Victorian Gold Shell Locket garnet intricately worked in the regency

intricately worked in the regency style

Tests as 18k Gold

1870 - the epitome of Victorian romantic sentimentality

comprises 12 flat cut garnet flowers with turquoise centres and turquoise link connectors - and a garnet drop of the same period (although not original to the piece)

Small ding to one side

Victorian Gold Shell Locket garnet intricately worked in the regencyDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 Cute antique shell locket modelled in 9ct gold. It dates from the 1870s, and opens to reveal the glass locket compartment within. In the Middle Ages, the scallop shell became associated with religious pilgrimages such as Granada to Santiago de Compostela in Spain but since much earlier the shell has been a symbol of fertility, and often associated with the Goddess Venus. MEASUREMENTS 1. 8 x 1. 7cm (not including jump ring)