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Antique Onyx & Gold Locket Pendant, Circa 1875


€ 790.00 *
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Antique Onyx & Gold Locket Pendant, Circa 1875
Antique Onyx & Gold Locket Pendant, Circa 1875
Description
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Memories are our most precious treasure. A picture, a lock of hair, perhaps even a small letter: we often own very personal and intimate pieces that remind us of a loved one. Carrying such objects with us at all times has a comforting effect for many people. Antique lockets are among these particularly sentimental pieces of jewellery. Worn openly yet protected from prying eyes, mementos can be safely ensconced in them in a precious casing. The present locket was created in the 70s of the 19th century. It is cut from a solid black onyx. In the center of the design is set a sawn application of gold: The letter "A" formed by golden tendrils. On the back, a compartment allows you to store a picture, a lock of hair or similar souvenirs. Thus, the piece of jewellery can become a personal shrine to your memory. The locket is beautifully preserved and is a typical mourning jewellery of the late 19th century. The fact that it has survived in its original case is particularly fortunate. For dating, see Brigitte Marquardt: Jewellery. Realismus und Historismus (1850-1895), Munich/Berlin 1998, p. 231ff, with corresponding pendants of the time.
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In the 19th century, lockets were undoubtedly among the most popular pieces of jewellery, enjoying the highest popularity among all social classes. Kept close to the heart, lockets could always keep alive mementos of loved ones or happy events, protected from prying eyes. When photography became affordable in the course of the century and the new light pictures replaced the previously common miniature paintings, the fashion arose to also carry these small marvels of technology in a locket. Depending on taste and purse, the jewellers and goldsmiths of those years made very different pieces from tombac, silver or gold.
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Antique Onyx & Gold Locket Pendant, Circa 1875
"A" for...
€ 790.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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