Gold Presentation Locket with Daguerreotype Portrait / SOLD

Description

Gold Presentation Locket with Daguerreotype Portrait / SOLD

Oval gold locket brooch containing an early photographic daguerreotype portrait of a bearded gentleman in civilian attire. The portrait is housed within a finely worked gold frame featuring openwork floral scrolls. Reverse is hand-engraved with the name “Mrs. J. S. Ligett”. Retains its original T-bar pin and clasp attachment for fastening, a feature typical of mid-19th century American mourning or presentation jewelry. This piece combines fine jewelry craftsmanship with personal photographic keepsake, representative of mid-Victorian portrait culture. Such lockets were often worn as sentimental or mourning pieces, linking the wearer to loved ones during the turbulent Civil War era. Ex Bill Turner Collection. 

Inventory Number: HAR 234