Victorian Photo Gold Locket with Wheat & Roses, c. 1875

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Victorian Photo Gold Locket with Wheat & Roses, c. 1875

€ 1,490.00 ^*

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In the 19th century, lockets were among the most popular jewelry gifts. Hardly any other type of jewelry was as ubiquitous as the locket, whether in gold, silver or enamel, plain or ornate, round, oval or heart-shaped. Their popularity was so great that the London Society magazine published a humorous cartoon by the illustrator Alfred Thomas in 1870: entitled The Locketomanic, "The Locket Madwoman", it shows a society lady adorned from head to toe with over thirty lockets. An amusing picture of a fashion that captivated Victorian England and soon the rest of the Western world. The fascination of these pieces of jewellery can be explained above all by the technical innovations of photography. For the first time, portraits became affordable for many people in the late 19th century. The development of the negative process on paper, which replaced the earlier glass plates, made it possible to crop, reproduce or reduce the size of photographs. This made it possible to carry the image of a loved one with you, close to your heart. This gave rise to a new type of jewelry, the photo medallion. This fine example from the Victorian era also tells of the longing to preserve the ephemeral. It was made around 1875 from warm, shimmering gold and has two glazed frames inside in which small portraits can be kept as precious mementos. The front is adorned with a chased decoration showing a vase with two densely filled roses and two wheat plants. Probably the most important work on the language of flowers, Anna Burke's Illustrated Language of Flowers from 1856, lists the rose with the meaning "love" and wheat as a symbol of wealth. The locket combines artistry and emotion and illustrates the sentimentality of the Victorian age. We discovered it in the south of England.

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€ 1,490.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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