Lockets

Compacts were becoming popular around the turn of the 20th century. However, makeup wasn’t entirely socially acceptable. If a lady ventured into a beauty store, she would try and sneak in through the back. Some boutiques had secret hidden doors for the most important of the clientele. The idea of blending blush onto your cheeks in public was absurd. So, the clever women of the time decided to hide their powders, creams, and rouge in witty ways. Makeup could be found in pendants, like this piece, brooches, pocketbooks, bangles, and even walking sticks. Lipsticks could be found hidden away in the handle of a hairbrush!

This fantastic compact doubles as a locket. Hand crafted and set with a beautiful mother of pearl pansy on the front, this lovely piece is hallmarked as having been made in 1907. The compact contains it’s original downy puff and would have held powder, likely highly scented. The pendant measures 59.8 mm from top to bottom and 49.4 mm across, it’s 10.4 mm thick and weighs 23.6 grams. Open it up and you’ll find a gilded interior and small mirror set into the lid. The compact is hallmarked on the inside with marks showing that it was made in Birmingham, England in 1907, it also has the makers mark of ‘CS & FS’ for the firm of Conelium Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings Shepherd whose mark was first registered in 1893 and who worked in Birmingham, Chester and London.

The Edwardian era was the beginning of making makeup and compacts culturally acceptable. Even makeup counters were (slowly) being introduced to stores. Women spent hours applying creams to their skin as skin care was the most important aspect of the makeup routine. Rouge for those rosy cheeks, matchsticks for those smoky eyes, eyebrow pencils for that thin brow line, and plotting paper for a light complexion were the mainstays of the era.

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I do have a weak spot for jewelry with a secret. Inscribed rings that hide a lovers sentiment, lockets with pressed flowers or old photographs of mysterious people. I especially have a weakness for pieces like this one, a regular looking fob with a hidden locket that opens to reveal a beautifully plated lock of hair.

This handsome bloodstone fob is carved with an armored arm protruding from an ornate crown and holding a menacing sword or dagger. The casing is 15 karat gold and the fob is hinged at one side and swings open to reveal a beveled crystal with ornately woven hair underneath. This wonderful and unusual fob measures 27 mm high and the face measures 15.5x13.5 mm, the bloodstone is 13x11 mm, and the fob weighs 7.4 grams. We’ve acid tested this one as it’s unmarked.

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This stunning antique French gold locket features finely engraved florals and elegant details that smother the entire piece in elegance and French flair. It was hand crafted in France, in about 1840 of 18 karat gold. The locket measures 35.2 mm north to south and 25.5 mm across, it opens easily and care should be taken to close it (and all lockets) at the edges, not by pinching the center. This lovely round locket weighs 5.6 grams. It is unmarked but has been carefully acid tested.

A Message From Victoria: Hi everyone! If you visit my site often, you might note that I usually have a story to tell about my pieces. Well, I’ve accumulated a backlog of items and I’m too excited to get them to you to stop and write tales. So, I’m going to go with the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words. Don’t worry though, I’ll get back to my usual descriptions soon. Watch this space!

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This unique locket-backed pendant has a lot of charm! It was hand crafted in the Georgian era of 18 karat gold and agate and is set with a lovely turquoise cross at the front. The reverse is a locket containing a small portrait under beveled glass. This wonderful heart shaped pendant measures 24.5 mm from top to bottom and 19.9 mm across, it’s 8.5 mm thick. This unusual piece was made in about 1830, probably in England, and weighs 4.6 grams.

A Message From Victoria: Hi everyone! If you visit my site often, you might note that I usually have a story to tell about my pieces. Well, I’ve accumulated a backlog of items and I’m too excited to get them to you to stop and write tales. So, I’m going to go with the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words. Don’t worry though, I’ll get back to my usual descriptions soon. Watch this space!

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The close relationship between people and horses goes back a long, long way, but perhaps the height of that relationship was reached in Victorian times, just prior to the advent of the automobile. Is it any wonder, then, that all things equine were so prevalent in Victorian art and jewelry? This fantastic gold and enamel locket is an excellent example of the artful expression of these close ties.

Hand crafted in 9 karat gold around 1880, this wonderfully engraved locket features a beautiful enameled front with a cross of branches reminiscent of a winners circle. Inside the branches is a horseshoe topped with a riders cap and whip. The locket is what the English call ‘back and front’ meaning that the front and back and edges are done in 9 karat gold but there is a metal frame to the inside. This beauty has two frames inside for holding photos. This lovely locket measures 47 mm north to south and 29.6 mm across, it weighs 14.6 grams.

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He’s a writer, he’s humble when people compliment his prose and he’s bashful when they ask if he’d sign a copy for them. He’s a tempting chiseled idea, who listens to records from the 60s and sips brandy from a snifter. He’s the one you love and in the locket he gave you, you keep hidden a love letter, folded into a tiny rectangle. It was the first love letter he sent you, nearly two decades ago. You’ve memorized it by now, along with his hand writing, you know how his ‘L’s loop and his ‘E’s never look like ‘E’s.

This handsome oval silver locket was hand crafted in England in 1880. The front features an embossed design with a faux button and button hole. This piece is hallmarked with the Lion for Sterling Silver, the anchor for Birmingham and the letter f for the year 1880, it also has a makers mark ‘B.Bros’. Inside this Victorian beauty is one silver frame, waiting for a chance to showcase your most precious tiny photograph or other sweet mementos. This piece weighs 16.5 grams and measures 60.3 x 36.2 x 14.4 mm.

Excellent for an evening out with the mister and equally wonderful for next week’s annual work luncheon. Give the gift that gives every outfit style!

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It was a bright summer day and they would have been hot but for a cool breeze off the sea. They took the brand new Automobile out to the edge of the cliffs for a picnic, bouncing along the uneven ground as they clutched baskets and bottles of wine. The group was boisterous but the two people who had just met were quieter and couldn’t seem to unlock their eyes. At the end of the day they didn’t want to part, but as they did they clasped hands and she slipped into his a small flower she had picked from the meadow overlooking the sea. The next time he saw her, he presented her with a small crystal locket, and she recognized the small dried flower set within. He knew he would be looking at that locket around her neck for many, many years to come.

Handcrafted in the late Victorian or early Edwardian period, just around the turn of the century, this beautiful little locket has a wonderfully sentimental vibe. The heart shaped, rounded crystals are held back to back in a frame of glowing 15 karat gold which is accented around the outside with 8 creamy white pearls and hangs from a bail further set with two smaller pearls. This locket measures 27 mm north to south and 19.4 mm across and is 7.9 mm thick, it weighs 4.1 grams. This fantastic piece has no marks and has been carefully acid tested to verify its gold content.

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When he brought her pansies, she knew he loved her and her heart sighed with relief. For she had loved him since the first time she laid eyes on him, mud splattered and looking for help, having lost a wheel on the road. Yes, he’d brought her pansies and she pressed them between the pages of her book and there they stayed, until today. Today she would wed and today her mother handed her a box, a gift from her betrothed, containing a gold and crystal locket, and there inside she saw those pansies, making her heart melt yet again.

This beautifully hand crafted pendant contains pressed pansies that have been there many a long year, the are held between two faceted crystals and framed in a hexagon of gold with a neoclassical motif. This 18 karat gold locket was most likely created around 1850-60 in France, it has French marks on the bale. The locket measures 42.3 mm north to south and 28 mm across and weighs 4.3 grams.

Love. Under Glass.

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I was standing at the booth of a dear friend on Portobello Road on a Saturday morning when a very good looking young man arrived. She greeted him warmly and he her. Then he began to pull little bags of jewels out of his many pockets, laying them on her counter. When he pulled out the bag that contained this stunning pendant I couldn’t help but lean in and have a closer look. The nice thing is, my friend loves me and let me steal this fabulous piece right out from under her; she’s awesome like that.

This stunning and large scale pendant was handcrafted around 1850 with fantastic eye to detail. It is set with four richly saturated, deep red garnets with the most intriguing cuts, they are similar to sugarloaf cuts and maybe were meant to be somewhat heart shaped, the result is both stunning and unusual. The center is set with a small old European cut diamond which measures 2.5 mm across and is closed backed. This piece is beautifully crafted and I believe it started life out as something else, but it has no signs of having had a pin stem removed so I’m not entirely sure what. Perhaps it was part of a stomacher or parure? The body of the pendant tests as 22 karat gold and has a corresponding weightiness, the bale is 15 karat and marked as such. The pendant has a locket back which has a small piece of fabric in it but which probably originally held a lock of hair. This large pendant measures 64.3 mm north to south and 42 mm across, it is 15.3 mm deep and weighs 26.7 grams. It would require a nice, heavy chain or thick cord to be worn comfortably.

Most likely English in origin, this one is sure to be noticed and would work equally well with a fancy cocktail dress or flip flops and a tee. It’s a stunning pendant and a true conversation starter.

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When in France, I’m always on the lookout for fabulous French slide lockets, I love them all, from the plain to the elaborate, they tend to be large and they just command such presence when worn. I found this one to be particularly beguiling, the details on it are so realistic it looks like you could reach out and pluck the flowers, maybe tuck one in your hair.

Hand crafted in France, probably right at the beginning of the Art Nouveau period, this wonderful locket has a velvet-like bloomed finish and slides open to reveal a mirror on one side and a frame on the other. Right now it contains a wonderful photograph of a baby, but you could put in it whatever you like. This large locket is decorated the same front and back and measures 75.4 mm north to south and 46.3 mm across, it’s 10 mm thick. This French pendant is marked with the Boar’s Head and a makers mark, it weighs 32.4 grams.

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People often ask me where I shop; where I find my pieces. So, here’s a little peek; I shop at markets where I pick one or two or 10 items that I might want to buy from someones showcase, but I also meet with dealers at their homes or offices or even my flat. When shopping this way, I first pull out all the things that I think I might possibly want to buy. This collection is usually piled into a big bowl of some sort and then at the end I get prices and decided if I can or I can’t. I always get prices on the things I want the most first, this might give me away, but I want to be sure to have the most flexibility at the beginning of my buying, so that I make sure to get my most favorite pieces first. Of the four pages of invoices (each holds 20 items) I was handed at the end of this particular meeting, this locket was first on the list.

The stunning lines of this beautiful Art Nouveau locket portend the transition to Art Deco that’s to come, but while staying true to the Nouveau form. This completely hand crafted locket is the same front and back, and slides open to reveal 2 frames for photographs. This French beauty is on the large and ‘sure-to-be-noticed’ side of things and measures 55.7 mm north to south and 42.9 mm across, it’s 11.3 mm deep. The locket is marked with ‘800’ for the silver content and ‘PK’ as a makers mark, it weighs 13.2 grams.

Hand crafted around 1910, this super stylish locket is as relevant and remarkable today as when it was made over 100 years ago.

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Those Victorians were such sentimental creatures, Ivy for ‘I cling to thee’, Lily of the Valley for ‘Return of Happiness’ and maybe the best of all, the Forget-me-not flower for ’True love, faithfulness and Remembrance’.

This fabulous locket has all the right stuff. First of all, it’s the perfect size, not too big, not too small, but that elusive medium size. Set onto the front of the locket is a scrolling golden flower set with 8 turquoise gems, the settings are done in gold (I couldn’t test it, but it’s probably 9 karat). The locket contains two places to hold photos behind glass. This locket is unmarked but was most certainly made in England around 1870, in sterling silver (tested, not marked). The measurements of this locket are 42.8 mm north to south, 26.4 mm across and 7.1 mm thick, and weighs 12.6 grams.

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Who this lovely lady is, I just do not know. She was someones daughter, that much is for certain. Was she someones mother, someones one true love? Her stylish dress and bright ribbons show her playful spirit and the artist has depicted her with sleepy, bedroom eyes. Perhaps she commissioned this little portrait for her husband, so that he could gaze upon her visage at will? I guess we’ll never know for certain, but I was charmed by her wiles and I think you might be, too!

Handcrafted in about 1820, this early locket features and enamel portrait in miniature on its front and an elaborately engraved engine turned design to its reverse. The locket measures 37.8 top to bottom and 28 mm across and it weighs 9.3 grams. This piece has no marks but we’ve carefully acid tested it and it comes up as 18 karat gold. I purchased this lovely locket in France and I suspect it was made there as well.

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When the Victorians invented the collar and locket as the de rigor daywear for women, they were really onto something. This timeless design has become quite the classic, it is wearable in a myriad of ways and goes with everything. If you’re looking for that one jewel to take along a journey that you know you can wear night or day, dress up or down, look no further than a collar and locket set just like this one.

This wonderful hand crafted collar and locket is beautifully engraved on one side and stunningly simple on the other. You can wear it so many ways, engraved side out or smooth side out, with or without the locket, any way you wear it, it’s guaranteed to garner compliments. It was made in England in about 1880 and the collar is 17.5 inches long, the larger links measure 20 x 9 mm and the locket measures 63.4 x 38.6 mm. This beauty has no hallmarks but has been carefully acid tested as sterling silver, it weighs 62.8 grams. The locket opens easily and closes with a satisfying little snap.

For that steampunk Victorian lover in your soul, this locket feels contemporary and antique all at once!

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The average life expectancy of a woman born in 1800 in England was about 35 years. By comparison, dear Mary Ann Gillett’s life of 67 years must have seemed quite long and luxurious. Her life was celebrated with the construction of this amazing locket which contains a lock of her hair clasped with seed pearls and gold wire, opposite her hair is an elaborately engraved plaque with her name and the date of her death.

This stunning locket is in amazing condition, likely due to living most of its life in its original fitted box. The front is set with ten pearls and a banded agate and decorated in rich black and white enamel, it reads ‘In Memory Of’. The back of the locket is equally beautiful and showcases a spray of ivy leaves (sorry, we could have cleaned it better!). This locket measures 54 mm north to south and 31.8 mm across, it’s 10.9 mm thick and weighs 24.4 grams; it has no hallmarks, but careful acid testing reveals it to be made of 18 karat gold. This beautiful piece was hand crafted in England in about 1874. The interior inscription reads: ‘Mary Ann Gillett, died 20th Aug..st 1874, Aged 67’. The locket is presented in it’s original fitted box lined in blue velvet, together the locket and box weigh 50.6 grams.

The presence of white enamel on memorial pieces sometimes symbols that the person was unmarried, perhaps the reason Mary Ann lived to such a ripe old age was that she didn’t have to go through the perils of childbirth?

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This poetic antique silver slide locket was handcrafted around 1880 in France. It features an engraving which depicts the painting by renowned artist Jean-Honore Fragonard, titled “The Fountain of Love” circa 1785. At the bottom of the engraving, in honor of the artist, reads “ol’pares Fragonard”. Slide open this sentimental locket to find two beveled mirrors nestled inside. It measures 76.5 mm tall and 52 mm across; and weighs 63 grams. This wonderful piece is hallmarked and bears the French boar’s head and a maker’s mark. An enchanting locket, and perfect memento to a timeless allegory of love.

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It was someone else’s wedding and the bridesmaid dress you were wearing was a weird shade of yellow. You held on to the fact that your locket was your outfits saving grace. It received so many compliments most didn’t even notice the ruffled gown. There’s something to be said about the distraction of shining gold on a beautiful woman. It’s ravishing. It garners an entire room’s attention by simply turning on a light.

This wonderful double sided locket was hand crafted in the Victorian era. It is made in 9 karat yellow gold and embossed both front and back with a garter motif on one side and a modified shield shape on the other. Both sides are also beautifully engraved. The locket has two frames on the inside and is ready for your photos. A medium sized locket, this one measures 35.8 mm north to south and 23.9 mm across, it is unmarked, but tests as 9 karat gold front and back and weighs 7.9 grams.

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This antique silver slide locket was handcrafted in France around 1890. Both the front and back feature a repoussed floral motif which invokes a feeling of warmth and renewal. The oval locket slides open to bear not only a sense of nostalgia, but two mirrors, one slightly concave (to show the full face) and one regular. It measures 64 mm long and 34 mm across; it weighs 18.9 grams. There are two faded French hallmarks and it has been acid tested.

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It was one of her uncontrollable urges; to pull the car over to the side of road and explore old broken down houses. She was in the outskirts of Annecy when the urge struck. The house was brick, once tall and wide in all its glory, now it was half gone but oh so enticing. She snuck around to the back of the property to find an opening in the fence. Overgrown gardens had taken over trellises, climbing high in their attempts to get closer to the sun. She padded through the maze of sunflowers and vines until she came upon a back door, half ajar. She stepped inside to find an antique parlor with a dust covered mirror and a black washed vanity. She sat on the dusty bench in front of the vanity and pulled opened the top drawer. A gasp escaped her mouth when she saw the collar and locket, shiny, untouched for years, protected from weather inside this sturdy wooden chest. She placed it around her neck and peered into the mirror, just to see, before putting it back in its place and slipping out the back door, back to her car, back to her life, as if she was never there.

Behold, the perfect Victorian silver collar and locket! This beauty was fully handcrafted in 1881 in Birmingham, England. The collar is made up of two distinct link shapes, open circle links, measuring 7.2 mm in diameter, and round links with floral pattern measuring 8.5 x 13.3 x 6 mm. This intricate necklace measures 16 inches in length and weighs 46 grams. The stunning locket pendant measures 59 x 36 mm and features an engraved floral motif and two frames when opened. It is fully hallmarked on the locket and bears the date letter, “g”, the anchor for Birmingham, the lion passant for England, and the maker’s mark, “SB & S”.

This piece showcases a perfect blend of elegance, strength and delicacy. It would be a breathtaking birthday present or anniversary gift, maybe even something old for the bride!

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This antique Victorian locket was handcrafted around 1880 in England. It displays a repousse floral design with faded gilding on both sides. This beautiful oval locket has two frames inside. The piece measures 61.3 mm x 40.3 mm across and weighs 29.2 grams. It bears no marks.

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This antique Edwardian silver locket was handcrafted around 1910. It was made in Norway and features brilliant light blue enamel. Inside are two pictures of ancestor children, a boy and a girl, in sepia tones. This translucent locket is 34 mm long and 26 mm wide and weighs 11.4 grams. It is marked with the silver fineness mark, “930S” and "MH". “MH” is Marius Hammer’s maker’s mark. He was a famous jewelry designer and metalworker that was born in Bergen, in 1847, and passed away in 1927. He was known for his jewelry designs, as well as his cutlery and table ware. His enamel has a very distinctive look to it.

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We were at Tower Restaurant, enjoying the dark Belgian chocolate terrine on a terrace with a remarkable view of the city, when I reached for my Negroni. My finger caught a glint of the fading pink sunlight.

“I hide you in here, you know?” I asked as I saw his eyes dart towards it.

“Do you now?” he asked back, with a laugh in his eye.

“I do.” I said sincerely and returned the silent chuckle.

I took a sip, listening to the sounds of the Royal Mile, and drinking in the company I’d chosen to keep. We laughed long after the sun had evanesced.

This gorgeous and highly unusual locket-ring was handcrafted in Scotland around 1800. It was made in 9 karat gold and features a lion rampant intaglio with a hidden locket that tucks inside the ring face. The initials, “A.F.” can be found on the front, right below the lion. There are a variety of hallmarks, it bears early Scottish marks that date it to 1799-1800 in Edinburgh. It also has a set of later assay marks, bearing the gold purity marks, “9” and “.375”, the letter, “c”, the queen in profile, the letter, “T”, and patent marks, “PAT 706” and “148”. The ring face measures 13.4 mm north to south, 13 mm across, and 3.4 mm off the finger. The band width narrows to 2.3 mm at the back. This Georgian ring is a size 10 and it weighs 5.7 grams.

Indulge your finger in antique gold, with hidden compartments and mysterious initials. This is one of my favorite pieces, I love the tiny details that require second glances. This ring is filled with symbolism known to the original wearer and my imagination has been running wild with curiosity ever since I got my hands on it in Scotland earlier this year. 

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He told her he’d be back. She waited. The weeks turned to months and the months turned into a year. He was at sea, at home on the wild waves of the ocean. She never lost hope as he was always with her, hanging from a chain clasped around her neck, his handsome face in a photograph. He had gifted it to her as a symbol of devotion, of fidelity. MIZPAH, the romantic biblical phrase expressing safe return while being apart, was embossed on the front of her locket. After a year, he returned unharmed, and happy to be back to her, his sweetheart.

This antique silver locket was handcrafted around 1880. The front of this piece is embossed with the word, “MIZPAH”. Inside this oval locket are two frames lined in turquoise fabric. Overall, this piece measures 48 x 32 x 9 mm and it weighs 21.3 grams.

The thing about lockets is they become yours. They hold your photographs. They keep your secrets. They know your meaning. Their beauty and history is just a plus.

Mizpah is Hebrew for ‘watchtower’ and is mentioned in the bible story of Jacob and Laban, who made a pile of stones to mark an agreement with God watching as their witness, it means “may the Lord watch between thee and me when we are apart, one from the other”.

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From Genesis 31:49:
And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

Oh, those lovely sentimental Victorians, they did love any kind of symbolism, whether it was ivy leaves to say ‘I cling to thee’ or flowers to express ‘forget me not’, from horseshoe for luck to hearts and birds for love. They were especially fond of the term ‘Mizpah’ and a locket like this would have been given from one lover to another to indicate their endearment during a period of separation, or sometimes as a mourning token when separated by death.

This fantastic Mizpah locket is one of the nicest that I’ve ever had the pleasure of owning. It is fully repousséd on the front with a deep pattern and the word ‘Mizpah’ and is beautifully engraved on the back. The locket is a wonderful not too big, not too small size and is hand crafted with wonderful detail in 9 karat gold. It measures 45 mm long and 28.7 mm across, and weighs 11.4 grams. It has two inside frames to hold photos. The locket is unmarked but has been carefully acid tested to verify it’s content.

The sweet and lovely locket was made in England in about 1880.

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Sometimes I come across a piece witch is so finely crafted, so interesting and so unique that I can’t help but hurry home to research it as much as I possibly can. Sometimes my searching turns up instant and easy results, other times I just have to go with the clues I can find and wonder if I’ve managed to get anywhere near the truth.

In the case of this locket, I couldn’t figure out who the artist was, it’s French and it’s beautifully designed by someone who was a true master of his craft, that much is obvious. The back of the locket is engraved with a Stag holding a plaque, standing on a log with a four pointed coronet above him. I believe that this particular motif is of the house the English Baron of Berwick. It think that perhaps this wonderful piece belonged to Edith Teresa Hulton, who became Lady Berwick when she married the 8th Baron, Thomas Noel-Hill.. She was a striking and very stylish lady with piercing blue eyes and fine features. She was the daughter of an artist, William Stokes Hulton and Costanza Mazini, and grew up in Venice. Her father was a painter, whose artist friends included Sickert and Sargent, whilst her mother was half-Italian and had strong links to the literary and artistic community of Florence. She was a very interesting woman who served as a nurse during WWI, and met her husband when he was serving in Italy. They were married in 1917 and lived in the English country manor at Attingham Park.

This Art Nouveau locket was crafted in about 1900-1910 of 18 karat gold. It’s in the shape of a orchid flower and shows a lovely girl who seems to be a part of the flower, her hair and the petals flowing together in an animated swirl. The locket is quite substantial, it measures 47.5 mm north to south and 31.4 mm across and weighs 16.4 grams. It is marked on the top with the French eagles head mark which indicates a minimum fineness of 18 karat gold. The locket contains one frame to hold your image and the front is pierce so that whatever you put inside shows through, we’ve shown it with a piece of blue fabric.

Give a piece of history to that inspirational person in your life, or inspire yourself with a gift just for you. Trust me, you don’t need a reason.

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As baubles go, this one is extraordinary. A nod to the vanished elegance of a time gone by, a time of castles, mansions, and chateaux, when beautiful people dressed for dinner and women came into a room in a flutter of the softest silk and smoothest velvet. Chandeliers were lit, fires crackled, candelabras blazed, turning garnets like these into rich luminous velvety drops against alabaster skin.

Gorgeously hand made in England in about 1870, this wonderful locket is set with a rich and velvety large oval cabochon cut garnet. The garnet measures 20 x 15 mm and is set in 15 karat yellow gold. The front is embellished with the twisted wirework and beadwork that was the signature of Etruscan revival style. This locket measures 50 mm north to south and 27.4 mm across, it contains two frames with glass all ready to hold photos of your loved ones close to your heart. The locket weighs 17.9 grams and has no hallmarks, it has been carefully acid tested to verify the gold content.

Large, richly red cabochon garnets like this one just make my heart go pitter pat. They beg for intimate dinner parties in cold months with roaring fires and blazing candelabras.

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She wore it on a chain around her neck, a gift from her father. She remembered how when she was young, he would hang this charm from the chain of his pocket watch, always checking the time, never wanting to be late, but not too early either. He would tuck it into the breast pocket of his jacket for close keeping, making sure to never stick a pen in there for fear of it exploding over his precious trinkets. He was the gentlemanly type, opening the door for his wife, sharing his umbrella with strangers, lending his suit jacket to her when she was cold.

This antique Victorian niello locket fob was handcrafted in England around 1880. The round locket opens to reveal two frames inside, both lined in blue. This amazing watch fob measures 158.4 x 24.6 mm. It was made in silver and niello and has been acid tested. This locket fob measures six inches in length and weighs 31.9 grams.

This locket fob is to be worn like a gentleman on a watch chain, or don it like a lady on a chain around the neck like a lariat. 

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