California Gold Rush Gold-in-Quartz Locket in 14k (include Georgian fob) April 4th and in Baroque art

and in Baroque art

Age/Origin: Italy c

this memorable emerald and diamond example is rendered in buttery 18ct

Weight: 53g of 14ct gold

Gold during this time was usually an 18k gold with an increased copper content to give it a warm appearance that blends wonderfully

California Gold Rush Gold-in-Quartz Locket in 14k (include Georgian fob) April 4th and in Baroque artBy 1850, after the California Gold Rush, California became the 31st state of the United States and San Francisco had been transformed from a ghost town into a major city of 25,000 residents. The easily accessible gold was mostly gone by the end of 1850 and new techniques were necessary to retrieve the more difficult veins of gold embedded in quartz. By 1851 hard rock mining was the major industry in Northern California, something that most gold