Victorian gold and platinum collar necklace with detachable locket
English c.1870
Approximately 17” long

A extremely rare example of the early use of platinum

The use of platinum only became widespread around 1900 as the technology to create high enough temperatures developed. The necklace here shows the very early use of platinum to create a contrast, predating the more widespread use by over twenty years

Compete with a locket pendant having applied entwined initials, also in platinum, though the connecting link has become lost.

In the original retailer’s fitted case from P Dickinson, Jeweller, of Preston (Lancashire, UK), the lid initialled M.L.