Antique Victorian ‘Japonesque’ Design Sterling Silver Locket And Book Chain Collar Circa 1890 Prominent people in the Georgian

Prominent people in the Georgian and Victorian eras would wear their personal seal attached to a chatelaine or watch chain as a kind of status symbol

6cm when open and extended

Circa 1910

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Antique Victorian ‘Japonesque’ Design Sterling Silver Locket And Book Chain Collar Circa 1890 Prominent people in the GeorgianThe Aesthetic era 1885 1901 is a period during the Victorian years where jewellery was inspired by simple naturalistic themes including birds, bees, leaves and sometimes Japanese Japonesque styled elements such as bamboo, fans and related scenes. This amazing locket has these elements in abundance. Finely etched to the front with a central motif of a Japanese fan encircling a bird and floral motifs and surrounded by more of the same stylistic elements