Antique Victorian Bird Nest Ivy Locket 9ct Gold Miscellaneous VintageA sweet antique Victorian 9ct gold locket from the late 19th Century, featuring beautiful, embossed artistry across both sides, depicting a delightful scene of two birds and a nest of eggs on the front and a wreath of ivy leaves around the back. The Victorians loved the natural world and ivy was one popular motif, often featured on lockets. It represented a loving, unbreakable bond, as in the Victorian rhyme Close clings the ivy to the tree, so in my
They’re very eye-catching and fitted with secure lever back hooks on top complete with the maker’s mark
This exquisite and exceptionally rare Victorian silver cuff bracelet dates from the late 19th century and has remained in excellent condition
a pair of high heeled shoes
AGE: Georgian (Circa 1800 – 1830)
They have superb SI1 clarity – H colour and weigh approx
STONES: Mother of Pearl (17 x 20mm)
During the late 19th Century
It features a wonderful dragonfly perched in the centre decorated with bright seed pearls across the wings and a blue sapphire in the centre
with lustrous seed pearls chasing around the rest of the design
the other caught mid-dance
They’re set in platinum rub-over settings and join an elegant 18ct yellow gold crossover band that twists gracefully at the shoulders
Guilloche enamel dates to the 17th century and involves metal carefully worked by a lathe