A LATE 19TH CENTURY GOLD LOCKET

A LATE 19TH CENTURY GOLD LOCKET, decorated with a heart set with a pear-shaped emerald within a border of rose-cut diamonds, opening to reveal a lock of hair, on a loop-in-loop chain, inscribed Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung and den 24^ten. Juli 1863, partial Austrian maker’s and assay marks, locket width 2.5cm, chain length 10cm

Provenance:

Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria (1861-1948)

Sotheby's, Geneva, Royal & Noble Jewels, 13th November 2024, lot 1085 (part lot)