Antique Victorian 9ct gold locket featuring  two compartments. The front of the locket can be removed to reveal a tiny interior space to place a keepsake or photograph. The front section of the locket can also display a photograph.

During the Victorian era, young Victorian women would hide a picture of a man they admired, if the man offered up a lock of hair a marriage proposal usually would follow. Lockets were considered a statement of an intention to marry.