Antique Gold Enamel Crucifix Memorial Locket gents it's at first glance a

it's at first glance a fairly normal setting but then as you look around you see more and more

beautifully modelled beastie (Some sort of chimera or griffin

8cm from top of the oval to bottom of the drops

antique raised oval 9ct stamp

Age: c1830-40 Early Victorian

Antique Gold Enamel Crucifix Memorial Locket gents it's at first glance aDescription: Smooth, tactile little locket in remarkable condition. Age: c1830 could be a little earlier, hard to pin down precisely, certainly 19th century, the plain, modest styling leans towards Georgian sensibilities and we feel like a Victorian jeweller would have been absolutely itching to add some scrollwork or other engraving its plain, almost puritanical design doesn't fit with jewellery made much later. The hairwork with the scrolling, gold