Gold Presentation Locket with Daguerreotype Portrait

Gold Presentation Locket with Daguerreotype Portrait - Inventory Number: HAR 234

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

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Inventory Number: HAR 234