each link to the other. These bracelets do not have clasps – they expand to slip over the hand and then contract to fit snugly at the wrist thus giving them the name Expansion Bracelets.
A number of the major manufactures of Sweetheart Bracelets signed the back of the jewelry. Signing is where the manufacturers or designer’s create an identifying mark or a signature which is etched, carved or stamped into the jewelry. Sometimes this identifying mark or signature is accompanied by a date of manufacture.
Fans of the TV show “The Ghost Whisperer” may have noticed main star Jennifer Love Hewitt's character occasionally wear two Vintage Expansion Bracelets, one on each wrist.
Below is a list of some of the most familar jewellery makers of Sweetheart Expansion bracelets: