Today I made a necklace using the crowned heart piece I recently purchased.  The heart is a locket.
It opens!  And it's dated...1875.
I added some gorgeous mammoth pearls found at a local bead show, a barn swallow pendant, an old French souvenir book locket, a mother of pearl hand, lots of silver chain and some giant rhinestone ball beads.It's (unfortunately) ridiculously expensive.  The locket was a small fortune in itself, but I couldn't resist it.