A tiny book opens on tiny hinges — engraved floral corners on the front cover, a textured woven pattern on the back, echoing the "This Is Your Life" novelty lockets popular from the 1950s. Inside, two small photo wells wait behind engraved sunburst-and-scroll detailing. It's a charm as much as a locket, small enough to wear on a bracelet or as a pendant, with real hinge-and-clasp mechanics rarely found in reproductions.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details

• Era: 1960s–1970s
• Style / design notes: Book-shaped locket with hinged spine, engraved floral front cover and textured woven back
• Stone or material notes: N/A — no stones, engraved metal only
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, light surface wear, please see images
• Measurement: 0.75" x 0.6"

Collected by Mineral and Matter

Dense scrollwork covers this heart-shaped locket edge to edge, acanthus leaves and swirling florals engraved into every inch of the front panel. The heart shape leans sentimental, but the engraving is the real craft here — deep, confident linework in a style that echoes Victorian mourning and love-token pieces. It opens to two plain photo wells, ready for a keepsake portrait or two.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details

• Era: 1960s–1970s
• Style / design notes: Heart-shaped locket with dense acanthus and scroll engraving, hinged with two photo wells
• Stone or material notes: N/A — no stones, engraved metal only
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1.6" x 1.5"

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A vivid bouquet — pink rose, golden daisies, blue aster, and a scattering of berries — is hand-painted onto a milk-white porcelain oval, framed in a twisted rope-edge gold-tone border. The locket opens to two empty photo wells, ready for a keepsake portrait. It's a piece with real craft to it, more miniature painting than costume jewelry, the kind of detail work rarely seen on newer lockets.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, hand-painted porcelain oval panel

Details

• Era: 1960s–1970s
• Style / design notes: Twisted rope-edge frame, hinged locket with two photo wells
• Stone or material notes: painted floral bouquet on milk-white porcelain
• Color: Gold-tone with multicolor floral painting
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 2" x 1.25"

Collected by Mineral and Matter

Shaped like a miniature pocket watch, this locket frames a hand-painted porcelain plaque of roses and forget-me-nots at its center, bordered by dense scrolling foliate engraving. It opens on a hinge to two small mirrored compartments, ready for a photo or a keepsake. A romantic, old-fashioned charm with real dimensional detail front and back.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, porcelain

Details:

• Era: Mid-century, circa 1960s–70s
  
• Style / design notes: Pocket watch silhouette, dense scroll and foliate engraving, hinged opening with two mirrored compartments
• Stone or material notes: Hand-painted porcelain floral plaque center
• Function: Locket pendant
• Color: Gold tone, multicolor floral plaque
• Condition: Great vintage condition please see photos
• Measurement: 1.25" by .875"

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A tailored, tank-shaped locket etched with a trailing floral motif and finished with a fine geometric border, hinged open to still hold its original faded photograph. The reverse carries a hand-engraved inscription, "Bayard To Charmion," a small preserved fragment of someone's story. Warm gold-filled tone throughout, with the soft patina only a century of wear can give.

Materials: Gold-filled metal

Details:

• Era: Edwardian, circa 1910s-1920s
• Markings: Stamped "1/20 10kt Gold Fill C.T." on interior
• Style / design notes: Tank/shield-shaped locket, hand-engraved floral and scroll motif, personal inscription "Bayard To Charmion" on reverse
• Stone or material notes: None; retains original photograph
• Function: Locket pendant, hinged opening
• Color: Warm gold tone
• Condition: Great with gentle surface wear, please see photos

Measurement: 1.25" by .75"

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A tiny desk telephone caught mid-ring, cast in gold tone and finished with a dangling receiver on a fine chain. This 1980s Avon novelty stick pin brings a wink of nostalgia to a lapel or collar — the kind of detail that invites a second look. Signed on the reverse, it's a small piece of everyday design history rendered in miniature.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:
Era: 1980s
Markings: Signed ©AVON
Style/design notes: Novelty rotary telephone stick pin with detached handset suspended by a delicate cable chain, dial and cord detail cast into the base
Function: Stick pin brooch
Color: Gold tone
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 2" long

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A round locket with a bouquet of roses etched into the front, buds and leaves rendered in fine engraved detail against a lightly textured ground. The back is plain brushed gold tone, and it opens on a hinge to two photo windows, the lower one carrying a matching floral engraving. Simple loop bail, unmarked.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:
Era: 1970s (Victorian revival style)
Style/design notes: Round locket, engraved rose bouquet on front, brushed plain back, hinge opening with engraved interior panel
Color: Gold tone
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 1.5" diameter

Collected by Mineral and Matter

An oval locket with a Victorian-revival face, its scrollwork and floral diamond medallion picked out in black taille d'épargne enamel against a satin-finished gold-tone ground. The back is brushed plain gold tone, and the interior opens on a side hinge to two empty photo windows. Simple loop bail, unmarked.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal with black enamel detail

Details:
Era: 1960s–1970s (Victorian revival style)
Style/design notes: Oval locket, black taille d'épargne scrollwork on satin-finish front, brushed plain back, side hinge opening
Color: Gold tone with black enamel accents
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 1.5" long, 1.25" wide

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An oversized oval locket, the entire front and back etched in a dense floral and vine pattern reminiscent of Victorian revival design. It opens on a side hinge to reveal two convex glass photo windows, ready for portraits on both sides. The bail and generous scale suggest it was made to be a real statement piece worn as a pendant rather than a dainty everyday locket.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:
Era: 1970s (Victorian revival style)
Style/design notes: Oversized oval locket, etched floral and vine motif on both faces, side hinge, double convex photo frame interior
Color: Gold tone
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 2" long, 1.75" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

An elaborate bar pin with delicate wirework scrollwork and looped fringe at each end, suspending a rectangular black onyx (or glass) panel framed in twisted rope wire and cornered with coiled gold-tone spirals. The dangle swings freely from a small jump ring beneath the bar, giving the piece movement when worn. Done in the ornate wirework style associated with Victorian jewelry, though the construction points to a later revival piece rather than a period original.

Materials: Gold-filled wirework metal, black onyx or glass panel

Details:
Era: 1960s–1970s (Victorian revival style)
Style/design notes: Wirework bar pin with looped fringe ends, dangling rectangular onyx panel framed in coiled spiral corners, C-clasp closure
Stone/material notes: Rectangular black onyx or glass panel
Color: Gold tone with black center
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 1.5" long bar, 1.75" wide overall with dangle

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A faceted black glass cabochon holds a raised gold-tone rose motif at its center — a reverse-carved intaglio effect reminiscent of Victorian revival cameo work. The stone sits inside an openwork gold-tone filigree frame with a scalloped floral edge, giving the whole piece a lacy, romantic finish. C-clasp pin back, in good working order.

Materials: Black glass, gold-tone filigree metal frame

Details:
Era: 1960s–1970s
Style/design notes: Reverse-carved intaglio rose motif, faceted black glass center, scalloped filigree frame, C-clasp pin back
Stone/material notes: Black glass with molded gold-tone rose relief
Color: Black and gold tone
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 1.5" diameter

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A charming keepsake from Avon's 1977 line — a round locket with a tiny hand-stitched needlepoint bouquet worked in cross-stitch on black, roses in pink and red framed by small blue florals and green leaves. The interior back panel confirms the maker, and the gold-tone case has a soft brushed finish throughout.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, embroidered textile panel

Details:
Era: 1970s
Markings: Avon
Style/design notes: Round locket, hinged opening, needlepoint/cross-stitch floral bouquet on black background under front panel, brushed gold-tone interior
Function: Locket, opens to hold small photos
Color: Gold-tone with multicolor needlepoint front
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 1.75" diameter

Collected by Mineral and Matter

An unusual and dramatic locket shape — an ornate shield silhouette that opens on double side panels, swinging outward to reveal a circular engraved medallion within. Every surface is covered in dense hand-engraved florals and scrollwork, front and back, making this a piece with presence from every angle. A distinctive mechanism paired with equally distinctive detail.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:
Era: 1940s–1950s (Victorian-revival style)
Style/design notes: Shield-shaped locket, double swing-open side panels revealing a circular engraved center medallion, dense floral and scroll engraving covering front and back
Function: Locket, opens to reveal a central photo compartment
Color: Gold-tone
Condition: Excellent vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 2" long x 1.25" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

Description:
A finely carved shell cameo takes center stage on this locket, done in the ornate Victorian style, its profile portrait framed by a beaded gold bezel. The surrounding plaque is worked in black enamel with scrollwork detailing and finished with a ring of small gold ball accents along the edge. Inside, it holds a photograph of a young girl, a sentimental touch in keeping with the piece's romantic, old-world design.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, carved shell cameo, black enamel

Details:
Era: 1910-40s 
Style/design notes: Oval locket with scalloped, beaded edge and black enamel scrollwork panels, center carved shell cameo of a woman's profile in a beaded bezel, hinged opening
Stone/material notes: Carved shell cameo
Function: Locket, holds a photograph
Color: Gold-tone with cream cameo and black enamel accents
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images — visible gold-tone loss and wear on the reverse, black enamel intact, cameo in excellent shape
Measurement: 1.5" long x 1" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A round locket done in the Victorian mourning style, with a chased floral repoussé border and a black enamel center panel topped with a raised gold starburst medallion. Opened, it holds a hand-tinted photograph of a baby and a curled lock of hair — whether original to the piece or added later, it carries the same sentimental weight. A charming nod to an earlier era, reimagined for its own time.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, black enamel or lacquer panel

Details:
Era: 1910s–1930s 
Style/design notes: Round locket, hinged opening, chased floral repoussé border, black enamel center panel with raised diamond-shaped floral medallion
Function: Locket, holds a photograph and lock of hair
Color: Gold-tone with black enamel accent
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images — visible gold-tone loss and scratching on the reverse, minor losses to the black enamel panel
Measurement: 1.25" diameter

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A raised octagonal center panel is framed by a small floral-and-leaf motif in each corner on this square locket, both front and back sharing the same octagonal detail. Inside, each compartment carries a matching recessed octagon frame, ready to hold a keepsake photo.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1940s-50's
• Style/design notes: Square locket with octagonal raised center on both sides, floral corner engraving, octagon-framed interior compartments
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 0.75" x 0.75"

Collected by Mineral and Matter

This rectangular locket unfolds like a small book, its front reeded with fine vertical ribbing and centered by a blank rectangular plaque ready for a monogram. The design carries through in a matching triptych format, with three hinged panels opening to reveal a trio of compartments for keepsake photos.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1900s–1920s
• Style/design notes: Rectangular book-style locket with vertical ribbed texture, blank engravable plaque on front, folds open into a three-panel triptych
• Function: Locket, opens to three compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, gold-tone shows wear with brass base visible at the high points of the ribbing, please see images
• Measurement: 1.25" long, 1" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A single sparkling flower blooms across the front of this oval locket, its petals rendered in bright-cut lines that radiate light against a satin gold-tone ground, framed by an engraved scalloped border. The reverse is smooth, polished gold-tone, left plain. Inside, both compartments are smooth and ready to hold a keepsake photo.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Oval locket with bright-cut floral design on satin front, scalloped engraved border, plain polished reverse
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1.5" long, 1" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A porcelain-look oval panel painted with a pink and burgundy rose bouquet sits at the center of this locket, framed by a scalloped gold-tone border. The reverse is smooth, polished gold-tone, plain and unadorned. Inside, one compartment is engraved with a decorative oval scroll frame while the other lies plain, both ready for a keepsake.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, painted porcelain-style panel

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Oval locket with hand-painted rose panel in scalloped gold-tone border, plain polished reverse, one engraved scroll-frame compartment inside
• Function: Locket, opens to two compartments
• Color: Gold-tone with pink, burgundy, and green floral detailing
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1" long, 0.5" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

Sculptural calla lilies rise in high-relief repoussé across the front of this oval locket, their curling stems and ribbed blossoms forming a classic Art Nouveau flourish. The reverse is densely covered in a small swirling paisley-scroll engraving, and inside, one compartment continues the raised floral relief while the other lies smooth and ready for a photo.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1910s-1930's
• Style/design notes: Oval locket with high-relief repoussé calla lily design on front, dense swirling scroll engraving on reverse, interior compartment continuing the floral relief
• Function: Locket, opens to two compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1.5" long, 1" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A pair of raised, dimensional sunflowers takes center stage on this round locket, their textured centers and layered petals set against an engraved vine-and-leaf background. The reverse carries its own fine engraved trailing vine with berry clusters. Inside, one compartment lies smooth and flat while the other reveals the reverse of the sunflower relief through an open-worked backing.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Round locket with raised dimensional sunflower design on engraved vine background, matching engraved berry vine motif on reverse, open-worked interior compartment
• Function: Locket, opens to two compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1" diameter

Collected by Mineral and Matter

An oval locket finished in glossy black enamel, its face etched with a delicate gold star-flower motif and trailing diagonal lines in the mourning-jewelry tradition. The reverse carries a woven basketweave texture in warm gold-tone. Opened, it holds a lock of hair and a personal photograph — sentimental contents in keeping with its romantic, old-world design.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, black enamel

Details:
Era: 1930s–1950s 
Style/design notes: Oval locket, hinged opening, black enamel front with etched gold star-flower and diagonal line motif, basketweave-textured gold-tone reverse
Function: Locket, holds a lock of hair and a photograph
Color: Black enamel with gold-tone accents
Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images — enamel intact with light wear, gold-tone shows expected age patina
Measurement: 1.75" long x 1.25" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A small round locket in brushed gold-tone, its front centered by a polished marquise-shaped panel framed in a fine rope border, flanked by delicate etched leaf accents. Strung on its original 15" gold-tone chain, the locket opens to two smooth compartments inside.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Round locket with brushed finish, polished marquise center panel in rope border, etched leaf accents, original chain included
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 0.75" diameter; 15" chain

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A rich bouquet of blue, violet, and gold blooms is hand-painted over a shimmering pale blue guilloché enamel ground on the front of this round locket. The reverse is gold-tone, finely engraved with a trailing berry-and-leaf branch motif. Inside, both compartments are smooth and ready to hold a keepsake photo.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, guilloché enamel

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Round locket with hand-painted floral guilloché enamel front, engraved berry-and-leaf branch design on gold-tone reverse
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Blue enamel with multicolor floral detailing, gold-tone reverse
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1" diameter

Collected by Mineral and Matter

Etched leaves and swirling florals cover the front of this round locket, framed by a fine rope-twist border, the engraving set against a crosshatched textured ground. The reverse carries the same crosshatch texture, plain and unadorned. Inside, one side is flat and textured while the other opens to a deep domed compartment, ready for a keepsake.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Round locket with engraved floral and leaf motif on crosshatched textured front, rope-twist border, one domed interior compartment
• Function: Locket, opens to two compartments (one flat, one domed)
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: Just over 1" diameter

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A single flower blooms across the brushed gold-tone front of this round locket, its petals carved in bright diamond-cut lines that catch the light against the satin background. The reverse mirrors the same soft brushed finish, left plain. Inside, both compartments are smooth and ready to hold a keepsake photo.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Round locket with diamond-cut floral design on brushed gold-tone front, plain brushed reverse
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1" diameter

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A large, dramatic heart locket, its face given over almost entirely to a dense hand-engraved floral design bordered by twin bead-and-scroll edges. The engraving is deep and confident, running edge to edge in swirling leaves and blossoms. Substantial in scale and richly detailed, it's a real statement piece with plenty of romantic presence.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:
Era: 1940s–1950s (Victorian-revival style)
Style/design notes: Heart-shaped locket, hinged opening, dense hand-engraved floral pattern covering the front, bead-and-scroll border detailing
Function: Locket, opens to hold two photos
Color: Gold-tone
Condition: Excellent vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 1.5" wide x 1.5" tall

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An openwork scroll frame in gold-tone surrounds a marbled blue glass cabochon at the center of this shaped, rectangular-oval locket. The reverse is a smooth, textured gold-tone oval set within the same scrollwork border. Inside, one compartment carries a matching filigree scroll pattern around a small oval frame, while the other is signed and holds a plain oval photo compartment.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, glass cabochon

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Shaped rectangular-oval locket with open scrollwork frame, marbled blue glass cabochon center, textured gold-tone reverse
• Markings: Avon
• Function: Locket, opens to two compartments
• Color: Gold-tone with blue cabochon
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 2" long, 1.5" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

An oversized oval locket with sweeping, deeply cut acanthus leaf and scroll engraving that fills the entire face — bold, confident linework in the etched gold-filled style popular from mid-century makers. Inside, both original beveled glass photo frames remain intact, ready to hold a pair of keepsake portraits. A substantial, statement-making piece with real weight and presence.

Details:
Era: 1950s–1960s (Victorian-revival)
Style/design notes: Large oval locket, hinged opening, deep hand-etched acanthus leaf and scroll motif covering the front, original beveled glass photo frames intact on both interior panels
Function: Locket, opens to hold two photos
Color: Gold-tone
Condition: Excellent vintage condition, please see images
Measurement: 2.25" tall x 1.75" wide

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A rectangular locket with a hand-painted spray of blue daisies over a shimmering guilloché enamel ground, shifting from pale ice blue at the edges to white at center. The reverse carries a fine crosshatched gold-tone texture, and the interior opens to two glazed photo compartments, each protected by its own clear cover.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, guilloché enamel, glass photo covers

Details:

• Era: 1960s-70s
• Style/design notes: Rectangular locket with hand-painted blue floral guilloché enamel front, crosshatch-textured gold-tone reverse, two glass-covered photo compartments inside
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Blue and white enamel with green floral accents, gold-tone hardware
• Condition: Great vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1.5" tall, 1" wide

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A blank engravable heart sits at the center of this pendant, framed by a wreath of dimensional yellow and rose gold-tone flowers and leaves against a silver-tone rope-bordered heart. The reverse is brushed silver-tone, plain and softly worn. Strung on its original 20" curb chain, the locket opens to two compartments inside.

Materials: Stamped Sterling Silver

Details:

• Era: 1950s-60s
• Style/design notes: Heart-shaped locket with two-tone floral wreath around a blank engravable center, rope-twist border, brushed plain reverse, original curb chain included
• Function: Locket, opens to two compartments
• Color: Silver-tone with yellow and rose gold-tone floral detailing
• Condition: Good vintage condition, brushed-finish wear visible on the reverse and natural darkening within the interior compartments, no missing pieces
• Measurement: Pendant 1" long, 0.5" wide; 20" chain

Collected by Mineral and Matter

Raised silver-tone wheat stalks and reed leaves sweep across the front of this oval locket, set against a finely stippled textured background and framed by a rope-twist border. The reverse carries a brushed, crosshatched finish, and the ornate scroll bail matches the piece's detailed silver-tone hardware. Inside, one compartment continues the wheat and reed relief while the other is smooth and brushed, ready to hold a photo.

Materials: Silver-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Oval locket with raised wheat and reed motif on stippled background, rope-twist border, ornate scroll bail, brushed silver-tone reverse
• Function: Locket, opens to two compartments (one relief-patterned, one smooth)
• Color: Silver-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1.75" long, 1.25" wide

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A large oval locket in high-polish silver-tone, with hand-engraved daisy-like flowers, leaves, and a beaded ribbon border sweeping across one side, set against a brushed background texture. The reverse is smooth and unadorned, left plain to let the polished finish shine. Inside, the locket opens to two smooth, mirror-polished photo compartments.

Materials: Silver-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Large oval locket with hand-engraved floral and beaded ribbon motif on textured background, plain high-polish reverse
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Silver-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 2.5" tall, 1.75" wide

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An intricately pierced silver-tone panel forms the front of this round locket, its openwork radiating outward in a sunburst of cut-out lines and scrollwork toward a small round center point. The reverse is a brushed, textured silver-tone finish, plain and etched with fine crosshatching. Inside, the locket opens to two compartments — one smooth and mirror-polished, the other finished with a matching pierced filigree insert.

Materials: Silver-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Round locket with radiating sunburst filigree front panel, brushed crosshatch-textured silver-tone reverse, opens to a smooth compartment and a pierced filigree-insert compartment
• Function: Locket, opens to two compartments
• Color: Silver-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, natural darkening within the filigree recesses and light surface scratching on the brushed reverse consistent with age, no missing pieces
• Measurement: 1.5" diameter

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A bright-cut star flower blooms at the center of this oval locket, its faceted petals catching the light against a background of dense hand-engraved scrollwork. The reverse carries a personal inscription — "To Grandma From Rick & Jan" — in flowing script, a sweet trace of the piece's history. Marked sterling, it opens to two smooth photo compartments inside.

Materials: Sterling silver

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Markings: Sterling, 80JAR4
• Style/design notes: Oval locket with bright-cut star flower center, dense hand-engraved scroll background, engraved presentation inscription on reverse ("To Grandma From Rick & Jan")
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Silver
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images 
• Measurement: 1" x 0.75"

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A scalloped, shield-shaped locket richly engraved from edge to edge — a central fern-like leaf rises between two blossoms, framed by curling scrollwork and a finely textured background. The ornate cutout bail adds extra presence at the top, and the piece opens on a side hinge to reveal photo compartments inside.

Materials: Silver-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Scalloped shield-shaped locket, engraved fern leaf and floral motif with scrollwork border, textured background detailing, ornate cutout bail, side-hinge opening
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Silver-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, silver-tone shows light surface wear consistent with age, no missing pieces
• Measurement: 1.25" wide, 1.25" long

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A single Art Nouveau blossom unfurls across one corner of this oval locket, its petals raised in high relief against a smooth silver-tone ground, trailing whiplash-style vines curling toward the edges. The reverse is left plain and unadorned, and it opens to two compartments inside — the lining showing warm gold-tone patches peeking through worn silver plating.

Materials: Silver

Details:

• Era: Early 1900s–style, Art Nouveau influence
• Markings: Unsigned
• Style/design notes: Oval locket with raised floral and whiplash vine motif on one corner of the front, plain polished reverse
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Silver-tone with gold-tone showing through worn interior lining
• Condition: Good vintage condition, silver-tone loss/wear on the interior compartments where gold-tone base shows through, small surface dent on reverse, no missing pieces
• Measurement: 1" x 1.5"

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A round locket etched all over with a delicate trailing vine — leaves, tendrils, and small berry clusters cover the finely lined gold-tone ground in soft two-tone contrast. The bail is a mix of silver-tone and gold-tone metal, an unusual detail on an otherwise classic piece. Opens to two smooth, empty photo compartments inside.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Markings: Unsigned
• Style/design notes: Round locket with engraved trailing vine, leaf, and berry motif over a fine linear textured ground, two-tone bail (silver-tone loop, gold-tone base)
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone with silver-tone engraved detailing
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1" diameter

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A cushion-shaped faux pearl sits raised at the center of this oval locket, wrapped in a thick twisted rope border that gives it real dimension against the smooth engraved edge beyond. Opens to two photo compartments inside, one framed with a scrolled cartouche ready for initials.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, faux pearl

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Oval locket with cushion-shaped faux pearl center, raised rope-twist border, engraved edge detailing, scrolled cartouche framing one interior compartment
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone with cream faux pearl
• Condition: Great vintage condition, no missing pieces
• Measurement: 1" x 0.62"

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A vivid cloisonné scene fills this oval locket — a blue and pink butterfly rendered in fine enameled detail, wings edged in gold wirework, set against a deep red ground with trailing pink blossoms and leaves. The reverse turns quieter, its raised diamond and acanthus motif echoed inside, where one compartment holds a mirror and the other an empty photo frame.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, cloisonné enamel

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Oval locket with cloisonné enamel butterfly and floral design on front, engraved scroll border, raised diamond and acanthus leaf motif on reverse, one compartment fitted with mirror
• Function: Locket, one mirror compartment, one empty photo compartment
• Color: Red, blue, and pink cloisonné enamel with gold-tone hardware
• Condition: Great vintage condition, light gold-tone loss on the back, no other wear noted, no missing pieces
• Measurement: 2" x 1.5"

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A round locket with a light touch — a single etched flower and trailing vine curl across the brushed silver-tone surface, catching the light against the matte finish. Simple and unadorned on the back, it opens to two smooth photo compartments inside.

Materials: Silver-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Round locket with brushed silver-tone finish, etched flower and vine motif on front and back
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Silver-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, silver-tone shows light surface wear and faint tarnish spots consistent with age, please reference photos
• Measurement: 1.75"

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A study in restraint — this round locket keeps its brushed gold-tone surface simple, marked only by a delicate rope-twist border and a spray of hand-engraved leaves in high polish. Front and back mirror each other in design, and it opens to two smooth photo compartments inside.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Round locket with brushed gold-tone finish, rope-twist border, hand-engraved leaf motif on front and back
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Excellent vintage condition, gold-tone shows minimal wear
• Measurement: 1.25"

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soft pink against a textured white enamel-style ground, framed by an elaborate raised gold-tone border of leaves, scrollwork, and rope-twist trim. The reverse is smooth and plain, opening to two photo compartments, one fitted with a small center grommet.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, enamel-style painted panel

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Large oval locket with hand-painted rose on textured white ground, ornate raised scrollwork and leaf border with rope-twist edging, plain polished reverse
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone with white ground, pink rose, green leaves
• Condition: Great vintage condition, gold-tone shows light surface scratching on the reverse, please reference photos
• Measurement: 2.25" x 1.5"

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An oval locket carrying a full bloom across its face — a large central flower, hand-engraved with detailed petal shading, surrounded by smaller blossoms and trailing leaves in the same brushed-gold finish. Simple and plain on the reverse, it opens to two smooth photo compartments inside.

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Oval locket with hand-engraved floral design across the front, brushed-gold finish, plain polished reverse
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, gold-tone shows light surface wear and faint scratching on the reverse, please reference images
• Measurement: 1.25" x 0.87"

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Three hearts in a row, each one its own tiny locket — a graduated brooch with a large center heart flanked by two smaller ones, every lid hinged to open and hand-engraved with florals, leaves, and love-token motifs (a pair of joined hearts on the center, single hearts and blossoms on the sides). The pin back sits along the reverse, ready to wear on a collar or lapel.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1950s
• Style/design notes: Triple heart locket brooch, graduated sizing with hinged lids on all three hearts, hand-engraved floral and heart motifs, pin-back closure
• Function: Locket brooch, opens to three compartments
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, gold-tone shows light wear and soft patina at the high points of the engraving, please reference images
• Measurement: Large heart 1.75" long, small hearts 0.75" tall

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A diamond turned on its point, this locket carries an engraved script initial nestled inside a heart-shaped cartouche, bordered by flowing scrollwork. The ornate triple-loop bail gives it real presence at the top, echoing Victorian-era watch-fob styling. Opens to two empty photo compartments inside, the brass showing its age in soft, even patina.

Materials: Goldfill 

Details:

• Era: 1900-1930s
• Style/design notes: Diamond-shaped locket with engraved script monogram in heart-shaped cartouche, scrolled floral border, ornate triple-loop figural bail
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone with aged brass patina
• Condition: Good vintage condition, brass shows expected age-appropriate patina and light surface wear throughout, please reference photos
• Measurement: 1.5" long including bail, 1" across

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A personal keepsake with a piece of teen idol history tucked inside — this fold-out locket opens to four sepia-toned photos of The Monkees, each panel hinging out accordion-style. The textured gold-tone front is set with a red and green rhinestone medallion bordered in faux pearls, while the back is engraved with the name "Susan" in flowing script, a nod to whoever once carried this close.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, rhinestones, faux pearls

Details:

• Era: 1960s–1970s
• Markings: "Susan" engraved on reverse
• Style/design notes: Four-panel accordion-fold locket with textured gold-tone finish, red and green rhinestone medallion bordered in faux pearl accents on front, hinged photo panels featuring The Monkees inside
• Function: Locket, opens to four photo panels
• Color: Gold-tone with red and green rhinestones, cream faux pearls
• Condition: Good vintage condition, faux pearls show rubbed/worn finish, one stone missing from the medallion, gold-tone shows light wear at the high points
• Measurement: 1" x 0.937"

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A miniature book locket dressed up with a sparkling flourish — its cover is a swirl of raised gold-tone scrollwork centered on a rhinestone flower with a faux pearl heart. Open the hinged spine and it holds two tiny oval portrait photos, already tucked inside, a quiet trace of whoever carried this before. The reverse is smooth and plain, engraved detailing along the etched border.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, rhinestones, faux pearl

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Book-form locket with raised scrollwork cover, rhinestone and faux pearl flower centerpiece, etched border detailing, hinged spine, includes two vintage oval photo inserts
• Function: Locket, opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Gold-tone with clear rhinestones and cream pearl
• Condition: Good vintage condition, gold-tone shows light wear at the high points of the scrollwork, no missing stones, please reference photos
• Measurement: 1" x 0.75"

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A tiny book that opens like a secret — this locket is cast in the form of a miniature photo album, its front cover embossed with "Album Souvenir" in flowing script beneath a spray of berries and leaves, its back cover carrying a matching blank cartouche framed in scrollwork, ready for a monogram. The hinged spine opens to a small photo compartment inside, and a triangle clasp with jump ring closes it shut.

Materials: Silver-tone base metal

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Book-form locket, "Album Souvenir" embossed on front cover with floral and berry scrollwork, blank cartouche with floral wreath on back cover, hinged spine, triangle closure clasp
• Function: Locket, opens to one photo compartment
• Color: Silver-tone
• Condition: Great vintage condition, oxidized patina throughout consistent with the antiqued silver finish
• Measurement: 1.5" x 0.937"

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An oval locket with quiet drama at its center — a black enamel-style panel holds a hand-painted floral motif, its petals and leaves traced in gold against the dark ground. The scalloped gold-tone frame carries its own soft repoussé detailing, and the back is finished in a fine textured wash. Opens to two empty photo compartments inside.

Materials: Gold-tone base metal, black enamel-style panel

Details:

• Era: 1970s
• Style/design notes: Oval locket, hand-painted floral motif on black enamel-style front panel with repoussé floral border, textured back panel
• Color: Gold-tone with black, muted florals, and gold accent painting
• Condition: Good vintage condition, noticeable gold-tone loss/wear on the interior compartments, please reference images
• Measurement: Pendant 1.25"

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A carved shell cameo — a classical female profile with flowing hair and draped shoulder — sits centered within a richly detailed gold filled frame. Black enamel fills the engraved scrollwork surrounding the cameo, creating strong contrast against the warm gold. The shaped cartouche frame with its quatrefoil silhouette and floral base details speaks to Victorian revival sensibility, and the hollow locket back suggests it once held a photograph or lock of hair. Signed Simmons, a respected American gold filled manufacturer active from the late 19th century onward.

Materials: Gold tone, carved shell cameo, black enamel

Details:

• Era: Late 1800s–early 1900s
• Markings: Simmons (on bail)
• Style / design notes: Quatrefoil cartouche frame; black enamel engraved scrollwork; twisted rope inner bezel; locket back; pendant bail
• Stone or material notes: Carved shell cameo; warm honey-brown ground with white relief; classical female profile with windswept hair
• Color: Gold filled, warm brown, white, black enamel
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see photos 
• Measurement: 3" including bail

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A jet-black panel set within a milgrain-edged silver frame, adorned with a delicate applied cluster of flowers and a single faceted stone — the Victorian language of grief rendered in miniature. The locket opens to reveal two photo compartments, intact and ready to hold a portrait. Stamped "Silver" on the reverse, this is a genuine artifact of mourning jewelry's most significant era, when remembrance was worn close to the body.

Materials: Silver, black onyx or glass panel, clear paste or rhinestone accent

Details:

• Era: Victorian, late 1800s
• Markings: "Silver" stamped on reverse
• Style / design notes: Rectangular form, milgrain border, applied floral and leaf motif, faceted stone accent, hinged double photo locket
• Stone or material notes: Black onyx or black glass panel; single clear paste or rhinestone
• Function: Opens to two photo compartments
• Color: Silver with black panel
• Condition: Vintage with gentle surface wear consistent with age; light scratching to reverse
• Measurement: 0.5" x 0.75"

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