An oversized safety pin hung with faux pearls, fine gold-tone chains and an engraved oval locket — and the locket actually opens, with room inside for a small photograph or a folded note.

It's meant to be pinned where it shows: the lapel of a blazer, the shoulder of a heavy knit, or straight through a shawl to hold it closed. The chains move when you do, which is most of the charm; standing still it just looks like something inherited.

That makes it an unusually personal gift — a photograph goes inside before you hand it over.

Note: pin it through a seam or a firm part of the cloth rather than open knit, as with any brooch.