Victorian Aesthetic Movement Swallow Locket swiss lapis The gold bail and seal

The gold bail and seal base are both present on this Georgian piece

2mm (height by width)

with a rich and intense blood-red colour

Dating from circa 1870

and quite unusual

Victorian Aesthetic Movement Swallow Locket swiss lapis The gold bail and sealDATE: Aesthetic Movement, c. 1880 A particularly lovely silver Aesthetic Movement locket dating from the 1880s and charged with Victorian romantic symbolism or course. The front features a swallow (these birds mated for life, representing love and constancy) flying amongst bamboo leaves and branches, while the back is very different with a sea of stylized ivy leaves (fidelity I cling to thee) with a second swallow above (unusually with palm trees in