Description
Two playful cats arch and stretch mid-pounce, each dressed in a glossy red bow tie and watching with dark almond eyes. These 1980s gold-tone brooches have a sly, mischievous charm, their curling tails and outstretched paws full of movement. Wear them together on a lapel or collar, or split them between a coat and a scarf. A sweet pair for cat lovers with a sense of whimsy.

Materials
Gold-tone metal, enamel

Sold as a pair

Details

• Era: 1980s
• Markings: Taiwan
• Style / design notes: Figural stretching cats with arched backs, curled tails, black enamel eyes, and red enamel bow ties, sold as a set of two
• Function: Pin back with rollover clasp
• Color: Gold, red, black
• Condition: Good vintage condition, light gold-tone wear and spotting
• Measurement: 1.25" each

Collected by Mineral and Matter

Cast in the shape of a small leather-bound book, this locket opens on a tiny hinge to reveal celluloid photo sleeves inside, meant to hold a keepsake portrait close. The spine and cover carry etched detail true to the binding it imitates, scrollwork corners and all. The reverse is engraved "To Charmion from Walt," a sweetheart gift with its own small story intact. A rare survivor with both craftsmanship and history behind it.

Materials
Gold filled (1/20 12kt GF)

Details

• Era: 1900s–1920s
• Markings: Stamped "1/20 12kt" inside; engraved "To Charmion From Walt" on the reverse
• Style / design notes: Book-form locket with etched spine and scrolled corner detail, hinged opening, celluloid photo sleeves
• Color: Gold tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images
• Measurement: 1" x 0.75"

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"

Collected by Mineral and Matter

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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 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

Collected by Mineral and Matter

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"

Collected by Mineral and Matter