Antique French 18k Gold and Black Enamel, Pearl, Double Locket, Mourning Pendant or Brooch in Box Porcelain plaque and would have been sewing

and would have been sewing already for a few years

for weddings

For anyone who follows the decorating style of Tulsa's Charles Faudree (and I do

perfectly usable and with that undeniable European silver elegance

Antique French 18k Gold and Black Enamel, Pearl, Double Locket, Mourning Pendant or Brooch in Box Porcelain plaque and would have been sewingWith the double locks of hair still beautifully kept in the locket backside, mourning a dark and a very pale blond, this elegant 18k gold French mourning locket has been kept rather than worn. When I see hair like this, my experience suggests to me it is likely a locket that mourned a young mother and her infant. Perhaps the perished together of disease, which was not so uncommon at all in the mid 1800s, from which period this piece hails. Children