{"product_id":"antique-victorian-silver-shoe-earrings-c-1901","title":"Antique French Silver Paste Frame Locket Pendant, Belle Epoque Photo Locket c.1880","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\"\u003eSome jewels are designed to sparkle from across a ballroom. Others reveal themselves more slowly, drawing you in with subtle light and intimate detail. This elegant French frame locket belongs firmly to the latter category. A delicate halo of glittering paste stones surrounds the circular opening like candlelight reflected in old mirrors, giving the piece a softness and romance that modern jewelry rarely captures. Intended to hold a photograph, miniature portrait, or treasured keepsake beneath glass, it transforms memory itself into adornment. The airy open center lends it an almost ethereal quality, as though it were made to frame not only a face, but a moment suspended in time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHandcrafted in France around 1880, this antique silver frame locket pendant is set with 28 sparkling paste stones and retains traces of a likely French hallmark, though it is difficult to fully decipher. The pendant measures 45 millimeters north to south including the bale, 21 millimeters across, and 5 millimeters deep, weighing 7.62 grams. The circular photo locket frame is bordered by hand set paste gems that shimmer beautifully against the mellowed silver, while the top is finished with a graceful floral inspired connector that adds movement and delicacy to the design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBelle Epoque jewelry often carried entire worlds inside it, portraits of loved ones, locks of hair, tiny painted miniatures, or pressed flowers gathered on meaningful days. This piece still feels ready for such devotion, a luminous little frame locket waiting patiently for its next story. Romantic, elegant, and wonderfully uncommon, it is a beautiful example of French sentimental jewelry from the late nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI offer free layaway on most items purchased for full retail price, please inquire if you are interested in setting up a layaway. We ship when payment is complete and items purchased or payments made on layaway are eligible for store credit only.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mygrid\" class=\"rl-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem id:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"productID\"\u003eLT0925912V\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Victoria Sterling Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48321700069630,"sku":"LT0925912V","price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0468\/8377\/files\/Antique_French_Silver_Paste_Frame_Locket_Pendant_Belle_Epoque_Photo_Locket_c.1880.jpg?v=1780755062","url":"https:\/\/www.victoriasterlingjewelry.com\/products\/antique-victorian-silver-shoe-earrings-c-1901","provider":"Victoria Sterling","version":"1.0","type":"link"}