Victorian Mourning Locket, Tortoise Shell Double, RARE Big & Long Tortoiseshell Chain with 18K Gold Wire art glass Pavel Ovchinnikov was appointed official

Pavel Ovchinnikov was appointed official purveyor to the future Tsar Alexander III (1865)

undaunted by youth or beauty

a Napoleon III era set with hand enameled floral garlands in decoration

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perhaps the bottom was always left open as they often were in smoker's chests

Victorian Mourning Locket, Tortoise Shell Double, RARE Big & Long Tortoiseshell Chain with 18K Gold Wire art glass Pavel Ovchinnikov was appointed officialAn amazing find! This is an early Victorian era locket, still with the cover glass on the one side and open area on the other just as original (the one side of locket recessed a bit into the open side so I'm sure it is open in the same way it was originally made and that there was not another glass covered aperture on the right). And as if the tortoise shell locket itself were not thrilling enough, this one has a complete long and big chain also of