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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10542164, member: 79705&quot;]Not an expert!</p><p><br /></p><p>The rims look a bit thinner and the inserts a little different than the ones I&#039;ve seen for my late 19th c lockets. So I&#039;d guess early 20th personally, but could be late 19th. Plastic doesn&#039;t surprise me since they had it by then.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;For regular Victorian citizens, buckles were associated with loyalty, fidelity, and strength. It also represented the joining of two people.&quot; <a href="https://www.thbaker.co.uk/blog/victorian-jewellery-symbolism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thbaker.co.uk/blog/victorian-jewellery-symbolism" rel="nofollow">(Source)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t help in the gold question because I&#039;ve had it myself so I wait for expert opinions! The gold sometimes gets black though....yeppppp. I&#039;ve gotten many a great deal from people that don&#039;t realize old gold can tarnish and get dirty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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