Fine Jewellery - Day Two - 29th January 2026
Lot 380
A LATE 19TH CENTURY GOLD LOCKET
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
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 24ten. 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)