Antique 10k Gold and Flat Facet-cut Garnet Gem Locket Brooch, Mourning a Child, Blond Hair Art Meerschaum There is a flash chip

There is a flash chip to the rear left side of the lid

The box form is the traditional for use as a glove box

but I can cound 2 or 3 of the small mother of pearl insets that are either partial or gone

25" diameters in a delicate and stunning flow blue transferware pattern with golden rim

It's hard to imagine how much time went into each of these 6 plates

Antique 10k Gold and Flat Facet-cut Garnet Gem Locket Brooch, Mourning a Child, Blond Hair Art Meerschaum There is a flash chipFrom my own collections of decades: Antique 10k Gold and flat face cut garnets hair art mourning brooch, c 1780s to 1820, Georgian Era. Plaiting of pale blond hair inside (often that is a child), and no engraving on back. I sometimes use these grouped on a jacket lapel, or clasped over a strand of pearls so many compliments! Very good to excellent condition for age and type. Brooch is 20 mm x 16 mm x 4 mm plus pin back, and garnets are broad face