Antique Gold Enamel Crucifix Memorial Locket horse pin portrait miniature on paper

portrait miniature on paper

calibre and cabochon cut sapphires

5cm Inc bale 2

Brooch fitting slightly loose but this is part of its design and not due to any deterioration

Antique Gold Enamel Crucifix Memorial Locket horse pin portrait miniature on paperDescription: Smooth, tactile little locket in remarkable condition. Age: c1830 could be a little earlier, hard to pin down precisely, certainly 19th century, the plain, modest styling leans towards Georgian sensibilities and we feel like a Victorian jeweller would have been absolutely itching to add some scrollwork or other engraving its plain, almost puritanical design doesn't fit with jewellery made much later. The hairwork with the scrolling, gold