Antique Victorian Turquoise Paste Flower Silver Pendant Locket

Description: About this Piece Length: 1 3/4” (excluding bail) Width: Just over 1 1/8"Material: Tests for sterling silver, glass Weight: 10 gramsMark: No mark Era: Victorian Why You’ll Love ItIn this Victorian locket, the intricate details are everything. As intriguing as it is striking, the sterling silver setting–with its original fluted bail–uses a range of metalwork techniques and refined craftsmanship to create a unique foliate motif in raised relief. Even more eye-catching, inset paste made to emulate turquoise, adds just the right pop of color. Full in size and subtly puffy in silhouette, with a glass window at the back that offers a sneak peek at your cherished memories stored inside. Condition and Quality● Bright patina with minimal surface wear to the setting. No dents. ● Fresh sheen, light surface wear, and no chipping on the glass.● Secure, original bail.●Closes firmly with a satisfying “snap.” Collector NoteOn Glass Made to Emulate Gemstones. Glass has long been used by jewelers to simulate natural gemstones. For instance, during the Georgian era, black dot paste is a term that refers to a style of glass that was made to simulate the sparkle of natural diamonds. But in the 1940s, the use of glass to simulate gemstones ramped up more than ever before. World War II constrained both fine materials and pocketbooks, so more and more designers (including high-end designers) focused on glass to re-create the distinctive properties of different gems. High-end designers thus began making costume glass jewelry - but with the same attention to detail, high craftsmanship, and design skill that was applied to fine jewelry. On Victorian. A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria’s taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid. _gsrx_vers_1678 (GS 9.8.2 (1678))

Price: 295 USD

Location: Altadena, California

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