18ct gold, turquoise and ruby expanding bracelet, T.S. Dismore & Sons, 1841, centring an open work coiled snake pave-set all over with turquoise, the eyes highlighted with a cabochon ruby completed by a line of similarly set hinged S-shaped links between sprung baton links applied with blue enamel, signed T S Dismore & Sons, dated 1 Nov 1841, numbered 897. Accompanied by a D.S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd. fitted box. Literature: David Bennett & Daniela Mascetti, Understanding Jewellery, Antiques Collectors' Club Ltd., Woodbridge, 1990, p. 128 (illustrated, another example)