Jewellery - 1st November 2012

Lot 1804

An unusual Victorian gold locket bracelet celebrating the virtue of female silence

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1600

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Description

An unusual Victorian gold locket bracelet celebrating the virtue of female silence, formed with hinged and curved panels with a central line of blue enamel decoration spelling out 'remember you will never be sorry for the word you had never pronounced' the centrepiece with a graduated diamond set star on green guilloche enamel ground with further enamel decoration with the words 'le silence'. Circular glazed locket compartment to the reverse.