Vintage Gold-Plated Locket with Handwoven Chainmaille Necklace

$325.00

Description

This necklace features a vintage gold-plated brass locket, c. 1930, with an etched design, paste stones and glass seed pearls. It hangs on a chain of gold-filled hand-woven chainmaille links, gold-filled jump rings, and antique rose and yellow rolled gold links from two different 19th-century book chain necklaces. The locket opens and closes securely, and dangles from an antique, gold-filled pocket watch clip.

Details

locket is 1 1/4" x 1"
necklace is 20" long

Materials

gold-filled toggle clasp
antique book chain links
vintage gold-plated locket
gold-filled jump rings
antique pocket watch clip

Origin Story

The book chain necklace features links shaped like the bindings of books, and was a popular design during the Victorian era. This necklace style re-emerged throughout the 20^th century during various Victorian revival periods, particularly during the late 1930's and 40's. It is a design that continues to evolve and inspire even in the 21^st century.

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The locket is unmarked for metal or maker, however a virtually identical locket was tested at 10k gold. The locket remains ever so slightly open as it does not "click" to shut. It securely closes when pressed shut.

Measures 18" in length with an additional 2" extender.

Closes with a gold-filled spring ring.
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This necklace features an antique rose-gold filled slide and oval locket. The locket is etched with a floral design and embellished with ruby and clear paste stones. There is some wear on the gold fill on the side where the locket opens, although this is not noticeable from the front view. It measures 1" in length by 3/4" width. The backside of the locket is inscribed with the name "Ruth."

Details

locket measures 1" x 3/4"

necklace is 18" long with a 2" extender chain

locket and slide drop 2" from the chain

Materials

antique slide charm and locket

gold-filled lobster clasp

Origin Story

Inside the locket is a maker's mark of a bee, with the letters RBM Atrice. Similar lockets date to 1894. The Bee Atrice Mark, with a Bumble Bee, signifies the Little Beatrice Locket line produced by the RB MacDonald Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts.

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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

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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.

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Details

locket is a 3/4" square

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Materials

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Origin Story

The inside of the locket is etched "S.K.M. & CO, " the maker's mark of S.K. Merrill & Company, Providence, Rhode Island, established by Sylvester K. Merrill in 1871. SKM produced jewelry until 1915.

The 19th century witnessed many visible comets, including the well known Halley’s comet and Comet Tebbutt, also known as “The Great Comet of 1861”. These events inspired jewelry design throughout the Victorian era. This necklace features two etched starburst motifs. The locket's etching suggests the arc of a comet along with the starburst.

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