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Antique Gold & Pearls Locket, c. 1870


€ 790.00 *
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Antique Gold & Pearls Locket, c. 1870
Antique Gold & Pearls Locket, c. 1870
Description
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The jewellery culture of the 19th century offered a wide variety of different pieces of jewellery to commemorate friends, dear relatives, dear children or the deceased. As a particularly personal material, hair was often used in the 18th and 19th centuries to make gifts of love or mementos of friendships. Lockets and various amulets still bear witness to this tradition today. This locket is one such piece. The oval pendant made of gold can be opened to reveal a glass-protected frame with two historical photographs. The front cover features an applied cross. A natural pearl shimmers at each of its ends, capturing the memory of the people stored inside and symbolizing the purpose of the piece of jewellery. Pearls are often found on mourning and memorial jewelry, as they symbolize shed tears. The locket was created around 1870. Oval, slightly bulbous lockets made of velvety shimmering gold were very fashionable in the 1860s and 1870s. A contemporary catalog from the London company Streeter from 1870 shows the variety of shapes in which such pieces were created at the time, see online here. The locket came to us from Bonn. It can be a wonderful way to store new memories.
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Antique Gold & Pearls Locket, c. 1870
The Power of Memory
€ 790.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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