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Antique Victorian Silver Oval Locket Pendant
$ 740.00
Hand crafted from sterling silver in Birmingham England in the year 1882, this gorgeous locket is a masterclass in Victorian craftsmanship. Featuring a beautifully hand engraved central floral motif surrounded by layers of classical embellishment, including braided rope and stylized hearts, the abundant floral and geometric designs give a sense of depth and intricacy that only a master engraver of the period could hope to achieve. Surely an eye catcher and conversation starter then, and certainly no less intriguing today!
The interior of the locket has frames on both sides to hold your photos or keepsakes, and being fairly substantial in size, it measures 63.5 mm from top to bottom and 35.7 mm across. This exceptional example of high Victorian craftsmanship and beauty weighs 13.8 grams and is fully hallmarked with a maker's mark, as well as the anchor for Birmingham, the lion mark for sterling silver and, the letter mark "h" for the year 1882 .
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTC11806VA
Art Deco Enamel Silver Locket Pendant Lavendar White
$ 630.00
Enameling, in some form or another, has been around since the 13th century BC. It took a long time to perfect it, though, some form of metal had to be used with early enamel, to hold each color distinctly apart from its neighbor (interesting note, these little metal bars were called cloisons, hence one name for this type of enameling is cloisonné). In the 15th century the technique of painted enamel was perfected and suddenly the cloisons were gone and wonderful, rich details could be gleaned from this once mosaic-like art form.
This Art Deco locket was hand crafted around 1920. It’s done all in silver and then machine turned to produce an overall engraved pattern, then the locket was fired with a rich opaque white enamel and a fluid lavender enamel which is translucent, giving it a look of constant movement. The shape, the concentric circles, the depth of the enamel covered engraving, all combine to make this a very dynamic piece. The face of this locket measures 37.3 mm from the top of the bale and 28 mm across, it’s 5.4 mm thick. This one opens easily and closes with a nice little snap; it weighs 8.1 grams.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA24334VA
Antique Victorian Engraved Gold Cross Pendant Locket Backed 15k Gold
$ 920.00
There’s a comfort in crosses, in faith, a quiet grace that sometime is the thing that gets us through the most difficult of days and adds joy to the easy ones. This cross is kind of perfect, simple in its materials and lovingly hand crafted with an eye to detail, engraved just enough to elevate it without being fussy or ostentatious.
Hand crafted in 15 karat gold, this English beauty dates to the Victorian era, about 1880. It’s got lovely, curvilinear lines and soft, flowing engraving at the front, the back has a small crystal fronted locket and contains a tightly woven plait of hair. The cross measures 49.4 mm from the top of the bale to the bottom and is 31.3 mm across and 3.2 mm thick. It is not marked and has been carefully acid tested for content. This lovely cross weighs 4.4 grams.
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ITEM ID: CSA24241VA
Victorian Oval Sterling Silver Flowers Locket
$ 560.00
Hand crafted from sterling silver in Birmingham England in 1882, this wonderful and timeless locket features a beautiful bunch of spring flowers in full bloom. The embossed floral motif is stunningly three dimensional, and also lovingly hand engraved to complete this ode to nature! It has a single frame one the interior, however a second photo could easily be secured on the opposite side. Being fairly substantial in size, this locket measures 64 mm from top to bottom and 35.6 mm across. This classic Victorian stunner weighs 17.1 grams and is fully hallmarked with a maker's mark, as well as the anchor for Birmingham, the lion mark for sterling silver and the letter mark "h" for 1882 .
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA22161VA
Antique French Embossed Silver Heart Locket Pendant
$ 400.00
This lovely antique silver heart locket was hand crafted from silver in France around 1880-90. Both the front and back are adorned with understated but elegant triple border, accented in turn by six cross marks. The top jump ring is marked with the French boar's head mark for .800 silver, as well as a maker's mark. This timeless locket measures 32.6 mm long including the bale, 23.1 mm across, 5.1 mm thick and weighs 5 grams. It has frames on both sides for your treasured keepsakes or photos!
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA22633VA
15k Gold Victorian Engraved Oval Locket Pendant
$ 920.00
Lockets began to appear in Europe sometime during the 16th century. They were worn to keep safe religious relics, good luck charms, perfumed sponges, or even tiny love letters. Ladies of the court liked to fill theirs with scented oils, and had them made specially into vinaigrettes, as the ballroom heat could cause quite a bit of fainting. By the height of the Victorian age wearing a locket was considered essential for day wear, especially after Prince Albert gifted his beloved Queen Victoria a bracelet of nine heart lockets, one for each of their children. Once they had reached the height of courtly fashion, the popularity of lockets spread to the middle class where they were given as gifts within a gift, with a painted portrait of a lover’s eye, a small note, or a private token, tucked clandestinely inside.
Exquisitely engraved on both sides, this Victorian beauty was handcrafted around 1880. Made entirely in 15 karat gold and featuring unique floral and geometric pattern on both sides, this elegant oval beauty measures 50.6 x 29.6 x 9.4 mm and weighs 10 grams. While there are no hallmarks, it has been professionally acid tested for metal content. Holding two frames inside, this timeless treasure is ready to hold whatever keepsakes you want close to your heart!
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID:Lockets began to appear in Europe sometime during the 16th century. They were worn to keep safe religious relics, good luck charms, perfumed sponges, or even tiny love letters. Ladies of the court liked to fill theirs with scented oils, and had them made specially into vinaigrettes, as the ballroom heat could cause quite a bit of fainting. By the height of the Victorian age wearing a locket was considered essential for day wear, especially after Prince Albert gifted his beloved Queen Victoria a bracelet of nine heart lockets, one for each of their children. Once they had reached the height of courtly fashion, the popularity of lockets spread to the middle class where they were given as gifts within a gift, with a painted portrait of a lover’s eye, a small note, or a private token, tucked clandestinely inside.
Exquisitely engraved on both sides, this Victorian beauty was handcrafted around 1880. Made entirely in 15 karat gold and featuring unique floral and geometric pattern on both sides, this elegant oval beauty measures 50.6 x 29.6 x 9.4 mm and weighs 10 grams. While there are no hallmarks, it has been professionally acid tested for metal content. Holding two frames inside, this timeless treasure is ready to hold whatever keepsakes you want close to your heart!
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA23142VA
Gorgeous Enamel Miniature Baby Portrait Pendant Locket 15k Gold Pearls
$ 1,800.00
Sometimes a jewel is just the sum of its parts, take a diamond and set it in some platinum, boom! You’re done. Other times a jewel is much more along the lines of art, much more than that sum of its parts, much more than oil paints and canvas. It certainly keeps my job interesting, finding that happy balance between the two.
This stunningly crafted pendant definitely falls on the side of art. The jewel itself is beautifully hand crafted in 15 karat gold with a bloomed finish and is enamel with a bright, cobalt blue enamel over a patterned gold to give it a three dimensional feel. It is set with four creamy white pearls that all appear to be original to the piece. The star, though, of course, is this fantastically executed miniature enamel painting of a cherubic baby in a white, probably Christening, gown.
I don’t think that this wonderful piece is a memorial piece, although the back does hold a locket set with a plait of finely woven hair behind a crystal. I think it’s rather a mother’s piece, a celebration of a beautiful baby.
The pendant measures 44.5 mm from top to bottom and 28 mm across, it’s marked on the back with ’15ct’ for the gold content and ‘H&Co’ for the maker, possibly Hamilton and Company. This fabulous English piece dates to about 1880-1890, it weighs 7.5 grams and is in wonderful condition with no notable nicks to the enamel.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: PTA24181VA
Victorian Banded Agate High Domed Crystal Locket 18k Gold
Sold Out - $ 2,850.00
On their first date, they rode out into the country for a picnic. It was a somewhat formal affair, there were friends and chaperones. The picnic had been laid out when they arrived, and there were cheese and cured meats and crusty bread along with fruit and pickles and sweets, little meat pies and small iced cakes shaded from the sun. There was champagne and they drank and laughed and she found him a four leaf clover amongst the grasses. She opened the small notebook he’d brought along and placed the leaf between the pages. ‘For luck’, she told him.
On their third date he took her to a restaurant, it was just the two of them this time. When the waiter arrived with champagne, he placed a small tooled leather box next to her glass. She opened the boxed and drew in her breath. Inside was the most exquisite rock crystal locket, its edge was set in gold and studded with banded agates and under the thick crystal dome was the four leaf clover, magnified larger than life. She took the pendant from the box and he stood and came around the table to put it on her. When he clasped in the back he leaned close to her ear and whispered, ‘you’re my luck’.
This fabulous Victorian locket was hand crafted around 1860-70. It contains a high domed oval of cabochon cut rock crystal in a frame of 18 karat buttery yellow gold. The frame is set with 9 ovals of cabochon cut banded agate, each measuring 6.5 x 5 mm. The locket has a front and back crystal. Overall this locket measures 46 mm from the top of the bale to the bottom of the bottom agate and 32.6 mm across at the widest point. It is 17 mm thick. This unmarked locket has been acid tested to verify the gold content and it weighs 23.7 grams.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA24341VA
Antique Art Nouveau Silver Slide Locket Pendant Mirrors
$ 880.00
You may well have noticed that I have a pretty strong fondness for these Art Nouveau slide lockets. I really can’t help myself, it’s the craftsmanship, you see, the details, they make my eyes dance with joy. Get a little closer to this one, no really, closer still, look at all those details, the flowers so realistic you can almost smell them, the background shimmers like water, the leaves blow in the breeze. So, maybe you can start to understand my weakness for these gorgeous little works of art.
This repoussed slide locket was hand crafted in France in the Art Nouveau era, around 1900. It has a pattern that wraps the whole locket, different front and back. The locket slides open to reveal two beveled mirrors inside. This locket is pretty large, it measures 77 mm top to bottom including the bale and 42 mm across at the widest point, it’s 11.6 mm thick. The locket is marked on the top with the French Boar’s head mark for silver, it weighs 40.6 grams.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA24281VA
Victorian Engraved Gold Locket Shield Heart
$ 620.00
He sailed away, out to sea and into the dark green waters and the unknown beyond, and it stung his heart to see her there, on the shore, waving goodbye, no knowing but hoping it was just for now. This time though he had left her a present at home to remind her that he would never not be thinking of her.
He knew she would walk home, slowly, stopping in the market for cheeses and warm crusty breads. She would sit on her couch and reach for her book on the table where she would find a box. And in that box she would discover a locket that he bought weeks ago, waiting for just the right moment to gift it. Then he thought better.
He laughed to himself that night, picturing her running to her friend’s house to tell her all about it. He slept well knowing that he and she would never part, even with the distance.
Loaded with the romantic symbolism of the times, this Victorian shield shaped locket was handcrafted in 9 karat gold and engraved on both sides with an abundant floral motif, surrounding an elegant, elongated heart on the front. It is unmarked but has been professionally acid tested for content, testing as 9k gold, and was made in England around 1890. It weighs 4.5 grams and measures 33.6 x 19.8 x 5.6 mm.
This lovely locket would certainly make the perfect surprise gift for the one you would never be parted from!
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA23125VA
Victorian Silver Rose Gold Regard Locket Horseshoe
$ 1,200.00
Oh man, when I come across extra special pieces on my shopping trips it just makes me so happy. That’s really what I’m always after, after all. That one extraordinary example that’s just a little bit better than all the rest, the one in a hundred, or one in a thousand. That’s how I felt when I came across this amazing locket; like I had found that needle in that stack of hay.
This fabulous Victorian locket has all the bells and all the whistles, it is a perfect not-too-big, not-too-small size, it is soft and smooth and silky to the touch, it has delicate engraving and bright rose gold accents that swirl and sparkle across the front; and to top it off it has a lucky horseshoe and the oh, so proper Victorian love sentiment of ‘Regard’, as in “I give you my… regard” (you feel me, right?). This fantastic piece really is the haut monde of lockets. It measures 52 mm from top to bottom and 31 mm across and it’s 8.8 mm deep. It has frames to hold 2 photos and it weighs 13.9 grams.
This locket has a full set of Hallmarks that tell us that it was hand crafted in Chester, England in 1885, it has a partial makers mark.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA24126VA
Antique Art Nouveau Diamond Gold Slide Locket 18k French
$ 2,650.00
They had been married for two days when they set off for Paris. They arrived a week later, it was spring time in Paris, the most beautiful time of the year. They were there on their honeymoon and they would attend the Grande Opening of the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the World’s Fair. They would see the stunningly elaborate Porte Monumental on the Place de la Concorde, ride the Grande Roue, the tallest ferris wheel in the world. They would wander the Champs-Élysées and the fabulously impressive and newly finished Grand Palais. The Palace of Electricity and the Water Castle were her favorites. On their last day he bought her a locket to remember the fair by. It was in the new Art Nouveau style that had been featured so prominently throughout the fair and in the streets, buildings and art of Paris. She loved it, and him, and decades later when she bounced their grandchildren on her knee she told them the story of the locket and of those magical day in Paris when the world was shiny and new.
Hand crafted in about 1900, this stunning slide locket features a woman in profile. She wears a tiara and a collar of rose cut diamonds and is done in elaborate detail. Inside the locket are two frames, one contains on old mirror that’s missing a bit of its silver backing, it could be removed upon request. The locket is 41.2 mm from top to bottom and 28.5 mm across, it’s 6 mm thick. This locket is marked ‘750’ indicating it’s content of 18 karat gold. I suspect that it is French in origin, although it bears no marks. This locket weighs 15.5 grams.
Was she at the Worlds Fair in 1900? Very, very possibly she was.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA24236VA
Victorian Poison Ring Locket 15k Gold Opens
$ 2,250.00
I try not to play favorites, really I do, but sometimes it just can’t be helped. Every time I go buying I come across a piece or three, or let’s face it, twenty, that I just absolutely adore. When I came across this ring on my last trip I didn’t even think twice, I knew I had to have it.
This hand crafted signet ring has shoulders that are made to look like armor plating, complete with rivets and overlapping details. The top of the ring is a locket or a secret compartment, made to hold?? I don’t know what? A secret? A poison? A lock of a lovers hair? I suspect it’s held many things over the years, as it was likely made in about 1870, and certainly made in England.
This 15 karat gold ring measures 14.2 mm north to south and 11.8 mm across at the top and sits 3 mm off the finger, it narrows to 2.8 mm at the back of the band. This size 6.5 ring weighs 3.8 grams. This ring is unmarked and has been carefully acid tested to determine gold content.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: RGA24299VA
Simply Lovely Art Deco Locket Heart Shaped
$ 380.00
The first piece of jewelry a man buys a woman has to be just right. Rule number one, don’t giver her a ring until it’s ‘The Ring’. Rule number two, you can never go wrong with a locket. Her grandmother wore one, her mother wore one, and it conveys just what you feel without a word. Timeless. This one is just the right shape for love! Add the hand engraved finish and you have a gift straight from the heart.
This Art Deco era locket was made around 1930 and is beautifully engraved with a lovely Art Deco geometric pattern design. It is hallmarked '9k Back and Front'. It contains it’s two frames and is ready to hold photos of you and your sweetie, your mom and dad or even the kids. It measures 31.0 long from top to bottom and 19.5 mm across at the widest point, it's 3.4 millimeters and weighs 4.2 grams. The gold is smoothly polished where un-engraved.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA21205VA
Victorian Turquoise Pearl Heart Locket English 9k Gold
$ 550.00
This Victorian era locket was handcrafted in England of 9 karat gold around 1880-90. Set onto the front of the locket is a flower with 6 seed pearls and a turquoise gem at it’s center. This heart shaped locket contains it’s two frames and is ready to hold photos of you and your sweetie. It measures 27.5 mm top to bottom and 19.8 mm across and is 7.6 mm thick. This locket is unmarked but has been acid tested to verify content, it weighs 4.7 grams.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA19612VA
Antique French 18k Gold Locket Ruby Pearl Belle Époque
$ 1,050.00
La Belle Epoque translates as The Beautiful Era, and was marked by motifs that were light and airy and curvilinear. Those who didn't embrace the Art Nouveau movement borrowed it's lines and melded them with more classical motifs, a style that was so characterized by the garland motif it incorporated that it became known as 'Garland Style'.
This stunning antique French gold locket features a finely engraved floral garland, set with seed pearls and rubies. It was hand crafted in France in about 1900, and is made of 18 karat gold. The locket measures 39.5 x 28.5 x 4.4 millimeters, opens north to south, and has a built in frame on each side to hold two treasured photos. It is finely crafted in the French fashion, opens easily and closes securely. (Care should always be taken to close it, and all lockets at the edges, and not by pinching the center.) This lovely round locket weighs 5.4 grams, and bears the French eagle’s head hallmark for 18k gold.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTC11960VA
Victorian English Silver Collar and Locket Set Necklace
$ 1,800.00
Are you a sexy steampunk kind of girl? Do you have a little rock and roll rebel in your soul? These Victorians had the collar figured out and this one would go as well with a leather jacket as it ever did with a velvet corset, although it would go quite nicely with that, too.
A collar like this one can be worn lots of different ways, you can wear it with the clasp in front and the locket or a different bauble dropped off of it, or you can remove the locket and wear it with the clasp in back as a very smart choker.
This hand crafted beauty was hand crafted in England in the late 1880s. It has the smooth, silky feel that only old sterling seems able to achieve. The collar is 17 inches long the locket is 54.5 mm long and 32 mm wide, it weighs 68.6 grams. The locket opens to two frames with glass, it closes with a satisfying little snap. It has been acid tested.
A substantial piece of jewelry for a woman with a substantial sense of style.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LT1014072V
French Pierrot Lunaire Silver Slide Locket Antique Art Nouveau
Sold Out - $ 1,250.00
Here he is, sweet Pierrot, basking in the moonlight. This well loved and wayward clown was the subject of literature and art going back to the late seventeenth century. He was seen as a somewhat tragic figure, always falling prey to his own naiveté.
The writer Albert Giraud published a series of 50 poems about Pierrot, called Pierrot Lunaire, or “Moonstruck Pierrot”. Many of the poems involved the moon; in one Pierrot does his white face makeup using moonlight, in another he dances drunkenly in moonlight. The poems would eventually be set to music by Arnold Schoenberg and the piece was premiered in Berlin in 1912 to great acclaim.
This absolutely fantastic French slide locket features Pierrot, in his skull cap, neck ruffle and flouncy attire, having a chat with an animated sliver of a moon. The reverse shows just clouds floating across a night sky. This beautiful and unusual locket contains two mirrors as was common for these, one is standard and the other is slightly convex so that the lady could see her whole face at once. This large locket measures 66.3 mm long including the bale and 38.4 mm across, it’s 8.2 mm deep and weighs 29 grams. The locket has a French silver mark and a French makers mark on the top ring.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LT1018065V
Antique Emerald and Pearl Locket with Wreath Motif in 18k Gold
$ 1,250.00
You could wear this to opening night, get some curry before the show. There are a few good places along Shaftesbury Avenue, most offer a pre-show special. Wander, see what looks goods, what smells amazing. Yes, this would be perfect for opening night. Pair it with a simple black dress, that one that always comes out of the case with nary a wrinkle, those little green booties you brought because, well, you never know. Don’t have a chain the right length? That’s no problem, this one will look stunning on that length of silk cord which holds your jewelry bag shut, just don’t forget to put it back when you’re done.
Hand crafted Victorian locket, adorned with a garland motif. This wonderfully smooth and heavy locket opens to reveal two inner frames to hold your photos. The locket is set with 8 emeralds and 8 creamy white half pearls which are graduated in the garland. It measures 49 mm (2 inches) long including the lovely wide bale and is 30 mm (1.25 inches) wide. It opens easily and closes with a nice little snap. The locket weighs 14.1 grams and has been acid tested to verify that it is crafted in 18 karat gold.
A locket, a locket, a picture in your pocket (or around your neck). Enjoy the show!
I offer layaway on most items purchased for full retail price. In general my layaway terms are 1/3 down and 1/3 in 30 days and the last 1/3 in 60 days. I am flexible so if you are interested please ask me and we can work out a payment plan that suits you. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase on my lane. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LT0111061V1
Antique Victorian Intricately Engraved Gold Locket
$ 880.00
Lockets are one of those timeless accessories I talk too much about. It’s because your mother wore one, and her mother wore one, too, quite possibly so did hers. They can be filled with photographs from a childhood vacation, or with locks of hair. They can be filled with the four-leaf clovers you found on your first picnic together in the park, or with tiny flowers from your wedding bouquet. And even if you can’t see it, a locket given from the heart will always hold one thing, your love.
This antique Victorian oval gold locket was handcrafted in England around 1880. A stunning floral engraving can be found on the both the front and the back of this 9 karat gold locket, as well as Celtic knot details. When opened, the inside reveals a lock of hair left from a loved one. This piece measures 56 x 32.4 x 9.6 mm and it weighs 12.5 grams. It bears no marks and has been acid tested.
I can’t get over how perfect this locket is. There’s something about it that’s so intriguing. Maybe it’s the gold or the details. Maybe it’s the style or the shine. Either way, this gold locket should be yours.
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ITEM ID: LTA21430VA
Lovely Georgian Pear Shaped Vinaigrette Locket Pendant Sterling Silver
$ 980.00
When this gorgeous little Vinaigrette was made the streets of London, and really of any big city in Europe, were unpaved and trodden by horses. Horses that pooped. A lot. What was a lady to do when the streets were constantly offensive to ones sense of smell? Well, they had one of these, a Vinaigrette, a small trinket that was made to hold a sponge soaked with perfume. A lady would open it up and breath in a much improved scent. We don’t have these problems with horse paddies as much today, but there’s many a time on a subway in Manhattan at rush hour that I wouldn’t have minded having a Vinaigrette handy!
This Georgian beauty was hand crafted in sterling silver in the shape of pear. It is 34 mm high and 18 mm across at the widest part. Inside is a small cavity with a silver grate which would have held the sponge. The pendant was originally hallmarked but it’s gotten warn and the marks are no longer legible. This wonderful piece has been carefully acid tested for purity and weighs 4.7 grams.
Hand made in England in about 1820.
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ITEM ID: VEA23141VA
Antique Silver Pill Box Locket Necklace Birds
$ 850.00
You could keep a secret in here, wear it close to your heart. A love letter, folded small, a stone from that time you visited Merlin’s Cave, the sharks tooth you found on the beach on your honeymoon, a dried flower from your bridal bouquet. You could keep lots of things in here, or nothing at all.
This fantastic locket likely started out life as a pill box or patch box. The locket is repoussed all around with daisy flowers, birds and branches, it’s quite cheery. The box measures 49 mm side to side and 45 mm high, it’s 16.5 mm deep. This box comes on a lovely hand crafted silver chain with a weighty link that measures 20 inches long. The box is marked ‘0800’ for the silver content, it was made around 1890-1900 in France or continental Europe and the necklace as a whole weighs 17.1 grams.
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ITEM ID: NE1019080V
Reserved ~ Martin Mayer Jungendstil Silver Slide Locket Poppies
Sold Out - $ 950.00 $ 1,160.00
On their first date he took her to Longwood Gardens in the gorgeous Brandywine Valley. It was winter and she wondered at his idea to go to a garden in the cold; but when she walked into the immense Victorian Conservatory she was awestruck by the beauty of the building and the slice of summertime held within. She loved all the flowers and trees, the cacti and orchids but she became completely enamored of the blue poppies that grew along the edges of the walkways under the grand glass roof.
This fantastic silver slide locket by the famed Martin Mayer features a wonderful design of poppy flowers which flows around onto both sides of the locket. The poppies are so realistic, they seem to jump off the locket. Set with two mirrors, this Jungendstil locket was hand crafted around 1900-1910 in Germany, it is marked on the bale. The locket is 61 mm from top to bottom and 36 mm across and weighs 15.5 grams. It is marked for 800 silver.
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ITEM ID: LT1019077V
Antique Victorian Charming Double Sided Banded Agate Locket Made of Pinchbeck
$ 380.00
The thing I love most about Victorian jewelry is the sentiment behind each piece. To my delight, the Victorians used agate throughout the era, with its greatest popularity being the mid-1800’s. It was used to create all sorts of pieces - cut out flowers that showed off the stone’s layers, cabochons in Etruscan Revival jewelry, in cameos, in mourning jewelry, etc..
This locket was a part of this ‘need for agate’ obsession. Those suspicious Victorians believed agate protected you from thunder, sorcery, poison, and demonic possession. Basically, it was a talisman for all of life’s ailments, including drunkenness.
A banded agate locket like this could have easily been a way to protect whoever wore it, or whoever's photograph is laid inside. This antique pendant was handcrafted in pinchbeck. It’s oval in shape and measures 28 x 25 x 13 mm and weighs 10.9 grams. Each of the cabochon banded agate stones are in various shades of white and brown. They measure 27 x 22 mm each. This wonderful wearable locket has been acid tested.
This darling piece is awaiting a sentimental photograph of that special someone or furry friend. Although the Victorians might have worn it outdoors during a thunderstorm, I still can’t recommend venturing out into a storm no matter how much agate you don!
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ITEM ID: LT0313527V1
Art Deco Engraved Gold Heart Locket Pendant
$ 450.00
Lockets make an excellent gift for your sweetheart, wether that’s your mom, your kid, your bff, doesn’t really matter, give them the gift of a lovely locket, a little piece of your heart.
This wonderful heart shaped locket was hand crafted in England in the Art Deco era. It is engraved with a lovely detailed waving pattern all over the front and has a smooth finish to the reverse. The locket is marked on the back with ‘9ct BK & F’ for back and front, meaning that it has a metal frame within. This lovely gem measures 28.8 mm north to south and 29.7 mm across, it weighs 2.7 grams.
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ITEM ID: LTA17954VA
Victorian Silver Locket Gold Leaves
Sold Out - $ 780.00
Victorians loved lockets; a form whose history far exceeds that of the photographs we put in them these days. Originally the locket was used to hold hair, ashes, relics and good luck charms, but one thing is the same, it was always meant to keep something precious close to your heart. This one is handmade with an exquisite eye to style and fashion.
This hand crafted silver locket is fully hallmarked as having been made in Birmingham, England in 1882 of Sterling Silver. It measures 63.3 mm top to bottom and 35.6 mm across and weighs 10.9 grams. Inside the locket is one frame.
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ITEM ID: LTA21534VA
Antique Victorian Oval Silver Locket Pendant
$ 600.00
Victorians loved lockets; a form whose history far exceeds that of the photographs we put in them these days. Originally the locket was used to hold hair, ashes, relics and good luck charms, but one thing is the same, it was always meant to keep something precious close to your heart. This one is handmade with an exquisite eye to style and fashion.
This handsome oval silver locket was hand crafted in England around 1890. This wonderfully smooth locket is as gorgeous to feel as it is to view, a lovely weighty thing. This piece was made in England in about 1890 of sterling silver and is marked with the makers mark of ’SB&S’. The inside of this locket has two frames to hold your photos or other small mementos. It measures 60.8 mm from top to bottom and 38.5 mm across, it weighs 27.2 grams.
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Antique Victorian Silver Locket Ivy Leaves
$ 560.00
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 engraved design with beautifully engraved ivy leaves, that carry the Victorian sentiment of love, “I cling to thee”. This piece is fully hallmarked as having been made in Birmingham, England in 1880 of sterling silver. This hand crafted locket has one interior frame, it measures 64.5 mm from top to bottom and 36.8 mm across, it weighs 15.2 grams.
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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ITEM ID: LTA17479VA
Victorian Paste Set Gold Locket Bow Red White
$ 490.00
I’m always on the lookout for lovely lockets, so I was excited to find this Victorian beauty! Set with sparkling red and white pastes in the shape of a flowing bow, this locket is sure to please.
Hand crafted in 9 karat gold in about 1890, this heart shaped locket contains two frames to hold your photos. The locket measures 32.2 mm north to south and 20 mm across, it weighs 3.6 grams. The locket is marked to the reverse with ‘9ct Back and Front’, meaning that the interior frame is metal.
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ITEM ID: LTA24047VA
Antique 15k Gold Heart Shaped Locket Pendant
Sold Out - $ 700.00
This lovely locket is ready to hold the photos of the ones you hold most dear.
Hand crafted around 1900 of 15k gold with an inner metal frame, this wonderful locket is set with a small rose cut diamond at the center. It has two frames inside and measures 33.8 mm from top to bottom and 22.5 mm across. The locket is marked ’15 ct back and front’ on the reverse, it weighs 5.2 grams.
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ITEM ID: LTA22467VA
Victorian 15k Gold Four Part Locket Pendant
$ 1,200.00
This beautifully engraved locket opens two ways and has four frames to hold your photos. It’s exquisitely engraved on both sides, one side showcases a leafy bunch of grapes and the other side a traditional garter with a fringe of petals.
The locket measures 39 mm from top to bottom and 23.4 mm across and is 8.5 mm thick. This Victorian beauty was hand crafted in about 1870 in 15 karat gold. The locket comes with a couple of very interesting looking instant ancestors tucked away inside. This unmarked locket has been acid tested as 15 karat gold, it has no hallmarks.
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ITEM ID: LTA16503VA
Art Nouveau Fob Locket Pendant Austrian Amazing
$ 1,680.00
Okay, so it’s been firmly established that I have a very bad weakness for Art Nouveau jewelry (okay, Art Nouveau anything, really). This weakness gets worse as the jewelry gets better. So, you might just have to forgive me if I buy it more for me than for you. I’m mean, I’m always willing to share, but I could happily own this fantastic piece for the rest of my life, so if you don’t want to buy it, I’m perfectly fine with that. If you want to buy it, I’ll pull it out of my personal jewel box for you, but I might grumble just a little.
This fantastic, and I do mean fantastic, Art Nouveau piece started life out as a watch fob, I’ve been wearing it as an exquisite statement pendant. It is handcrafted in silver with gold washed accents. The three part pendant has a dog clasp at the top to hang it easily from a watch chain or a collar and at the drop end it has a round locket edged in gold. There is nothing about this piece that is not exquisitely hand crafted and it just showcases the very height of Art Nouveau design. The piece measures 145 mm long and 27.5 mm across at the wisest part. The locket opens to reveal two frames with covers. This fantastic bauble is fully finished front and back, it is hallmarked with marks that show it was made in Austria in the 1890s and has a makers mark of ‘FB’. This wonderful fob/pendant/locket weighs 27 grams.
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ITEM ID: LT1019049V
Antique Victorian Enamel Mizpah Locket 9k Gold
$ 980.00
Do you remember Stevie Wonder singing ‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’? He wasn’t calling because of the autumn breeze or falling leaves, not because it was New Years Day or he had chocolate covered candy hearts to give away. No, he was just calling to say I Love You. From the bottom of my heart. Just Love.
This Mizpah locket is a lot like that song. They didn’t have phones when it was made, though. You couldn’t just show up or text to let someone know you loved them. If you wanted to let them know, to let them know every hour of the day, all year round, like Stevie did, then you’d have to give them something that would let them know. This Mizpah locket was made to be such a thing. A thing to say I Love You.
Hand crafted in Victorian England in about 1880, this wonderful locket was done in 9 karat yellow gold and the front is embellished with blue and white enamel and the term ‘Mizpah’, from the bible this term means ‘May the Lord Watch between Thee and Me while we are Apart, One from Another’. This wonderfully sentimental locket measures 37.3 mm from north to south and 23.3 mm across, it is 9 mm thick and weighs 9.6 grams. It has two frames inside and bears no hallmarks, we’ve carefully acid tested it as 9 karat gold.
Tuck a photo of yourself inside, a lock of hair, a lucky clover. Doesn’t matter, it’ll still be there, saying I love you.
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ITEM ID: LT1019072V
Antique Early Victorian Paste Silver Pendant Heart Locket
$ 380.00
It could be Georgian, this one, it’s difficult to say. I was willing to have it either way because I was charmed by it’s beauty and style. This fully hand crafted locket is done in sterling silver with a rose gold frame at the front and a fully opening locket at the back. The heart and bow was a very popular subject in the Georgian and early Victorian period and this one is just lovely!
This wonderful locket is set with 32 golden brown round faceted paste gems. Right now there is a piece of black fabric inside, but this could be removed so that a photo could be placed inside. Measuring 39.4 mm north to south and 21.2 mm across, this pendant/locket weighs 6.1 grams. It is marked with '925' for sterling silver and a hallmark that I can't quite make out. I believe it's Continental in origin and dates to between 1820-1850, it's very hard to pin down.
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ITEM ID: PT1019067V
Large Sterling Silver Victorian Locket Pendant Gold Accents
$ 750.00
Sometimes they arrive looking quite stout and then they pull all of their little pouches out of their vests and inside coat pockets and you see that they are actually quite thin. Laden with jewels is how they arrive and so I always attempt to lighten the load. I was more than happy to do it the day that I found this fabulous locket, one of my very favorite things.
Silver jewelry like this locket was de rigor daywear in Victorian times. Often paired with a wide flat collar or book chain, a locket like this one would have felt at home in the upper echelons of society, it’s golden accents denoted it’s fineness and her status. This beauty was hand crafted in sterling silver in England in about 1890, it’s an oval shaped beauty; engraved flowers with bright golden tips and a frame of rosy golden curls. The locket measures 62.4 mm north to south and 34.8 mm across, it has two frames and weighs 21.6 grams. This wonderful piece has a luxurious weigh and feel and while unmarked, has been acid tested as sterling silver.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
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ITEM ID: LTA21535VA
Early Victorian Gold Memorial Locket Pendant Hair Inscription
$ 790.00
He was her world, the one who grew old and grew gray hair with her, the one who made the tea every day exactly at 4, and who encouraged her to sneak ice cream at midnight. So she decided to take him with her, until her own bittersweet end. She put his blissful memory around her neck, in a golden locket. All she had to do was close her eyes to feel his warmth, to see his dark blue eyes, to hear his laugh as his eyes squinted and that dimple showed up on his cheek. All she had to do was hold her locket, breathe deeply, and know he was next to her.
This sentimental large antique gold circle locket was handcrafted in England, in the 1830s. It’s a round sturdy piece, meant as a memorial locket, made in 18 karat gold with beautiful engraving bordering the front door, and the bale. The front door and the back feature geometrically placed engine turned engravings making both sides look like a swirling golden flower. The overall measurements are 53 x 31 x 9.5 mm and it weighs 17.0 grams. The inside door bears the two inscriptions, The upper one reads “In Memory of S.B.C" and then at some later date, the owner added "Also of my dear Husband George Codd who died 3rd Jan 1841 Aged 48 Years”. The other side holds three locks of light hair, each tied gently with string. This piece is unmarked and has been acid tested.
Memorial jewelry was worn by both men and women after the loss of a loved one. Queen Victoria became well known for staying in mourning for 40 years after the loss of her beloved Prince Albert when she was merely 42 years old. Keeping a lock of hair from a loved one was customary, as families wanted a part of who they lost. In many cases, they creatively crafted it into something beautiful, like this locket.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
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ITEM ID: LTA19669VA-1
Georgian Diamond Portrait Pendant Locket Hair
$ 1,350.00
One of the things that I love the most about Antique Jewelry is the history inherent in each piece. There is no real knowing where most of these piece that I sell originated from, no way to know who they belonged to, who wore them. The first owners of these things are long gone, there’s no asking them!
I fell just a little bit in love with this fantastic enamel portrait pendant. The woman painted onto this beautiful piece is so lovely and is shown in such exquisite detail, you can see the curls in her hair, the glint in her eye and the roses on her cheeks. This silver pendant hangs on a 9 karat gold ring and measures 52.2 mm from top to bottom and 27.5 mm across, ti is set with 20 small rose cut diamonds. This miniature portrait pedant is also a locket, the back is set with a very finely woven plat of hair and the golden initials ‘JD’, it weighs 11.5 grams.
This Georgian beauty was hand crafted in England in about 1820.
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ITEM ID: PT1019068V
Antique Carved Sardonyx Opening Ring Locket Poison
$ 1,200.00
Poison was the killer of choice amongst the ancient Romans and Greeks, it has been used for millennia, really, although some think it peeked in Medieval Europe. I guess back in the day you really had to be careful about where your food and beverages came from. You might never know who was out to get you!
A ring like this one is often called a ‘poison’ ring, because you could easily and unobtrusively open the secret compartment in the lid and dump a bit of poison into the drink of your unwitting victim!’
This fantastic ring has a carved hard stone sardonyx cameo that’s carved in the shape of a shield. The stone is set into a frame which opens to reveal the hidden compartment within. The ring was handcrafted in 15 karat gold in about 1860; it was once fully hallmarked but the marks have worn and are no longer legible. This size 5.75 ring measures 15.2 mm north to south and 13.4 mm across at the face, the stone measures 12.4x9.6 mm. The ring weighs 4 grams and has been carefully acid tested to verify the gold content.
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ITEM ID: RG1019066V
French Etruscan Revival Sapphire Diamond Locket 18k Gold
$ 1,980.00
In the early 1800s, a tomb was uncovered outside of Rome. It held mysterious gold jewelry of delicate design, with gold beads and twisted wires. These were tombs of an old Etruscan civilization. At the same time, Pompeii was being excavated, a city conquered by the Etruscans long before the Romans took over. These events caused a shift in jewelry design, called the Etruscan Revival, which took place beginning around 1860. A jeweler named Fortunato Pio Castellani claimed to have the knowledge on how to accurately craft jewelry in the careful delicate and detailed way the Etruscans once had. He created replicas of jewels found in these various excavation sites and he did a beautiful job. The techniques of crafting matte and shiny surfaces came back into style, the ways of crafting depth and relief were managed with corded wire. Castellani’s ideas flowed through Europe, all the way to France. Granulation, perfected by the ancient Etruscans, and wondered at due to its complexity and beauty, was now back and taking over all of Europe. An example of this can be seen in this intricate locket with its intricate swirling beadwork.
Hand crafted in France in about 1880, this wonderful gold locket has a fabulous weight and feel. This beautiful locket is set with a row of alternating sapphires and diamonds; two rose cut diamonds and three full cut bright blue sapphires. The locket is a fabulous size, measuring 49.8 mm from top to bottom and 27.3 mm across, and it weighs 12.4 grams. This 18 karat gold locket is marked with French hallmarks, including the eagle’s head mark which identifies its gold content. Inside are two frames with glass covers.
This special locket comes with a little bit of luxury and a lot of charm.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LT1019040V
Large Victorian Silver Enamel Forget-me-not Locket Pendant
$ 1,400.00
I have a secret, wanna know what it is? I’ve been keeping this locket to myself. I have a good friend in this business who always has the most amazing things, but the most amazing of the most amazing things always seem to take a side trip through her personal jewel box. I must’ve picked up this trait from her. It’s a trait worth having, I say; share and share alike.
Hand crafted in sterling silver in England in about 1880, this wonderful large locket features a beautifully enameled Forget-me-Not plant in full bloom. The detail is stunning and the colors are bright and vivid! This locket has two internal frames with glass ready to hold your treasures or photos. This locket measures 62.7 mm from top to bottom and 38.5 mm across, it’s 12.2 mm thick. This Victorian stunner has a fantastic weighty feel and a smooth, silky quality. This unmarked locket tests as sterling silver and weighs 38.3 grams.
Lucky for you, I’m almost ready to let this one go. Are you the one to give it a new and loving home?
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ITEM ID: LTA22626VA
Unusual English Victorian 15k Gold Locket Pendant
$ 1,450.00
When I buy jewelry, I first pick out all the things that I like and make a pile. The I get prices, starting with the things that I want the most and working my way down until I have just a few things left, and I usually pass on the bottom few. This piece was right at the top of my list on my last trip to London, I feel truly madly and deeply for this unusual and beautifully crafted locket.
This locket is just wonderful with its not-so-secretive XO motif, it is a golden and permanent expression of Love. Hand crafted in 15 karat gold, this fantastic locket is marked with an English Registration mark, sometimes called a Kite mark. This mark is a bit cryptic, but in this case it translates to tell us that this locket was registered in April of 1869. This wonderfully three dimensional locket has two frames to hold your photos, it opens easily and closes with a satisfying little snap. It measures 40 mm from top to bottom and 24.9 mm across and it weighs 8.7 grams. This locket has been carefully acid tested as 15 karat gold. (And I should note that while I like it as an X and O motif, it may more rightly be a St. Andrews Cross).
A locket is such a personal thing. I truly think it conveys love more than any other piece of jewelry. To have a photo or memento of a loved one incapsulated in something beautiful and hung around you neck is like wearing a hug from the giver all day long.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA23151VA
Victorian Engraved Silver Buckle Locket
$ 560.00
He held out his hand to her, his fist closed, his eyes glinting mischievously. She knew that look, knew he was up to something. He didn’t need to tell her to close her eyes and put out her hands, she knew how this worked. She felt the cool metal in her palm and when she opened her eyes and looked she let out a little gasp. A locket. Not just any locket, the perfect locket, it had age and history and style and when she opened it, she found inside a photo of them from ages ago, wow, she though, they looked like children; and on the other side was another photo of them together, one far more recent, the lines of love and laughter etched onto their faces. Oh, how she loved this sweet and thoughtful man. It must have showed on her face because he beamed at her, smiling from ear to ear, his eyes alive with merriment.
This really is the perfect locket, not too big, not too small and anything but boring. Victorian in origin, it dates to about 1880 and opens to reveal two frames all set to hold your memories in color or black and white. This wonderful piece measures 52.2 mm from top to bottom and 31.7 mm across, it weighs 15.2 grams. This locket is unmarked but it’s acid tested as sterling silver.
A locket is such a lovely and sentimental gift. Try it, you’ll like it.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
ITEM ID: LTA20359VA
Antique Silver Compact Pendant Mother of Pearl Pansy
$ 690.00
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.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
Antique French Neoclassical 18k Gold Locket
$ 980.00
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!
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
Item ID: LTA22869VA
Georgian Locket Backed Heart Pendant Gold Turquoise Agate
$ 960.00
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!
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
Antique Victorian Enamel Equestrian Locket 9k Gold B&F
$ 500.00
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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I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
Victorian Embossed Silver Locket Button Design
$ 560.00
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!
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
Victorian Heart Crystal Locket Pendant with Pearls
Sold Out - $ 1,580.00
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.
I offer a 3-5 payment layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. Items ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.
I always want you to be happy with every aspect of your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied for any reason simply let me know and we'll work together to get the item returned for a full refund. I guarantee that my pictures and descriptions are as accurate as possible. My goal is to exceed your best expectations!
