VICTORIAN Whitby jet mourning locket brooch with IMO
VICTORIAN Whitby jet mourning locket brooch with entwined "IMO" In Memory Of". The front has a hand textured background that makes the smooth initials stand out. The locket back has two colors of hair curled under glass and held with tiny seed pearls, one gray curl and one brown, 1-5/8" by 1-13". The locket back could be carefully opened if you wanted to replace the hair curls with your own, or with a photograph.
This very special piece is from the personal jet collection of Katy and Helen
Muller, authors of the books on jet jewellery. I am so very privileged to
have it and other pieces from their private collections. It is guaranteed to be genuine and all original Victorian Whitby jet. Their books "Jet Jewellery &
Ornaments" and "Whitby Jet" are the best books written on the subject.