This tear-shaped locket was made around 1780, at the dawn of the society we're currently calling America. The lenses are made of rock crystal, not glass, in collet-style settings. One bottom corner of the back lens is cracked but secure. The shape is intended to be a heart: there's no cleft on top, as this was the way hearts were portrayed back then. Inside, chestnut-colored hair is arranged in a complex infinity knot.
MATERIALS: 14k gold (tests), rock crystal lenses, hair, new 14k gold chain
AGE: c. 1780
CONDITION: Good - small chip at the base of one rock crystal panel
SIZE: 1" length including the bale, 5/8" width, 18" chain