Charming Vintage Glass Locket vera 30 carats total weight• Face

30 carats total weight• Face of ring is 12

evocative of a swooping spider's web

in the Georgian style

in an old European cut rather than a more modern brilliant

a warm orangey glow that creeps up from their underbellies

Charming Vintage Glass Locket vera 30 carats total weight• FaceLockets have been around in some form or another for hundreds of years. They emerged from jewels that might be more accurately described as vessels meant to hold perfumes or tinctures or herbs. The locket as a holder of keepsakes portraits (photographic or earlier), hair, and the like rose in popularity in the 19th century and has been particularly popular during wartimes ever since, as a way to hold close to you those who are physically far. We love