Victorian Mourning Locket, Tortoise Shell Double, RARE Big & Long Tortoiseshell Chain with 18K Gold Wire art glass There are also hints of

There are also hints of vermeil on the exterior silver so it is possible that the entire piece was in vermeil or just accented with it

Possibly the Crystal Palace from the 1851 world's fair

Need to go

The case also includes two natural carved brushes and there's a vanity mirror clasped in the lid

The period very heavily cast and sculpted bronze frame is not permanently attached

Victorian Mourning Locket, Tortoise Shell Double, RARE Big & Long Tortoiseshell Chain with 18K Gold Wire art glass There are also hints ofAn amazing find! This is an early Victorian era locket, still with the cover glass on the one side and open area on the other just as original (the one side of locket recessed a bit into the open side so I'm sure it is open in the same way it was originally made and that there was not another glass covered aperture on the right). And as if the tortoise shell locket itself were not thrilling enough, this one has a complete long and big chain also of