ANTIQUE,VICTORIAN, VULCANITE MOURNING PENDANT MOLDED IN HIGH RELEIF, WITH DOUBLE SIDED PHOTO FRAMES

VICTORIAN MOURNING PENDANT

SHIPPING AND HANDLING R35.00

VICTORIAN, DOUBLE SIDED MOURNING PENDANT CONTAINING PHOTOS OF A WOMAN AND YOUNG BOY, POSSIBLY A MOTHER AND SON. THE HIGH RELEIF DESIGN ON THIS LOCKET INCLUDES THE FLAME OF ETERNAL LOVE AND CHARITY BURNING ABOVE THE HEART, A CROSS FOR FAITH, AN ANCHOR FOR HOPE AND ROSES FOR INNOCENCE AND PURITY. THIS LOCKET IS MADE FROM VULCANITE, USUALLY A BLACK / BROWN COLOUR. IT WAS USED TO MASS PRODUCE BLACK VICTORIAN JEWELLERY MOSTLY USED DURING THE TIME OF MOURNING AND WAS MADE FROM HARDENED RUBBER WITH THE DESIGN MOULDED INTO IT. THIS PROCESS ALLOWED FOR THE DESIGN TO BE MUCH MORE DETAILED THAN HAND CARVING. IT WAS ORIGINALLY AIMED AT THE BUDGET END OF THE MARKET BUT IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER TODAY. THIS PENDANT IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH ONE MISSING GLASS COVER AND SOME FINE AGE/WEAR SCRATCHES TO THE BACK, LENGTH 4cm, WIDTH 3.6cm.