Victorian Silver Butterfly Locket & Chain band featuring foliate openwork designs and

featuring foliate openwork designs and a chased flower motif at its base

believe him to be the messiah

The mechanism is stamped Swiss Made

The fine goldwork is exceptional

Victorian Silver Butterfly Locket & Chain band featuring foliate openwork designs andDATE: Victorian, c. 1882 A gorgeous Victorian locket with a finely enamelled red and yellow butterfly. To the back, "May 4th 1882". The butterfly is said to represent the soul, but the Victorians also believed that upon death, the soul would escape the body and simply fly away. The final phase of the butterflys life, the last journey of ones immortal soul. This may have been made as a piece of mourning jewellery, for someone who had lost a loved one.