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1893 Envelope Stamp Locket (on white background)
1893 Envelope Stamp Locket (detail)
1893 Envelope Stamp Locket (inside)
1893 Envelope Stamp Locket (backside)
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1893 Envelope Stamp Locket

1893 Envelope Stamp Locket (on white background)
1893 Envelope Stamp Locket (detail)
1893 Envelope Stamp Locket (inside)
1893 Envelope Stamp Locket (backside)
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An exceptional Victorian-era stamp locket designed as a letter, complete with personalized engraving and enamel work showing the recipient as "H.R. Fonda" of St. Albans, Vermont. William Fonda was a wealthy business owner in St. Albans in the 1890s. Presumably H.R. was one of his siblings, and the locket was a gift for him or her from someone in New York City, where the locket was "postmarked" on April 2nd, 1893. Amazingly intricate with a tiny enameled George Washington stamp and the backside carved to look like an envelope.

Materials

Sterling Silver and Enamel

Date

1890s (marked 1893)

Condition

Very Good. Surface scratches.

Size

1.5 x 1.0"