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The grape can represent Dionysus, but we’ll look to the more familiar variations for this symbol....
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Bell, Jeanenne., Collector’s Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewellery, 1998, Collector Books (Ama...
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The daisy is one of those symbols used quite liberally in jewellery. It’s dainty, pure and quite ...
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Associated with such superlatives as hospitality, stability, strength, honour, eternity, enduranc...
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Whether you like it or not, there’s a very good chance that you and your ancestors have interacte...
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When you think of the harp in death, what’s the first thing that you think of? Angels wearing whi...
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Drapery is one of the symbols that can define a piece as being clearly mourning, rather than bein...
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Great oaks from little acorns grow, and with that sentiment in mind, we look at this unassuming, ...
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Henry Smith was four years old and five months when he died, leaving behind the memory of his sho...
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Death, as an identification of mortality in a mourning jewel, began using the most obvious tropes...
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