A locket is an item of jewellery, usually a pendant worn on a chain around the neck, that is hinged and opens to reveal a space, sometimes called a "keepsake compartment", used for storing a a personal memento, such as a miniature, a photograph or strands of hair. Other styles of lockets are worn as a brooch or bracelet. They have been around in various forms since the 15th century, but reached the peak of their popularity in the 19th century, when sentimentality was part of the national psyche. They are most commonly made of gold or silver, often decorated with precious or semi-precious stones and come in many shapes including ovals, hearts and circles.

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Eleven yellow gold jewellery pieces, consisting of chain and…

Eleven yellow gold jewellery pieces, consisting of chain and ball pendant, blood stone fob cham, glass intaglio with 9ct surround, a spinner cham, multi coloured gem set ring, a dome style ring, sapphire and diamond set ring, a broken ring with missing…

A silver gilt ruby fob pendant, 14.5 x 10.4 mm oval intaglio…

A silver gilt ruby fob pendant, 14.5 x 10.4 mm oval intaglio cherub seal to scrolling bale set with 2 small round cut rubies, height 24 mm, wt. 5.87g.

Collection of antique jewellery, including a gem set target…

Collection of antique jewellery, including a gem set target brooch, diameter 28 mm, an intaglio pendant, diameter 25 mm, and a 1897 diamond jubilee commemorative coin pendant, diameter 22 mm.

Two gold pendants, including a locket painted miniature…

Two gold pendants, including a locket painted miniature depicting a cherub, within a border of plaited hair and decorative frame, glazed panel to reverse, in 15ct gold, length 38 mm, width 32 mm, and an pendant centring an intaglio depicting a figure in…

18ct white gold ring, together with a locket, the ring centring…

18ct white gold ring, together with a locket, the ring centring an intaglio of a bird, size H, together with an antique rectangular hinged locket, engraved with foliate pattern, length 53 mm, width 18 mm, gross weight approximately 7.9 grams.

Eleven 9ct yellow gold jewellery pieces, consisting of chain…

Collection of 11 9ct Yellow Gold Jewelry Pieces

Eleven 9ct yellow gold jewellery pieces, consisting of chain and ball pendant, blood stone fob cham, glass intaglio with 9ct surround, a spinner cham, multi coloured gem set ring, a dome style ring, sapphire and diamond set ring, a broken ring with…

18ct gold intaglio and gem-set pendant. Centring an oval…

Medusa Intaglio Pendant with Gem Accents

18ct gold intaglio and gem-set pendant. Centring an oval hardstone intaglio depicting the head of Medusa, within a gold border and bale decorated with cabochon tourmaline and brilliant-cut diamond accents, Italian marks, measuring approximately 65 mm x 36…

Two 19th century 9ct. Framed intaglio cut seal pendants, the…

Intaglio Cut Seal Pendant Set with Carnelian Panels

Two 19th century 9ct. Framed intaglio cut seal pendants, the oval and circular carnelian panels cut with the heads of an eagle and stag.

Victorian 14ct mounted carved bone Figa hand pendant, bangle…

Victorian Figa Hand Pendant & Gladiator Seal Necklace Set

Victorian 14ct mounted carved bone Figa hand pendant, bangle set with turquoise together with gold plated hard stone seal intaglio carved with Roman gladiator on gold plated mixed link neck chain 43 cm long

An antique 9ct yellow gold locket with engraved intaglio stone…

19th Century Engraved Gold Locket with Monogram Shield

An antique 9ct yellow gold locket with engraved intaglio stone monogram shield, 19th century, 2.5 cm high, 7.2 grams total

A silver rose gilt seal pendant necklace, intaglio seal pendant,…

Silver Rose Seal Pendant Necklace

A silver rose gilt seal pendant necklace, intaglio seal pendant, size 26 x 17 mm, on cable chain to a bolt ring clasp, length 45 cm, wt. 10.45g.

A silver rose gilt seal pendant necklace; intaglio seal pendant,…

Silver Rose Seal Pendant Necklace

A silver rose gilt seal pendant necklace; intaglio seal pendant, size 26 x 17 mm, on cable chain to a bolt ring clasp, length 45 cm, wt. 10.45g.

Ottoman antique silver and lapis lazuli pendant lapis oval…

Silver Pegasus Intaglio Pendant with Lapis Lazuli Oval Panel

Ottoman antique silver and lapis lazuli pendant lapis oval panel intaglio carved with a pegasus

A vintage 9ct yellow gold neck chain with two intaglio cut…

Maori-themed Gold Necklace with Intaglio Pendants

A vintage 9ct yellow gold neck chain with two intaglio cut Maori themed pendants, one pendant of a standing man the other a portrait in profile, gold mounts. Chain 4.8gm

Antique carved canelian intaglio fob pendant approx length 6 cm,…

Antique Gilt Metal Intaglio Fob Pendant with Carnelian

Antique carved canelian intaglio fob pendant approx length 6 cm, weight 5.8 grams, tests as gilt metal

A pair of gold ear clips, together with a pair of glass…

Gold Ear Clips with Roman-style Intaglio and Pearl Pendants

A pair of gold ear clips, together with a pair of glass intaglio and cultured pearl pendants, the red and brown glass intaglios depicting the body of a man in the Roman-style, suspending a drop-shaped cultured pearl, measuring approximately 9.54 x 7.75 mm…

A glass intaglio pendant, the grey glass intaglio depicting the…

Grey Glass Intaglio Pendant with Gold Frame and Chain

A glass intaglio pendant, the grey glass intaglio depicting the bust of a man, measuring approximately 270 x 28.20 x 15.54 mm, to a gold frame, signed white, accompanied by a gold chain, gross weight approximately 27.70 grams, mounted in 18ct gold,…

A Donn Salt 14ct gold and pounamu pendant, a 14ct gold frame…

Intaglio Face Pounamu Pendant by Donn Salt

A Donn Salt 14ct gold and pounamu pendant, a 14ct gold frame enclosing a polished and concave piece of pounamu with an image of a face carved intaglio, a plain pounamu panel to the reverse so face is showing on one side only, the pendant is attached to a…

A lion intaglio pendant, on 9ct yellow gold. Weight 1.8g.…

9ct Gold Lion Intaglio Pendant - 1.8g, 1.65cm

A lion intaglio pendant, on 9ct yellow gold. Weight 1.8g. Height 1.65 cm

Victorian crystal and rose gold locket, with Essex crystal or…

Rose Gold Locket with Victorian Essex Crystal Monogram

Victorian crystal and rose gold locket, with Essex crystal or reverse intaglio carved and painted monogram and date. Photograph to reverse approx width 18 mm

Two 19th century 9ct. framed intaglio cut seal pendant, the…

19th Century Carnelian Seal Pendant with Animal Heads

Two 19th century 9ct. framed intaglio cut seal pendant, the oval and circular carnelian panels cut with the heads of an eagle and stag.

Intaglio seal pendant, a beautiful intaglio seal, ''You achieve…

14ct Gold Intaglio Seal Pendant with Motivational Message

Intaglio seal pendant, a beautiful intaglio seal, ''You achieve what you work for'', 10.5 grams, 14ct yellow gold, with box

A colonial 9ct. rose gold frame pounamu pendant, the oval…

Kiwi and Cabbage Tree Intaglio Pendant in Gold Frame

A colonial 9ct. rose gold frame pounamu pendant, the oval pendant with intaglio decoration of a kiwi standing under a cabbage tree, in gold frame

A nephrite and gold pendant with Maori intaglio portrait, the…

Maori Intaglio Portrait Pendant with Gold Suspension Cap

A nephrite and gold pendant with Maori intaglio portrait, the unmarked gold suspension cap with engraved detail, the portrait of a man facing to the left. Length 4 cm

9ct yellow gold and carnelian intaglio pendant, weight approx 5.…

9ct Gold Carnelian Intaglio Pendant - 5.4g, 4x2cm

9ct yellow gold and carnelian intaglio pendant, weight approx 5.4 grams size: approx 4 by 2 cm (including bale)

An amber intaglio brooch pendant, 40 x 31 mm carved portrait…

Amber Intaglio Portrait Brooch Pendant with Silver Chain

An amber intaglio brooch pendant, 40 x 31 mm carved portrait set in a silver frame on a silver curb chain. Polish marks.

A gem set intaglio pendant, the oval onyx intaglio depicting…

Medusa Intaglio Gem Pendant with Diamond and Tourmaline

A gem set intaglio pendant, the oval onyx intaglio depicting Medusa, within a wide gold frame and bale with tourmaline and diamond highlights, in 18ct gold.

An antique bloodstone seal/pendant, the bloodstone intaglio in…

Antique Bloodstone Seal Pendant on Gold Chain

An antique bloodstone seal/pendant, the bloodstone intaglio in a decorative mount in 18ct gold, suspended on a belcher link chain, in 9ct gold