Antique French 18k Gold and Black Enamel, Pearl, Double Locket, Mourning Pendant or Brooch in Box Porcelain plaque from pilfering the delicacies which

from pilfering the delicacies which warranted such a presentation box

only used one or two times and is superbly clean inside and out

Elegant antique French COMPLETE matching 9pc sterling silver serving utensil or implement set including meat carving knife & fork

perfectly usable and with that undeniable European silver elegance

(Vernis Martin)

Antique French 18k Gold and Black Enamel, Pearl, Double Locket, Mourning Pendant or Brooch in Box Porcelain plaque from pilfering the delicacies whichWith the double locks of hair still beautifully kept in the locket backside, mourning a dark and a very pale blond, this elegant 18k gold French mourning locket has been kept rather than worn. When I see hair like this, my experience suggests to me it is likely a locket that mourned a young mother and her infant. Perhaps the perished together of disease, which was not so uncommon at all in the mid 1800s, from which period this piece hails. Children