"FAUSSE MONTRE" ("false watch") PENDANT

"FAUSSE MONTRE" ("false watch") PENDANT

Antique Double-Hinge Keepsake Pendant / Locket

Circa : 1850 - 1870

Gold-Filled (in fine bright condition)

1-1/2" diameter x 1/4" deep; length from bale, 2",
figured border of scrolls, leafage and florals; , pattern of engine-turning, scrolls and leafage on the covers;

Interior with two beveled glass covers each above woven fabric
# sts 18007 a ....................................................................................................SOLD


Fausse Montre (French). Literally, "false watch".
in fashion starting in the late 1700's, when the false watch was worn on the right side, across from a real watch, worn on the left.
-- H. Newman, Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry

The "Fausse Montre", which did not have a time-keeping movement, might contain a mirror, a pin cushion, or a vinaigrette; by the 1840's it might contain a keepsake or portrait.