Antique French 18k Gold and Black Enamel, Pearl, Double Locket, Mourning Pendant or Brooch in Box Porcelain plaque a single sterling silver with

a single sterling silver with 18k gold (vermeil) coating liquor flask like that one

"The Last Appeal" worded across the bottom

We'll be sure to wheel polish all of that out before mailing

I like these unframed if shown in contemporary decor

perhaps an event of christening

Antique French 18k Gold and Black Enamel, Pearl, Double Locket, Mourning Pendant or Brooch in Box Porcelain plaque a single sterling silver withWith the double locks of hair still beautifully kept in the locket backside, mourning a dark and a very pale blond, this elegant 18k gold French mourning locket has been kept rather than worn. When I see hair like this, my experience suggests to me it is likely a locket that mourned a young mother and her infant. Perhaps the perished together of disease, which was not so uncommon at all in the mid 1800s, from which period this piece hails. Children