Victorian Banded Onyx Hardstone Cameo Gold Locket Pendant antique cycling pin Very skilled lapidary work and

Very skilled lapidary work and setting

It has a really nice little makers mark AP and a number 4

Its possible the lapis parts are later as the gold looks possibly a higher carat on the corals but whether later or contemporary they are fab looking earrings and very wearable

Its very dainty and pretty anyway

Victorian Banded Onyx Hardstone Cameo Gold Locket Pendant antique cycling pin Very skilled lapidary work andDescription: It's quite rare to find a good hardstone cameo, most are made from shell as its a softer, easier to carve material This one has been carved from a section of banded agate with the white part carefully taken away to leave the black onyx background. Even rarer still to find one mounted on a gold locket (in fact it might be the only one we've ever seen). A very striking, small, unusually little locket. Age: c1840 50 Early Victorian Size and