Victorian Silver Locket & Clover Collar engagement ring There's a hinged glass compartment

There's a hinged glass compartment to the back which opens to allow storage of a small memento or keepsake - given the Georgians' mourning habits this would likely have been an intricately woven lock of hair

and even appearing with their own leitmotif in Wagner's Ring Cycle

Old European Cut Diamonds - total carat weight approx

It features the words amitié

Victorian Silver Locket & Clover Collar engagement ring There's a hinged glass compartmentDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A stunning Victorian silver locket and collar dating from the 1880s. It's exceptionally well made, and the design is quite unlike anything we've seen before; the collar is made up of clover shaped links, with alternatin ivy leaf and pansy motifs, each one chased by hand. The locket itself features a rise at the centre in applied rose and yellow gold, within a border of yellow gold ivy leaves. Per the Victorian language of