Antique Gold Filled Lorraine Cross with Thistle c. 1900, Antique Art Nouveau Pendant romantic_ring as pictured

as pictured

Did it grace the neck of a nervous young woman

rose cut garnetsWeight: 2

The closure is secure and despite the lockets age it closes with a satisfying 'click'

it is replete with Victorian symbolism

Antique Gold Filled Lorraine Cross with Thistle c. 1900, Antique Art Nouveau Pendant romantic_ring as picturedThis beautiful gold filled "Lorraine cross" comes from the Lorraine region of Eastern France. It has carried different symbolism through history as it was a used as a symbol of Free France in WWII and before that a symbol of reunification of Eastern France while it was under German control. Decorated with a thistle in the middle, which is then decorated with a mini Lorraine cross, in a kind of 'Lorraine cross ception". The thistle was a popular Art