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August 27, 2025: Summer Americana - Day 1

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  • Jewelry - Fine
Lot 409

VICTORIAN 10K AND 18K YELLOW GOLD AND HAIR-WORK, OR POSSIBLY OTHER, MOURNING JEWELRY, LOT OF THREE

Estimate: $200 - $300
Current Bid
$110

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

VICTORIAN 10K AND 18K YELLOW GOLD AND HAIR-WORK, OR POSSIBLY OTHER, MOURNING JEWELRY, LOT OF THREE, comprising a locket that tested as 10K gold fineness having engraving to exterior featuring a monogram within a belt frame to one side, and "EWOG" initials to the reverse, interior houses under glass a photograph of a man in a military uniform to one side and the other side with a lock of hair surrounded a folded handwritten note; a ring that tested as 10K gold fineness with a braid of hair around the band that terminates to a reserve, which has engraved "S.W" initials; and an 18K gold ring set with a carved flower cabochon flanked by two seed pearls, band featuring engraved decoration and reserved that houses remnants of hair, or other material. One ring marked "18C[T?]" to interior band, remainder unmarked and tested for gold fineness. Total weight of two rings with non-gold components: 4.4 grams; total weight of locket with non-gold components: 11.5 grams. 19th century. Ring sizes approximately 6 1/2 and 8 1/4.

Condition

Locket in good to very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, nicks, and some scattered light denting; rings with gold in very good overall condition with minor wear, surface scratches, and nicks, tested 10K gold ring with hair fraying, 18K gold ring with several losses to hair, or other material, in the reserves.

Provenance

The estate collection of Larry and Virginia C. Pierson, College Station, TX.

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