Mid Victorian hand painted porcelain and enamel portrait locket. pdvc446 Vintage Asian Jewelry and the Burmese round ruby

and the Burmese round ruby place it in the early Georgian Era (1750-1780)

There are two rosettes with marcasites at either end of the pin

Multiple piercings

This carving is a very unusual subject matter and extensive research finds no comparables

The phoenix was referred to as the “king of Birds”

Mid Victorian hand painted porcelain and enamel portrait locket. pdvc446 Vintage Asian Jewelry and the Burmese round rubyThis is a gorgeous locket. The face is a domed porcelain stone with a hand painted portrait of a young girl. Set into a rolled brass bezel and framed with a gold colored and black enamel Greek key design border. There is a locket compartment in the back with a glass front. The glass has some scratches. The hinge is fine and the locket closes firmly. There are some scratches to the surface of the portrait but not noticeable until looking under