Large Victorian Mizpah Locket operculum Some of the stones have

Some of the stones have minor abrasions

A few decades later

while the connecting links are shaped like flowers

It looks as though something may have crushed her tiny face at some point in her life

So hard that jewelers required specialized tools and techniques just to carve it

Large Victorian Mizpah Locket operculum Some of the stones haveThe word Mizpah symbolizes an emotional bond between two separated people, either physically or by death. Many believed inscribing the word on an amulet would ensure the safe return of a loved one. Hebrew for "watchtower," the word Mizpah appears in the Old Testament in Genesis 31: 49, "And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent from one another." Roughly translating to "I will always be with you," Mizpah jewelry