Miniature Victorian Ivy Locket Add Engraving:No It likely originally had a

It likely originally had a glazed locket compartment to the reverse

and mounted in a gold filled fob with spiralled fluted decoration

a jewellery trade term meaning that the locket's innards are made from base metal

crafted in 18 carat yellow gold with Birmingham hallmarks from 1891

for an innocent heart unacquainted with love

Miniature Victorian Ivy Locket Add Engraving:No It likely originally had aTrue friends, like ivy and the wall. Both stand together, and together fall. Thomas Carlyle A sweet miniature shield locket dating from the latter half of the 19th century. The front and back are intricately engraved with ivy leaves and a forget me not flower. The ivy (per the Victorian Language of Flowers) represents fidelity, for nothing but death can separate ivy, once it has embraced the tree (or wall), from its chosen companion. As far as