A very impressive matching Victorian Aesthetic Movement locket and collar set.

The oval locket is embellished with a border of ivy leaves surrounding a shield shaped central panel engraved with a junk sailing amongst islands with a stylised pagoda, peaked hills and forests in the background.

The ivy engraving of the border is also repeated on spacer flat links on the collar.

The ivy decoration was symbolically used on jewellery of this period to represent resilience and fidelity,” I cling to thee”. 

The interior of the locket is fitted with 2 glass covered picture spaces with the original silver frames.

The hinge is firm and secure.

The matching collar style chain has the ivy decorated panels but also has alternating triple banded flattened links joined by flat oval links.

A spring ring clasp holds the collar together and slips through the plain bale top of the locket.

The back of the locket is plain.

In very good condition with some minimal surface scratching on the back of the locket.

Circa 1890 

Metal: Tests for silver.

Locket : 5 cm x3.5 cm

Chain: End to end: 43 cm. 

Total weight : 39.5 gm

NSLoc+C31