Nostalgic Photo Locket with Enamel Painting, Great Britain c. 1895

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Nostalgic Photo Locket with Enamel Painting, Great Britain c. 1895

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This description was automatically translated from German. If you have any questions about this piece of jewellery, we will be happy to help!

The language of flowers, widely used in the 19th century, was still present in the period around 1900. The miniature, which is executed in enamel painting, so-called enamel en plein, on the cover of the present locket, makes use of this very language: a bouquet is depicted against a sky-blue background, the central composition of which consists of a fragrant rose and a pansy. While the rose stands for love in the language of flowers, the pansy symbolizes the thought of a person, as its French name is "herbe de la pensée", plant of remembrance. This combination of flowers seems perfect for a locket that allows you to carry the memory of loved ones with you at all times. The ornaments on the reverse also match this, as we see an ivy leaf here alongside other plants, which has an equally romantic meaning. The locket was made using the so-called back-and-front technique. This involved rolling a thin sheet of gold onto a base metal. This technique, a type of particularly stable doublé, was widespread in England in the late 19th century. Two frames inside the locket allow the insertion of photos cut to size. A portrait of a child from the 1950s can still be found on one side, which proves that the locket was still loved and worn several decades after its creation. We found it in London.

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€ 890.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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