Victorian Enamel "Forget-Me-Not" Large Silver Locket angel It's finished in beautiful dark

It's finished in beautiful dark turquoise guilloché enamel over 14k gold

all three with red paste eyes and the Scottie has a paste green collar on

extravagance

with a relatively low profile from the finger

Borromean rings were used in the coat of arms of the aristocratic Borromeo family in Northern Italy (hence the name)

Victorian Enamel "Forget-Me-Not" Large Silver Locket angel It's finished in beautiful darkDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Victorian jewellery often includes floral motifs, as part of their "Language of Flowers", whereby each flower or plant represented some romantic or emotional sentiment In this case, forget me not flowers and maidenhair fern According to Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers book, these mean "True love, forget me not" and "purity, innocence and femininity ". These gorgeous flowers are finished in blue, green and black enamel