Victorian Gold Shell Locket garnet Small ding to one side

Small ding to one side

and when pressed a certain way a ruby-eyed devil pops up

the face finished in vivid red guilloché enamel and set with a diamond butterfly - around all this is a white enamel border

Tests as 18k Gold

Victorian Gold Shell Locket garnet Small ding to one sideDATE: Victorian, c. 1870 Cute antique shell locket modelled in 9ct gold. It dates from the 1870s, and opens to reveal the glass locket compartment within. In the Middle Ages, the scallop shell became associated with religious pilgrimages such as Granada to Santiago de Compostela in Spain but since much earlier the shell has been a symbol of fertility, and often associated with the Goddess Venus. MEASUREMENTS 1. 8 x 1. 7cm (not including jump ring)