This wonderful Victorian pansy locket is fashioned in gold with five coral cabochons punctuated with rose cut diamonds and surmounted by a diamond-studded flower. The reverse side holds the locket lens which can easily be removed to add photos or other small scale mementos. "Pansy" comes from the French pense meaning "to think." Lovers of a hidden meaning, the five-petaled flower was frequently used in 18th and 19th century love token jewelry to express the sentiment "think of me."
MATERIALS: 14k gold (tests), coral cabochons, 11 rose cut diamonds, glass lens
AGE: c. 1860
CONDITION: Very good
SIZE: 1 1/4" length including the bale, just shy of 1" diameter