A Late 18th-century miniature heart and bow mourning locket,...

Hammer

£1,000

A Late 18th-century miniature heart and bow mourning locket, centred with a glazed compartment, with hairwork panel to inside case back, surround alternating with cushion-cut rubies and old-cut diamonds, to an enamelled bow surmount inscribed 'capillæ trium cor unum' (Hair three heart one), hinged compartment to verso engraved with three initials, unmarked metal testing as 9ct, 2.7 x 1.8 cm, 4.6 grams.