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Unusual Locket Brooch With Pearls & Enamel In Gold, Paris Circa 1865


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Unusual Locket Brooch With Pearls & Enamel In Gold, Paris Circa 1865
Unusual Locket Brooch With Pearls & Enamel In Gold, Paris Circa 1865
Description
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Most historical lockets, whether pendants or brooches, hide the images they contain from the eyes of others. They either close the memories they contain behind opaque covers, or they only have a glass window on the back, through which only the owner of the piece of jewellery can look if she wants to. This locket is quite different! It has a double window, a large oval of cut glass, behind which a portrait, a photograph or even a lock of hair can be kept for all to see. It invites you to look back and forth - and you can proudly or lovingly carry your beloved souvenir with you. A delicate band of black enamel runs around the outside of the glass, wrapping jaggedly around shimmering pearls. Graphic lines of black enamel were considered particularly fashionable in the 1860s and early 1870s and complemented monochrome dresses with black stripes, borders or meander decorations, which still look amazingly modern even from today's perspective, see, for example, a wonderful dress in the Met Costume Collection 1981.149.1a, b. This brooch was also created during this period. The brooch was made in Paris. This is shown by the hallmarks, which also confirm the high-carat gold. We discovered this piece in Westphalia. A rare find!
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Unusual Locket Brooch With Pearls & Enamel In Gold, Paris Circa 1865
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€ 1,490.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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