French Victorian gilded silver locket pendant with enameled Cupid

Antique jewelry object group: pendants

Country of origin: France

Style: Victorian
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Period: ca. 1830
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Source of inspiration: love and romance

Theme: Amor - Or Eros, Cupid or Cupido if you like, is the God of love who launches his love arrows to make people fall in love.

Material: Silver and elaborated decorated with gold
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Technique: Enamelling is an old and widely-adopted technology. The ancient Egyptians applied enamels to pottery and stone objects. The ancient Greeks, Celts, Russians, and Chinese also used enameling processes on metal objects. Enamel is the colorful result of fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. The powder melts and flows and hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating on metal, glass or ceramic. According to some sources, the word enamel comes from the High German word smelzan (to smelt) via the Old French esmail. Used as a noun, "an enamel" is a usually small decorative object, coated with enamel coating, such as a champlevé or a cloisonné (different techniques).

Precious stones: 70 seed pearls
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Birthstones: Pearl is the birthstone (or month stone) for June.
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Hallmarks: The French control marks representing wild boar's head. This hallmark was used for jewels that were made both in silver.
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Condition: good condition (there seem to be a crack in the enamel of the cupid, but we have the strong impression that this has been there since its making some 150 years ago)
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Dimensions: height approximately 6.27 cm (2.47 inch)

Weight: 16.80 gram (10.80 dwt)

Reference Nº: 09360-4350

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