Antique Gold Enamel Crucifix Memorial Locket horse pin calibre and cabochon cut sapphires

calibre and cabochon cut sapphires

68g Opal 1cm at widest point

Materials: Silver

slinky and substantial 14ct gold chain in an unusually long length

portrait miniature on paper

Antique Gold Enamel Crucifix Memorial Locket horse pin calibre and cabochon cut sapphiresDescription: Smooth, tactile little locket in remarkable condition. Age: c1830 could be a little earlier, hard to pin down precisely, certainly 19th century, the plain, modest styling leans towards Georgian sensibilities and we feel like a Victorian jeweller would have been absolutely itching to add some scrollwork or other engraving its plain, almost puritanical design doesn't fit with jewellery made much later. The hairwork with the scrolling, gold