Diamond Star Locket

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A charming midcentury locket featuring a small diamond centered in a starburst engraving. This sweet and romantic jewel opens anywhere along the side seam opposite its hinge. Inside are two circular spaces into which a photo or memento may be slipped. The back of the locket is blank and could alternatively be worn facing out, or engraved with a different name by your jeweler. Locket and bail are gold-filled; comes complete with vintage gold-filled chain which fastens with a spring ring style clasp.

What is “gold-filled?” Gold-filled jewelry is higher quality than gold-plated and lower cost than solid (alloyed) gold. Typically, gold-filled jewelry is required to have a 1/20th (or 5%) weight in gold (usually 14k,) which is affixed/bonded to all exterior portions of the jewelry item (which usually has a brass, or sometimes copper, core.) Gold-plated jewelry has no such standards and as a result usually involves a much thinner coating of gold. Gold-filled jewelry can last a lifetime without showing signs of wear and makes for excellent and durable everyday-wear pieces.

More details:

Locket: 29.1mm long (including bail,) 21.10mm wide, 3.8mm deep; chain: 18” long

Excellent condition

Gold-filled (stamped);

4.0 grams

All purchases arrive in a gift box, wrapped with a ribbon.