Antique Edwardian 9 Karat Gold Oval Photo Locket Pendant, Birmingham 1914 dog lover It makes me a little

It makes me a little bit melancholy to think of what stories they could tell that I will never know

choosing this cameo from an artisan in Italy to bring back to a beloved mother

This jewelry movement differed from the larger and dark colored jewels of the later Victorian era

4 millimeters or about

8 mm wide at the widest point

Antique Edwardian 9 Karat Gold Oval Photo Locket Pendant, Birmingham 1914 dog lover It makes me a littleThere is something irresistibly intimate about an old frame locket. Not merely a piece of jewelry, but a tiny private world carried close to the heart. This one feels especially refined, with its smooth surface catching the light in soft ribbons of gold, subtle enough to feel elegant. Its slender oval form and graceful proportions give it an almost architectural restraint, the kind of quiet beauty Edwardian jewelers understood so well. One imagines it