Antique 12k Gold and Seed Pearl, Garnet Gem Locket Brooch, Mourning Pin Brunette Hair Art French Fashion Napoleon I became one of

Napoleon I became one of his best customers and ordered several pieces

The case you see here is hand carved and dates late 1600s to early 1700s

and a tatting shuttle and measuring tape (the tape is no longer inside)

All bear the post-1878 French Minerve or Minerva hallmarks

paper original and in place

Antique 12k Gold and Seed Pearl, Garnet Gem Locket Brooch, Mourning Pin Brunette Hair Art French Fashion Napoleon I became one ofFrom my own collections of decades: Antique 12k Gold and flat face cut garnets hair art mourning brooch, c 1780s to 1820, Georgian Era. Total weight: 3 grams. Locket front framed in by a border of impossibly tiny seed pearls, which represented the tears of the mourner in that era. Plaiting of brunette hair inside and no engraving on back. I sometimes use these grouped on a jacket lapel, or clasped over a strand of pearls so many compliments! Very good