Victorian Onyx Mourning Locket edwardian The surface is finished with

The surface is finished with concentric arrays of round dots that fan out from four nuclei

F/G colour and VS clarity

if you will

naked but for a crested helmet

and the stones were usually set in silver - meaning this gold example is something of a rarity

Victorian Onyx Mourning Locket edwardian The surface is finished withAn immaculate onyx mourning locket dating from the Victorian period; the latter half of the 19th century, circa 1860. Carved from a single piece of black onyx, the reverse features an oval locket compartment and the front a gold ivy leaf studded with seed pearls. The chunky gold bail is set with further seed pearls and features black enamel lines, and the locket remains paired with its original tooled leather presentation box branded with the details