Antique Georgian to Victorian Era Heavy 14k Gold Plate Pocket Watch Style Hair Art Mourning Locket duchesse Tiny miniatures are hand painted

Tiny miniatures are hand painted on back of glass

rather than just an ebonized finish

You can try to make out the signature which we've enlarged in our photos

Be sure to check back if you're a snuff box and/or tobacciana collector

Antique Georgian to Victorian Era Heavy 14k Gold Plate Pocket Watch Style Hair Art Mourning Locket duchesse Tiny miniatures are hand paintedSuperb hair art mourning jewelry rom my own collection. Acid tested at high 14k gold, likely 15k for the age of it, no marks, and I'm nervous that it might be very heavy 15k plate so pricing for that. This larger locket pendant is made in pocket watch size and form, large bale up top and might well have been a gentleman's item, worn on a watch fob chain & tucked in his vest, brought out and cherished along with the memories of the loved one whose hair