Victorian American Sterling Aesthetic Period Locket & Chain Necklace
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Directory: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Victorian: Pre 1900: Item # 1476912
Directory: Estate Jewelry: Silver: Victorian: Pre 1900: Item # 1476912
$875.00
A superb American silver locket and chain necklace from the Victorian era. The book chain is enhanced with three rows of lapidary-cut silver balls. The locket’s cover is decorated with an engraved scene of an egret, bamboo, reeds and a fan in the Japonaise style popular during the Aesthetic period. The interior retains the original frames on either side. The chain can be worn without the locket as a 17” necklace or, with the drop chain in place at the back, as a 19-1/4” necklace. American chains of this style are far more uncommon than English chains. Tested and guaranteed silver.
- Origin: America, ca. 1885
- Condition: chain is excellent; locket has one pinpoint ding to the front and several to the back
- Dimensions: necklace, 17” to 19-1/4”; locket, 1-3/8” x 1-3/4” (excluding bail)
- Weight: 95.3 grams
