AN AMAZING ESTATE FIND, AND IF YOU COLLECT VICTORIAN JEWELRY YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE RARITY OF THIS SET. A BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE VICTORIAN ERA TORTOISE MOURNING LOCKET ON A WOVEN MOURNING HAIR CHAIN. THE LOCKET IS HAND CARVED WITH A HIGH RELIEF LOOK, AND IT FEATURES A GOLD FILLED HINDGE. THE LOCKET MAINTAINS IT’S ORIGINAL BAIL AND ORIGINAL JUMP RING. IT IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. LOCKET CONDITION: THIS BEAUTY IS OVER 100 YEARS OLD. IT HAS BEEN WELL LOVED AND WELL CARED FOR. THE LOCKET IS IN GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. WEAR COMMENSURATE WITH AGE. SEE PHOTO WITH TOOTH PICK, SMALL PORTION OF LOSS. DIFFICULT TO SEE WHEN WORN. THE BACK HAS MINIMAL WEAR, NO CHIPS OR CRACKS. INSIDE LOOKS GREAT, NO CHIPS OR CRACKS. LOCKET MEASUREMENTS: MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 2.25 INCHES TOP TO BOTTOM AND 1.25 INCHES WIDE. THE MOURNING HAIR CHAIN NECKLACE IS EXCEPTIONALLY LONG AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. IT IS 56 INCHES (142 CENTIMETERS) IN LENGTH AND FEATURES GOLD FILLED FINDINGS. NECKLACE CONDITION: WOVEN HAIR NECKLACE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. IT REMAINS TIGHTLY BRAIDED, THERE ARE NO TEARS OR WORN AREAS. VICTORIAN ERA MOURNING JEWELRY WAS TRADITIONALLY BLACK. DUE TO IT’S DARK COLOR, TORTOISE JEWELRY WAS WORN AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD OF MOURNING. THIS SET IS EXTREMELY RARE AND IT IS GETTING VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND PIECES LIKE THIS. GET IT NOW BEFORE IT IS GONE FOREVER. IT WILL BE CAREFULLY WRAPPED AND BOXED. DO NOT MISS OUR LATEST ESTAE FINDS. BOX IS FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES.