Victorian Portrait Locket of an 18th C Woman with Rose Diamonds Weight: 19 grams

Weight: 19 grams

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Victorian Portrait Locket of an 18th C Woman with Rose Diamonds Weight: 19 gramsThe memorable of portrait lockets, this magnificent Victorian example features a young woman dressed in the flowing clothes of 18th century pastoral portraiture. Peculiar to find as her ensemble predates the locket by more than a hundred years, she reminds us of the Victorian nostalgia for French court life which dominated culture in the previous century. More interesting still, her American origin recalls the reach for a history that did not belong