Victorian Enamel "Forget-Me-Not" Large Silver Locket angel all three with red paste

all three with red paste eyes and the Scottie has a paste green collar on

The most common explanation given is that it derives from the French "bleu-jaune" meaning simply blue-yellow

with a diamond accent at each compass point

with a relatively low profile from the finger

Victorian Enamel "Forget-Me-Not" Large Silver Locket angel all three with red pasteDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Victorian jewellery often includes floral motifs, as part of their "Language of Flowers", whereby each flower or plant represented some romantic or emotional sentiment In this case, forget me not flowers and maidenhair fern According to Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers book, these mean "True love, forget me not" and "purity, innocence and femininity ". These gorgeous flowers are finished in blue, green and black enamel