Victorian Enamel "Forget-Me-Not" Large Silver Locket angel It's finished in beautiful dark

It's finished in beautiful dark turquoise guilloché enamel over 14k gold

The most common explanation given is that it derives from the French "bleu-jaune" meaning simply blue-yellow

with a relatively low profile from the finger

The iconic red and white roundel with blue bar through the middle has been used by London Transport (Transport for London since 2000) since it was incorporated in 1933

Terpishore is the ancient Greek goddess of dance and chorus

Victorian Enamel "Forget-Me-Not" Large Silver Locket angel It's finished in beautiful darkDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Victorian jewellery often includes floral motifs, as part of their "Language of Flowers", whereby each flower or plant represented some romantic or emotional sentiment In this case, forget me not flowers and maidenhair fern According to Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers book, these mean "True love, forget me not" and "purity, innocence and femininity ". These gorgeous flowers are finished in blue, green and black enamel