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Hair locket

See our: hair lockets.

A small locket made especially to enclose a lock af hair and to be worn for sentimental reasons. Some were in the form of a small reticule, note-case, etc.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson