Art Deco Diamond Platinum Lorgnette turquoise matrix Charming late Victorian fan locket

Charming late Victorian fan locket with unusual patented opening mechanism

Fantastic Art Deco period black opal pendant dating from the 1930s

with London hallmarks dating it to the year 1975

bent on sending the ship and every sailor on board to the bottom

Art Deco Diamond Platinum Lorgnette turquoise matrix Charming late Victorian fan locketDATE: Art Deco, c. 1920 A weird and wonderful thing, an antique platinum lorgnette, set with old cut diamonds. A lorgnette is quite simply, a pair of spectacles mounted on a handle. They were a common sight at the theatre and the opera, and the name derives from the French word "lorgner" to ogle. The handle is topped with a spring loaded pair of glasses (aka lorgnette). The styling is typically Deco, with geometric lines topped with foliate motifs set