Antique Lockets

(until around 1930)

Medallions continue to enjoy unbroken popularity and are the perfect choice if you are looking for personalised keepsake jewellery. Hidden from the eyes of the world, they offer space inside for small mementos, letters, pictures or locks of hair. Browse through our antique jewellery range and be enchanted by the charm of antique lockets. Find out more »

A small place for memories – the locket

Medallions or lockets were traditionally used to store locks of hair, miniatures or other mementos and are to be understood as memorial and souvenir jewellery. Protected from the eyes of others, there are small frames inside a locket that offer space for very personal mementos. Only those who enjoy the trust of the wearer have access to them.

Since the invention of photography, the direct image of a loved one can also be kept inside such a piece of jewellery and worn always close to the heart.

Antique medaillons as a wonderful gift

Antique lockets make an excellent loving gift because they combine two components: historical authenticity and craftsmanship meet sentimental value and the deep connection between two people. As a birth gift with a tiny first lock of hair, for a baptism with a saying that will accompany you on your life's journey or for a friend's birthday with a dried petal of their favourite flower; a locket sometimes says more than a thousand words.

Antique lockets are also very suitable for a dedication in writing, because a personalised engraving still reminds you of a very special connection decades later and creates the opportunity to leave a tangible piece of your own history to your descendants.

For such a wish, please contact us. Our experienced goldsmith will be happy to take care of your personalised engraving.