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 MoreThis is a stunning large heavy gage 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold oval locket in wonderful condition. It still has it’s original fitted case and was made circa 1880 and retailed by J.W Carr in Leeds. It has an ivy leaf on the front that has been set with an emeraldOne of the four ‘precious’ stones. An intense, deep green is the most desirable colour for emeralds. Flaws and cloudiness (‘jardin’) are very common in emeralds, so stones are often oiled, irradiated, and dyed to improve their look. Synthetic emeralds have fewer imperfections and are hard to set apart from natural stones. Emeralds belong to the beryl..., a rubyOne of the most valuable gemstones on earth. From the corundum family, the red variety being ruby and the blue, sapphire. With the exception of the diamond, corundum is the hardest of the gemstones on the Mohs scale scoring a 9. and a 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... with small rose diamonds in between. The depiction of an ivy leaf traditionally means “Cling to me”. It opens to reveal to reveal two glazed compartments for photographs.
The best 18ct gold locket that I have come across
Locket unmarked, tested to 18ct gold
Case marked on the silk "Watchmaker J.W. Carr Goldsmith Jeweller & Silversmith 29 Commercial Street Leeds"
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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