Victorian Gold Shell Locket garnet comprises 12 flat cut garnet

comprises 12 flat cut garnet flowers with turquoise centres and turquoise link connectors - and a garnet drop of the same period (although not original to the piece)

and remains in great condition

Birmingham 1888

Under the crystal is a skeletal Grim Reaper

the face finished in vivid red guilloché enamel and set with a diamond butterfly - around all this is a white enamel border

Victorian Gold Shell Locket garnet comprises 12 flat cut garnetDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 Cute antique shell locket modelled in 9ct gold. It dates from the 1870s, and opens to reveal the glass locket compartment within. In the Middle Ages, the scallop shell became associated with religious pilgrimages such as Granada to Santiago de Compostela in Spain but since much earlier the shell has been a symbol of fertility, and often associated with the Goddess Venus. MEASUREMENTS 1. 8 x 1. 7cm (not including jump ring)