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Vintage French 18k Pavé Turquoise Paste Heart Locket Pendant

Sale price$5,200.00

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Details: We adore this generously sized heart pendant set with tiny robin's egg blue pavé turquoise paste. The paste pavé work is set into sterling silver that sits atop heavy handmade 18k yellow gold. The reverse side of the locket is clean and could be engraved. The interior of the locket has room for two photos. We love this rare and unusual pendant and the bold scale of this locket is a very fashionable look.

Paste is glass that has been cut to look like a gem and allows for the perfect scale and exact color matching that you see here. So much skill went into making good antique paste gemstones that often as long as the color was vivid it mattered little whether it was glass or gemstones.  

Turquoise has been beloved all over the world since ancient times. The Egyptian word for turquoise was the same as the word for delight. In Persia, turquoise was considered the color of heaven and used extensively to decorate palaces and religious buildings. Much of the turquoise that came to Europe was mined in Turkey and the French name turquois means Turkish. 

Measurements: The locket is 1 7/8" tall with bale by approximately 1 1/8" wide. The weight is 23.2g.

Origin: French, c. 1920's-40's. Hallmark of eagle's head on the bale ring indicating 18k. 

 

Vintage French 18k Pavé Turquoise Paste Heart Locket Pendant
Vintage French 18k Pavé Turquoise Paste Heart Locket Pendant Sale price$5,200.00