The Locket is perhaps the most mysterious and alluring pieces of jewellery. Only the wearer knows what secrets lie within the locket. It has to be the ultimate love token. During the Victorian era, young Victorian women would hide a picture of a man they admired, if the man offered up a lock of hair a marriage proposal usually would follow. Lockets were considered a statement of an intention to marry.

Our Victorian locket is oval in shape and it is set in silver. The locket receives two areas inside pictures can be stored. One side of the locket has a thin piece of glass. The locket hangs from a new silver chain.

ERA

Victorian - 1837-1901

MEASUREMENTS

Height - 2.7cm / 1" (excluding top links)

Width - 2.1cm / 0.8"

Chain - 45.7cm / 18"

Weight - 9.75g

CONDITION

The locket is in very good antique condition.

SKU

1471