Description
This one-of-a-kind necklace features an antique gold-filled slide with glass seed pearls and an amethyst paste stone paired with a two-toned gold locket, circa 1900. The base of the locket is rose-gold filled, with raised designs of a swallow and flower in yellow gold. With the slide, the locket drops 1 3/4" from the antique, rose-gold filled watch chain.
Details
- 20" long
- locket is 23 mm wide and high [including bail]
Materials
- gold-filled locket
- gold-filled slide charm
- rose gold-filled watch chain
- gold-filled spring ring clasp
Origin Story
The maker's mark indicates the locket was produced by the Bliss Brothers, a company founded in 1896 in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Lockets gained popularity during the Victorian era after Queen Victoria wore a mourning locket with a photo inside of her beloved husband Albert every day, setting a fashion trend. Prior to his passing, her husband had gifted her with a charm bracelet with eight lockets, each containing a lock of hair from each of their children.
Swallows were a popular motif in Victorian jewelry and symbolized home and heart - swallows were said to be the first birds seen on ships as they approached land, and were also known to mate for life.
