Description

I've owned this locket for 5 years or so without managing to properly research it ... perhaps you can do better!

It's a Victorian locket dating to between the 1860s to the 1890s/ It is enameled a beautiful, robin's egg turquoise blue, and decorated with delicate arabesques of gold and two natural freshwater pearls. It is unmarked, but it was sold to me as being 10k, and tests as such ... that said, I'm pricing it like sterling, because when it comes to unmarked Victorian jewelry, I say better safe than sorry.

The locket is in great antique condition. It closes securely, it has its original plates, the enamel has small scuffs (as one might expect after ~150 years), and though there's a slight discoloration by the hinge, it's not noticeable without close inspection. It's a great size at an inch and a quarter tall and an inch wide - lots of presence!

The interesting thing - to me, anyway! - is that instead of containing the expected lover's photo or child's picture, it has two nicely drawn cartoon characters within, bearing the initialed signature "FH." Know any famous cartoonists with a taste for Victorian lover's tokens?

If you have any questions, or would like additional photographs, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Great for Mother's Day!