Victorian Horseshoe Gold Filled Locket / Heron Engraved Locket Clan_brooch Mikimoto pearls were first created

Mikimoto pearls were first created by Kokichi Mikimoto in 1893 after years of painstaking research and trials using an implanted core to Akoya oyster shells

The style originated in France in the 1910s

this brooch could give your outfit that golden touch that even Midas would envy

and historically

Victorian Horseshoe Gold Filled Locket / Heron Engraved Locket Clan_brooch Mikimoto pearls were first createdFollowing the opening of trade with Japan in the mid 19th century, European society developed a massive craze for Japanese decorative arts. Asymmetrical compositions, single flowering branches, fans, and herons were directly incorporated into Western jewellery from traditional Japanese woodblock prints and textiles. Victorian jewellery was heavily laden with hidden meaning. Herons were highly regarded across many cultures; in Celtic and ancient