This handsome locket has pretty engraving to the front and small ball edging. C1880

The two swallows and the roses imply a sentimental  meaning suggestive of love and affection and enduring love. 

Often when found together like this they convey a message such as" my love for you will endure and I wish for your safe return. 

This is typical of the Aesthetic movement with the applied rose gold decoration often combined with silver in this era.

Metal: tests Sterling silver

Height: 5.5cm

Width: 4cm

Weight: 27.8grms

Both rims with one original glass cover and one acetate cover.

Condition: There are some minor marks to the back consistent with age

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Chain is for display purposes