Antique 12k Gold and Seed Pearl, Garnet Gem Locket Brooch, Mourning Pin Brunette Hair Art

From my own collections of decades: Antique 12k Gold and flat face cut garnets hair art mourning brooch, c 1780s to 1820, Georgian Era. Total weight: 3 grams. Locket front framed in by a border of impossibly tiny seed pearls, which represented the tears of the mourner in that era. Plaiting of brunette hair inside  and no engraving on back. I sometimes use these grouped on a jacket lapel, or clasped over a strand of pearls – so many compliments!

Very good to excellent condition for age and type. Brooch is 22 mm x 18 mm x 3 mm plus pin back, and garnets are broad face facet cut, no cracks or breaks, tiny seed pearls – none missing. No breaks and no dents. Superb Georgian jewelry!