Victorian Gold MIZPAH Locket box The colours

The colours

the outer pastry case ensuring no saucy mess (and presumably also helped avoid contamination from the arsenic and other contaminants Cornish miners were exposed to when exploiting the tin seams)

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Green and White Paste Gemstones

Victorian Gold MIZPAH Locket box The coloursDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Cool antique Mizpah locket dating from the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Crafted in 15 karat gold with large embossed lettering on both the back and front, and finished with hand chased textured detailing behind the words. The triangle motifs above and below the words have tiny holes which I first thought were patches of black enamel a clever touch. Hebrew for "watchtower", the mizpah sentiment has come to connote an