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Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cross Fern Leaf Hand Etched Locket Pendant

$ 5.27

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Style: Locket
  • Era: Victorian
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Metal: Sterling Silver
  • Condition: Fair
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    Details
    Fair condition. There is notable wear to the piece on inspection
    .
    Silver setting has a bright patina with minor surface wear.
    Inside of locket shows repairs to strengthen the face which are noticeable only from interior.
    Significant and deep dents make back of the locket misshapen.
    A few tiny and shallow dents at the front of locket are noticeable only on inspection.
    Clasp is secure and locket snaps shut nicely.
    One original photo frame and no plastic or glass inserts.
    Bale is secure and original.
    Era                Victorian
    Length           2 1/4
    ” in
    cluding bale
    Width             1 1/4
    ”
    Mark              No mark
    Weight           10 grams
    Material         Tests for sterling silver
    Collector Note
    Made by hand or in small groups of similar styles, vintage jewelry is individualistic with its own special history.
    Cross and Fern design was etched by hand and combined together symbolized eternity and victory over death.
    Full-sized with a bold silhouette, this locket is puffy with a nice sized cache for photos as well as a slim memento.
    BackStory
    On Symbolism In Jewelry.
    Symbolism in antique and vintage jewelry is common, yet it can be hard to spot if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Often, specific natural gemstones, flowers, birds, and motifs like stars and anchors were imbued with meanings that have fallen out of present-day society’s collective memory. To appreciate the power of symbols in antique jewelry is to imagine what it would have been like to wear the piece and step back into history.
    On Victorian.
    A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria
    ’
    s
    taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid.
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    your jewels
    will arrive safely.
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