Lockets are jewels of romance and memory. Wearing the image of your lover is a way to keep them close to you. But in some 19th century cases, the wrong picture in a locket revealed adultery and lead to divorce.
The Prince Imperial’s unlucky locket A jewel is often a gift of love – sometimes romantic, but sometimes given by a mother to her much
Gifts for bridesmaids were one of the smaller items on the happy couple’s to-do list. However, choosing an appropriate brooch, locket or bracelet was an opportunity for a pretty, thoughtful gift.
A newspaper story from 1906 shows how a hopeful Scottish grocer was cheated out of a turquoise locket after answering a promising lonely hearts ad…
Mourning jewels have been made for hundreds of years. However, sometimes they are very strange, like the locket worn by politician Denis Bowes Daly…
Some jewellery was made to bring luck to the wearer. A little gold locket from 1597 held the caul or amniotic sac of John Monson, to protect him from drowning and other dangers.