Antique Victorian Turquoise Pearl Locket Necklace With Hand Drawn Portrait Diamond

Antique Victorian Turquoise Pearl Locket Necklace With Hand Drawn Portrait DiamondA beautiful antique Victorian pendant locket from the late 1800s pave set with cabochon turquoise across the front with a raised emblem in the centre set with further turquoise and seed pearls. Turquoise is considered a stone of good fortune and pearls a stone of purity. They were a popular combination in the Victorian era with their soft colours complementing each other perfectly, evoking the calm and serenity of the sky and ocean. The pendant is

It’s complete with two windows in the middle but more can be added so that four photographs can be inserted

A lucky antique mid-Victorian heart brooch modelled in shining 9ct gold with three shamrocks in the centre

It’s a fabulous little pendant

WEIGHT: 201

It would look lovely on a gold chain

ITEM NUMBER: 20-394

Such macabre imagery was common in Memento Mori jewellery

ITEM NUMBER: AJ636

STONES: Turquoise/ Seed Pearls

A pretty antique mid-Victorian bar brooch depicting two swallows in flight

MEASURES: Gallery Height 7mm x Width 14mm x Depth 3

when British travellers brought home artistic treasures inspired by ancient Rome