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 top quality 14ct58.5% pure gold (or 585 parts pure gold to 415 parts other metals) gold locket. It slides open to reveal two locket compartments. The two colour gold decoration is called engine turning. Engine turning is a swirled design produced on the gold through the use of a special lathe. There is a fine white enamelA pigmented glass-like material used in powdered form and fused onto the metal surface of a piece of jewellery. pattern around the striped design, then a decorative edge. In the centre is a platinumDerives from the Spanish word 'platina' meaning 'little silver'. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum's durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete..., rose diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use... and cabochonA polished, not faceted, dome shaped stone - either round or oval with a flat polished base, primarily used as a cut for phenomenal stones such as cat's eyes and stars.
sapphireBlue is the best-known colour for this gemstone but it can be found in all colours of the spectrum. After diamond, sapphire is the hardest gemstone.
flower design. It was made in Austria circa 1920.
A great piece and so smart!
585 (for 14ct gold) unidentified maker's mark
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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