Antique Victorian Locket Sterling Silver Dated 1879 Citrine Ferns were also a fashionable

Ferns were also a fashionable motif during this time after a sudden craze for the plants spread across the nation in a fad known as “Pteridomania”

It hints at a young woman with a love of travel

The dark stones glow cherry-pink in the light and are claw-set in 9ct gold frames with pierced sides

Maker’s initials (HP)

They may be less flashy by modern standards

Antique Victorian Locket Sterling Silver Dated 1879 Citrine Ferns were also a fashionableA classic antique Victorian silver locket, hallmarked in Birmingham in 1879. Both sides are beautifully chased with intricate scroll and floral artistry, including delicate depictions of Forget Me Not flowers. These poignant symbols of love and remembrance suggest the locket may once have been worn close to the heart as a mourning keepsake or gifted as a sentimental token during a period of separation, with photographs or a lock of hair contained