The Glimpse Locket, Inspired by the “Lover’s Eye” pendants. They were intimate tokens of love, affection, and secrecy.
They became popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries (Georgian and early Victorian eras) in Britain. Because only the eye was painted, the identity of the wearer's sweetheart could be kept a secret, making them ideal for clandestine (forbidden) relationships.
The trend is famously attributed to George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV), who commissioned a miniature painting of his own eye and sent it to his secretly beloved, Maria Fitzherbert, in 1785 Later in the Victorian era, they were also used for mourning, depicting the eye of a deceased loved one. Pearls surrounding the miniature often symbolized tears.
They are tiny, hand-painted portraits of a single eye (or sometimes a pair) on a small piece of material like ivory or vellum, set into a piece of jewelry, such as a locket, pendant (necklace), ring, or brooch. Here we have handcrafted the whole locket in ceramic and set a portrait of beautiful eye in the center. Finished with brass chain, glass and seed beads.