The Charm of Vintage Lockets
Secretive, sentimental and sweet, lockets are a guaranteed hit with any girl. Here are some ideas for making yours uniquely personal.
Discover MoreA pretty 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. gold pendant that was made circa 1900-1910. It has been enamelled with Royal blue enamelA pigmented glass-like material used in powdered form and fused onto the metal surface of a piece of jewellery. in the centre with a white enamel surround punctuated with small rose diamonds and gold quatrefoils. The blue enamel is GuillochéAn engraving technique in which a very precise intricate repetitive patterns or design is mechanically etched into an underlying material with very fine detail. Specifically, it involves a technique of engine turning, called guilloché in French after the French engineer “Guillot”, who invented a machine “that could scratch fine patterns and designs on... enamel which is a technique that was popularised in the 1880s by Peter Carl Fabergé amongst others. The surface is engraved with an intricate repeating pattern and then covered with glass enamel. This sunburst pattern reflects light through the blue enamel in different ways depending on the angle. Mounted on to the enamel is a stylised quatrefoilA shape with four leaves or petals. set with rose diamonds and an oval surround also set with small rose diamonds. The reverse of the pendant has a glazed locket compartment. A stunning pendant to wear on a medium length chain.
Secretive, sentimental and sweet, lockets are a guaranteed hit with any girl. Here are some ideas for making yours uniquely personal.
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