Description
In antiquity, the heart was considered the seat of the soul and the spirit; the ancient Greeks already regarded it as the center of emotions and the Roman poet Ovid saw the heart primarily as a metaphorical and poetic symbol for the intense inner experience of love. Over many centuries, the heart symbol developed into a symbol of love via courtly love and St. Valentine – the patron saint of lovers. It was mainly through the sentimental jewelry of the Victorian era, however, that it gained a firm place in Western culture.
This heart locket dates to the Grand Period of the Victorian age, the 1870s. With the discovery of new diamond deposits, heart pendants, and even more so heart lockets, were first adorned with old European cut diamonds “en pavé” to be presented to a bride at her wedding. As the hardness and durability of diamonds were considered indomitable, a diamond-studded white diamond heart further enhances the depth and purity of love.
Fortunately, the heart can be offered here together with a matching antique pea chain from the period.
