Victorian Pinchbeck Locket Pendant on a Link Chain, England, 19th century.

The necklace is made of pinchbeck (see below) with a massive link chain and a large oval locket.
The locket is hung on a decorated large bale.
It is fully ornamented with a front shield showing a lion crest over yellow enamel background.
The back of the locket is decorated with scrolled pattern engravings.
The locket opens on a hinge revealing two old family photos.

Pinchbeck: An alloy of Zinc and Copper that looks like gold, invented by Christopher Pinchbeck a well known clockmaker born in London in the early eighteenth century.
Jewelers in the nineteenth century used this alloy as a less expensive alternative to gold.

$775