Antique Georgian 18k Gold & Seed Pearl Large Locket Pendant, Hair Art Mourning chamois I just love these old

I just love these old French silver pieces and this one leaves very

only later did she tell me she had planned to replace the few small missing ruby glass 'jewel' accents and then keep it for herself :)

small photo - whatever

but it is 6

and the took within is ready for insertion of a pencil or graphite stick

Antique Georgian 18k Gold & Seed Pearl Large Locket Pendant, Hair Art Mourning chamois I just love these oldA superb 200 year old pendant (give or take a few years) that still holds the plaited hair of someone's dearly departed. This pendant is a locket, as you can see, and the backside has a cover glass, too, and can be pulled out in order to insert your own family memento, lock of hair, small photo whatever. The pendant would have originally been considered mourning jewelry. The seed pearls are iconographic and represent the tears shed by the one left