Georgian Foiled Garnet Riviere locket and I love how this

and I love how this one looks on hand

circa 1860

1 grams of 9k rose gold with boulles and engraving

and a full chain has never passed through my hands before

10k pink gold over sterling silver

Georgian Foiled Garnet Riviere locket and I love how thisIf there was something that the Georgians seem to have specifically wanted from their jewelry, it was luminosity, vibrance, and color, which was achieved through the ancient art of foiling. Foiling is a gemstone enhancement technique where a thin sheet of metal is placed behind the gemstone in order to reflect more light, and or color, back into the stone and then toward the viewer, and was a very known theme in Georgian era jewelry and beyond. An