Art Deco Diamond Platinum Lorgnette turquoise matrix with London hallmarks dating it

with London hallmarks dating it to the year 1975

the collar with fancy engraved links and the locket with an interesting pommelled border - crafted in sterling silver throughout and dating from the 1870s

with an old mine cut diamond between each

made in the wake of the Egyptomania that washed over Europe and America after the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb by Howard Carter in 1922

Art Deco Diamond Platinum Lorgnette turquoise matrix with London hallmarks dating itDATE: Art Deco, c. 1920 A weird and wonderful thing, an antique platinum lorgnette, set with old cut diamonds. A lorgnette is quite simply, a pair of spectacles mounted on a handle. They were a common sight at the theatre and the opera, and the name derives from the French word "lorgner" to ogle. The handle is topped with a spring loaded pair of glasses (aka lorgnette). The styling is typically Deco, with geometric lines topped with foliate motifs set