It arrived like any other donation, but this silver bracelet is clearly anything but ordinary.

Linked in its chains are more than a dozen charms, inscribed with names and years — possibly birthdates and wedding dates — of loved ones. Some are shaped as hearts, others as profiles of boys or girls.

Two little silver baby shoes hang from the jewelry, too.

Who are they? And how can this treasured keepsake be returned to its family? That’s what the folks at Granny’s Attic, the island’s iconic thrift store which recently received this artifact, hopes someone knows.

“Unfortunately we don’t know what else it came in with,” said Brian Vescovi, executive director of the nonprofit thrift store. “It’s impossible to know. There’s just too many things that come in through this place.”

These sort of keepsakes occasionally find their way into the thrift store, said Vescovi. Half a year ago, a woman donated a collection of books that inadvertently included a picture of her husband. A social media post helped get the photo back to her.

“We do what we can when it seems like [a donation] might be something that was accidental,” Vescovi said.

They’re not sure exactly when it arrived, but it was at least within the last month or so, Vescovi said: “Then one of the volunteers saw it and kind of got obsessed with it.”

That would be Vicki Clabaugh, who jokes that she’s volunteered with Granny’s for “just” 21 years.

One of the newer volunteers showed her the jewelry, she said, and Clabaugh decided to take it home, wash it and piece together the information on it.

“I’m very sentimental about everything,” Clabaugh said. “You see so many donations in Granny’s from kids who threw away things from their family’s house. We handle a lot of things and go, ‘Wow, why would somebody get rid of that?’ I’d like to find somebody in that family who treasures it. … If I had lost this, I would be so thrilled if someone brought it back into my family.”

It quickly became clear that this piece could not be treated like just any bracelet.

Consider the fate of most jewelry donated to thrift stores: When Granny’s can’t sell silver or gold jewelry, such as when it’s broken, the store collects it and sends it to be melted down, with the store receiving a check for the final carat value. Melted down, the bracelet would only net the store about $30 per ounce, she said — a pittance compared to the sentimental and familial value of the piece.

“That’s not what we want to happen,” Clabaugh said.

Instead, the team at Granny’s is hoping that someone on or off Vashon will recognize the names and dates (see below) and help connect the bracelet with a rightful owner.

“I hope there’s some magic, and we find somebody’s grandma or aunt,” Clabaugh said. “The karma on Vashon is incredible. The things that happen at Granny’s are incredible.”

BRACELET INFORMATION

These 18 sets of names and dates are inscribed on charms linked to the bracelet discovered at Granny’s Attic. If you recognize them, reach out to the thrift store at store@vashongrannysattic.org or 206-463-3161 — and please let us know, too!

John & Mabel — June 29, 1909

Paul — January 2, 1910

James — July 26, 1910

Tom — October 2, 1921

Doris — May 25, 1926

Becky — April 24, 1932

Paul & Beryl — September 10, 1932

Ann — June 12, 1937

John — March 31, 1940

James & Doris — July 8, 1944

Patsy — April 20, 1945

Jean — April 21, 1947

Ellen — July 6, 1947

David — May 8, 1955

John & Mabel — June 29, 1959 (50th anniversary)

Matthew — March 13, 1963

Michael — March 27, 1965

Tom & Diane — August 28, 1965