Antique 12k Gold and Seed Pearl, Garnet Gem Locket Brooch, Mourning Pin Brunette Hair Art French Fashion All bear the post-1878 French

All bear the post-1878 French Minerve or Minerva hallmarks

A slight dimple possible to the silver handles

The beautiful trousse or scabbard on each is undamaged shell

I've never seen Vernis Martin accomplished on stone - agate in this case

The casket is slightly less perfect

Antique 12k Gold and Seed Pearl, Garnet Gem Locket Brooch, Mourning Pin Brunette Hair Art French Fashion All bear the post-1878 FrenchFrom my own collections of decades: Antique 12k Gold and flat face cut garnets hair art mourning brooch, c 1780s to 1820, Georgian Era. Total weight: 3 grams. Locket front framed in by a border of impossibly tiny seed pearls, which represented the tears of the mourner in that era. Plaiting of brunette hair inside 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