Victorian "Only You" Silver Rebus Love Token Charm shakudo Cool antique mussel locket dating

Cool antique mussel locket dating from the late Victorian era

some very light wear to the enamel commensurate with age

and the design is impeccable: effortlessly elegant with hints of Deco styling and giving a strong impression of motion

The hoops are articulated

complete with huge shoes

Victorian "Only You" Silver Rebus Love Token Charm shakudo Cool antique mussel locket datingDATE: The SWEETEST silver rebus love token, Italian circa 1880. It's taken me a while to get to the bottom of it (a rebus puzzle really needs a native speaker to solve), so here goes: "A te SOLa il MIo pensiero" To You Alone and My Thoughts, or Only You and My Thoughts. It uses the phonetic scale, a "G" reads "sol" and the "E" reads "mi", and the pansy slots in as the word pensiero ("thoughts", Viola de pensiero). It's crafted in silver, with