Antique Victorian 15 Karat Gold Pearl Heart Pendant, Openwork Heart Necklace Charm c.1880 september If you feel that life

If you feel that life is getting you down

This circa 1900-10

For me it began with the box

Measuring 48 mm north to south

a gift from a French Vicomte who’d had eyes for her as a younger woman

Antique Victorian 15 Karat Gold Pearl Heart Pendant, Openwork Heart Necklace Charm c.1880 september If you feel that lifeFew symbols have endured quite like the heart, yet the Victorians had a way of making even the most familiar forms feel deeply personal and impossibly romantic. This exquisite openwork heart pendant seems almost to glow from within, its delicate frame lined with luminous pearls that soften every curve with candlelit warmth. At the center rests a gracefully entwined ribbon motif adorned with tiny pearl set flourishes, giving the piece the feeling of a