Victorian Jewelry Photos~
Lockets & Slide Chains

 

Well-dressed ladies wore "long chains", sometimes looped and caught on the bodice with a brooch, sometimes worn full length, and often holding a lorgnette or watch. Chains were made in both precious and non-precious metals and could be extremely simple or ornamented with stones and seed pearls. Some had slides, which have become collectible in their own right. Today's collectors create bracelets from them, as well as from fobs, button covers and cuff link tops.

Lockets were often worn on a matching collar, a chain or a black velvet ribbon as well as on long chains.

    VICTORIAN lady wearing a slide chain and a brooch.

    VICTORIAN lady wearing a hair memorial chain with a gold Millrine cross pendant and a lace brooch.

VICTORIAN lady wearing a brooch, earrings and a slide chain with a cross pendant.

  VICTORIAN lady wearing a slide chain, brooch and earrings. Marked "J.R. Potter, 323 Mai Street, Buffalo, NY".

Roddin Catalogue 1887-1889
"Fine rolled gold plate guard chains."

VICTORIAN silver locket and collar, each link decorated with an etched design, chain 18" by 5/8" Y 2-1/3".   View   #V32948

   VICTORIAN lady wearing a slide necklace, coral pin on a criss-crossed ribbon and long earrings. Carte de viste marked "L. W. Roberts, Urbana, Ohio" and "Bust 13x22 RUSH. Fine Art Portrait Co., 157 E. 22nd Street, Chicago, Ills.", 2-1/2" by 4".

   VICTORIAN lady wearing a slide chain and brooch and wire-rimmed spectacles. Carte de viste marked "W. A. Robinson, Artist in Photography, 183 Summit Street, Toledo, O.", 2-1/2" by 4".

VICTORIAN lady wearing a locket pendant and earrings. Carte de viste marked "Max Saettele, My Motto to Please, IXL Gallery, 701 Franklin Ave."

VICTORIAN lady wearing a watch chain.

Daniel Low Catalogue, 1901  
14k gold chains. Priced in the catalogue from $3.75 to $28.00 each.

  WATCH chain. men's 11" with slide.  #V23375

 VICTORIAN lady wearing a strand of beads and a  slide chain.

 VICTORIAN lady wearing an onyx brooch and earrings, a sash buckle and a slide chain.

14K YELLOW GOLD lorgnette chain, 18" with 2-3/4" Y, marked 14k inside hook, circa 1900.   View   #Q28145    

VICTORIAN lady wearing landscape brooch and a slide chain.

Daniel Low Catalogue, 1906
14k GOLD long chains, slides and men's chains. "Our chains have every link soldered, making them strong and durable".

VICTORIAN lady wearing a slide chain.

  VICTORIAN lady wearing a watch chain, brooch and matching bracelets. Marked "Fowler, 228 N. 8th St., Philadelphia, PA." .

VICTORIAN lady wearing a slide chain.  View

  VICTORIAN lady wearing a lovely lace collar and slide chain. Cabinet card marked "Kierski, S.E. Cor. 5th St. & Central Ave., Minneapolis".

    VICTORIAN lady wearing a long chain and fancy gloves. Cabinet card marked "Westervelt, New Ground Floor Studio, 218 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal.", 5" by 7-1/8".

VICTORIAN  lady wearing a slide chain. 

VICTORIAN lady wearing a locket on a wide chain.

VICTORIAN lady named Johana Frank Hartman, born July 16th, 1856, so this picture was probably circa 1880s. She is the grandmother of Bobye Syverson, expert in Eisenberg jewelry. Bobye still owns the locket her grandmother wears in this picture. "Melendy & Packard, Manitowoc, Wisconsin"  View
 

VICTORIAN lady in plaid dress wearing a locket. Photographer was Moulin, Greenville, Illinois, 4-1/4" by 6-1/2".   View

   VICTORIAN lady wearing a bar brooch and a chain necklace with rings and coins as charms. Cabinet card 4-1/4" by 6-1/2" marked "Barron, Sarnia, Ont."

VICTORIAN lady in white blouse with tiny tucks and wearing a watch on a slide chain. Cabinet card 4-1/8" by 6-1/2".

VICTORIAN girl wearing a pendant watch or locket. Cabinet card marked, "Cronyn & Co., Tracy, Minn.", 4-1/2" by 6-1/2".   View

VICTORIAN lady wearing dangling golden earrings, and locket on a book chain and a jet bracelet. Marked "H. Bown, Photographer", 4-1/4" by 6-1/2".

VICTORIAN CVD of a lady wearing a silver locket on a chain and an unusual brooch, 2-1/2" by 4". "From the Studio of Sheppard & Co. Photographers, North Street & Monmouth Street, Bridgewater".   View   View

VICTORIAN carte de viste of a lady wearing a locket and chain, watch chain with a matching set of brooch and earrings. Photographer "Barnes & Sons, 422 Mile End Road E., London", 2-1/2" by 4". This portrait may be enlarged to life size & painted in oil, water color or crayon".  View   View   View  

VICTORIAN silver locket and chain, locket has etched scrolls design with open cartouche on one side and flower bouquet on the other and links are etched on one side as well, locket 1-3/4" by 1-1/3", chain is 16" by 1/4".   View   View   View   View   View   #V29882

VICTORIAN lady wearing a silver collar and locket. Just under her left hand you can see a double swag of carved jet beads. Photo by Turner & Drinkwater, Elm Tree House, Anlaby Road, Hull, 2-1/2" by 4".  View   View   View

  VICTORIAN lady wearing a locket, swirl brooch and a pendant watch. Carte de viste with no photographer's marks, 2-1/2" by 4".  View

  VICTORIAN lady wearing a locket pendant, buckle motif brooch and earrings. Carte de viste marked "G. Caldwell, Rembrandt Art Studio, Carrington Street, Nottingham", 2-1/2" by 4-1/8".  View

VICTORIAN CDV of a lady wearing a gathered dress, silver locket and collar, and a watch chain, 2-1/2" by 4". "Artist & Photographer J. Alexander, 8 Horton St., Halifax".    View   View

VICTORIAN CDV of a lady wearing a silver locket and collar, 2-1/2" by 4". "Photographie Parisienne, 18 Rue Fosse aux Loups 18, Bruxelles" on back, and penciled date 1877, 2-1/2" by 4".   View   View