Romantic Victorian Heart Pendant, c.1880, with Opal and Hidden Compartment

A tender Victorian locket pendant from around 1880, centred on a heart shaped opal with a soft, shifting play of colour, and framed by glittering old diamonds. The design is small and intimate, with the kind of quiet sentiment that Victorian jewellery carries so well. At the back, a glass covered compartment allows a photograph or other small keepsake to be kept within, which adds to its personal and affectionate character.

Jewellery Type
locket pendant

Condition
very good condition
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Country of origin
unknown

Style
Victorian - Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. The Victorian era is known for its eclectic revival and interpretation of historic styles and the introduction of cross-cultural influences from the middle east and Asia in furniture, fittings, and Interior decoration. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a regrettable excess of ornament. The Arts and Crafts movement, the aesthetic movement, Anglo-Japanese style, and Art Nouveau style have their beginnings in the late Victorian era.
See also: Victorian
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Period
ca. 1880
Events & facts of this era, poetry of this era, fashion of this era.

Source of inspiration
Love and romance

Theme
Heart - The heart has long been used as a symbol to refer to the spiritual, emotional, moral, and in the past also intellectual core of a human being. As the heart was once widely believed to be the seat of the human mind, the word heart continues to be used poetically to refer to the soul, and stylized depictions of hearts are extremely prevalent symbols representing love. (from: Wikipedia)

Material 18K
red gold gold and details in silver (touchstone tested)
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Diamonds
22 rose cut diamonds and senailles . A senaille is a simplified rose cut diamond, a small diamond chip with perhaps a few polished facets. We do not have the weight of the rose cuts diamonds nor the senailles which is normal in our trade when it comes to rose cut diamonds and senailles.

- All diamonds in our antique and vintage jewellery, regardless of size or shape, are verified by the IJGC laboratory as natural.

Precious stones
Two opals

Birthstones
Diamond is the birthstone (or month stone) for April and opal for October.
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Hallmarks
No trace.
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Dimensions
2,48 cm (0,98 inch) x 1,38 cm (0,54 inch)
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Weight
3,10 gram (1,99 dwt)

Adin Reference Nº
26085-0213

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