Victorian Onyx Mourning Locket edwardian Textured twigs and branches intertwine

Textured twigs and branches intertwine to form a nest around the gemstone: a bottle-green tourmaline that's cut to mimic ripples on a pool

and the stones were usually set in silver - meaning this gold example is something of a rarity

new technologies brought by the English

fed up of shelling out for expensive beef to serve in his ‘fancy dining cars’

Victorian Onyx Mourning Locket edwardian Textured twigs and branches intertwineAn immaculate onyx mourning locket dating from the Victorian period; the latter half of the 19th century, circa 1860. Carved from a single piece of black onyx, the reverse features an oval locket compartment and the front a gold ivy leaf studded with seed pearls. The chunky gold bail is set with further seed pearls and features black enamel lines, and the locket remains paired with its original tooled leather presentation box branded with the details