Shrine of Memory

Antique Locket Brooch With Zircon in Gold, Historicism c. 1885


€ 890.00 *
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Antique Locket Brooch With Zircon in Gold, Historicism c. 1885
Antique Locket Brooch With Zircon in Gold, Historicism c. 1885
Description
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In the last third of the 19th century, lockets were among the most popular jewellery gifts. No wonder, these brooches and pendants with a hidden compartment were extremely well suited to commemorate both joyful and sorrowful events and, above all, dear people. They were usually used to hold pictures of loved ones, as well as sentimentally charged locks of hair and the like. So ubiquitous were lockets of all shapes that in 1870 the magazine "London Society" published a humorous cartoon by Alfred Thomas under the appropriate title "The Locketomanic". We see here a fashionably dressed lady wearing and adorning herself with more than thirty different lockets on every part of her clothing. This little drawing illustrates with a wink how popular these pieces of jewelry were in Queen Victoria's era. This unusual brooch, which found its way to us in Berlin, comes from this heyday of locket enthusiasm. The brooch is round in design and richly decorated with fine engravings and a wreath of floral ornaments. It is made of warmly luminous, rose gold in that typical hue that characterizes many pieces of jewellery of the late 19th century. A zircon of brown-red colour decorates the center. On the back, a glazed compartment allows to hold a lock of hair, a photo or similar sentimental mementos.
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Antique Locket Brooch With Zircon in Gold, Historicism c. 1885
Shrine of Memory
€ 890.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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