Antique Georgian to Victorian Era Heavy 14k Gold Plate Pocket Watch Style Hair Art Mourning Locket duchesse a work of art on

a work of art on this functional pair of old face screens

then the designer's craft of ornamentation

nor the stems or carafon tells us it was mostly set aside in display vitrine and treasured

rather than just an ebonized finish

There are 20th century "fakes" on the market

Antique Georgian to Victorian Era Heavy 14k Gold Plate Pocket Watch Style Hair Art Mourning Locket duchesse a work of art onSuperb hair art mourning jewelry rom my own collection. Acid tested at high 14k gold, likely 15k for the age of it, no marks, and I'm nervous that it might be very heavy 15k plate so pricing for that. This larger locket pendant is made in pocket watch size and form, large bale up top and might well have been a gentleman's item, worn on a watch fob chain & tucked in his vest, brought out and cherished along with the memories of the loved one whose hair