Antique French 18k Gold and Black Enamel, Pearl, Double Locket, Mourning Pendant or Brooch in Box Porcelain plaque For anyone who follows the

For anyone who follows the decorating style of Tulsa's Charles Faudree (and I do

Vincenti being one of the most well-known French clock maker working in the mid to late nineteenth century

from pilfering the delicacies which warranted such a presentation box

It's rare to find one of these mid-Victorian (Napoleon III 1850-70s) French liqueur sets

for weddings

Antique French 18k Gold and Black Enamel, Pearl, Double Locket, Mourning Pendant or Brooch in Box Porcelain plaque For anyone who follows theWith the double locks of hair still beautifully kept in the locket backside, mourning a dark and a very pale blond, this elegant 18k gold French mourning locket has been kept rather than worn. When I see hair like this, my experience suggests to me it is likely a locket that mourned a young mother and her infant. Perhaps the perished together of disease, which was not so uncommon at all in the mid 1800s, from which period this piece hails. Children