Antique Victorian Forget Me Not Locket 18Ct Gold Circa 1890

Details

This beautiful Antique Victorian locket has been commissioned in 18ct Yellow Gold front and back. It features intricate engravings of forget me not flowers on the front which have been overlain with 18ct Green Gold to represent the leaves of the plant and 18ct Rose Gold to represent the flowers. The back of the locket also features forget me not engravings and the edge is adorned with golden balls.

Forget me nots in an old German tale were discovered by two lovers walking by a river one day. After picking a beautiful bouquet of blue flowers for his loved one the poor gentleman sadly fell in the river and was swept away but before he vanished he yelled out ‘Forget-me-not!’ giving the flowers their name and a long lasting symbolism of love and remembrance.

A lovely locket which when opened presents two windows in which to display photographs of loved ones. Currently one window houses a photograph from a previous owner which can be removed if wished.

WEIGHT: 9.50 grams

FACE MEASURES: Width 30mm x Height 38mm (48mm inc bale) x Depth 7mm

METAL: 18ct Yellow Gold

AGE: Circa 1890

ORIGIN: United Kingdom

CONDITION: Excellent

ITEM NUMBER: 20-194