Also on display are stringed natural pearls and chains with lockets that have American diamonds laid on silver plated with gold. |
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From these chains were suspended watches or lorgnettes, as well as lockets and other useful implements. |
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The lockets of some of Brown's miniatures from the 1840s retain a space on the verso to hold a lock of hair, as is typical of earlier lockets. |
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Queen Victoria gets the credit for popularizing jewelry charms throughout Europe by wearing lockets or charms on her royal bracelets. |
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There were twelve individual zodiac signs carved into the gold lockets. |
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