Victorian Enamel "Forget-Me-Not" Large Silver Locket penny London 1878

London 1878

5 inch wearable length

and there's a locket compartment concealed behind the head

the piece is modelled in rich 18 karat gold throughout

Victorian Enamel "Forget-Me-Not" Large Silver Locket penny London 1878DATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Victorian jewellery often includes floral motifs, as part of their "Language of Flowers", whereby each flower or plant represented some romantic or emotional sentiment In this case, forget me not flowers and maidenhair fern According to Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers book, these mean "True love, forget me not" and "purity, innocence and femininity ". These gorgeous flowers are finished in blue, green and black enamel