Empress Eugénie’s Locket, Circa 1860. Gold oval locket, set with a sapphire cameo of a Muse with lyre, framed in diamonds, within a diamond and pearl laurel wreath. Inside is a glazed compartment with a photograph of the Empress. The locket is attached by a gold double E cipher surmounted by the Napoleonic Imperial crown. This historic locket was a gift from the Empress to Lady Burgoyne in thanks for enabling her to flee France for England on her yacht after the fall of the Second Empire.