Victorian Silver Butterfly Locket & Chain band and dangle from ruby tops

and dangle from ruby tops

Jade cabochons

The mechanism is stamped Swiss Made

featuring foliate openwork designs and a chased flower motif at its base

P&RB maker's mark

Victorian Silver Butterfly Locket & Chain band and dangle from ruby topsDATE: Victorian, c. 1882 A gorgeous Victorian locket with a finely enamelled red and yellow butterfly. To the back, "May 4th 1882". The butterfly is said to represent the soul, but the Victorians also believed that upon death, the soul would escape the body and simply fly away. The final phase of the butterflys life, the last journey of ones immortal soul. This may have been made as a piece of mourning jewellery, for someone who had lost a loved one.