A Sailors Silver Gilt Mounted Nut Locket
A Sailors Silver Gilt Mounted Nut Locket
With a carved Eagle motif
Anglo / American
19th Century
SIZE: 3cm high, 3.5cm wide, 2cm deep - 1¼ ins high, 1⅓ ins wide, ¾ ins deep
With a carved Eagle motif
Anglo / American
19th Century
SIZE: 3cm high, 3.5cm wide, 2cm deep - 1¼ ins high, 1⅓ ins wide, ¾ ins deep
A Sailors Silver Gilt Mounted Nut Locket
With a carved Eagle motif
Anglo / American
19th Century
SIZE: 3cm high, 3.5cm wide, 2cm deep - 1¼ ins high, 1⅓ ins wide, ¾ ins deep
With a carved Eagle motif
Anglo / American
19th Century
SIZE: 3cm high, 3.5cm wide, 2cm deep - 1¼ ins high, 1⅓ ins wide, ¾ ins deep
The carved nut (coconut shell) depicting on one side a Golden Eagle within a foliate border, to the centre of the eagle a small ‘shield’ shaped gilt-silver badge. The double side locket is hinged to reveal an opening and empty interior to house a ‘keepsake’ of a loved one. The exterior border has a rope work design further enhancing the original artisan of this small exquisite locket being a sailor, who would not only have been familiar with and obtaining coconut shell but also likely an accomplished ‘scrimshander’ in his own right.
Ex Private Irish collection
A Sailors Silver Gilt Mounted Nut Locket
SOLD
