Available - An early Victorian mourning brooch, circa 1835 - 1850, in a glazed compartment containing finely arranged human hair, seed pearls and coiled gold thread, set within an oval gilt-metal mount with an embossed border. It has a mysterious appearance - the hair appearing almost floating in water.
Hair, pearls and gold thread were all used in 19th-century memorial jewellery to create intimate keepsakes of remembrance, attachment and loss.
3cm x 2.5cm
Available - An early Victorian mourning brooch, circa 1835 - 1850, in a glazed compartment containing finely arranged human hair, seed pearls and coiled gold thread, set within an oval gilt-metal mount with an embossed border. It has a mysterious appearance - the hair appearing almost floating in water.
Hair, pearls and gold thread were all used in 19th-century memorial jewellery to create intimate keepsakes of remembrance, attachment and loss.
3cm x 2.5cm
