“It is said to be peculiar to us, that our villages ape, so minutely, the fashions of our cities;...
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Love doesn’t require historical importance, nor does it an emotion that requires a single catalys...
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As with any piece of fashion accessory, if it could be introduced into the mourning industry, it ...
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Designs of death in jewellery and art are constantly evolving. Symbolism is the core of of identi...
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Primary sources are the ideal way of discovering the history of an object. It removes the supposi...
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The 19th century saw a massive swing towards sentimental jewellery, with an industry that could s...
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Sentimental accessories show just how important the Romantic movement was within the fashion of 1...
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There is a delicate sentimentality in Stuart period jewels which reflect a burgeoning sense of lo...
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Memorial jewels that commemorate an event or a specific cultural moment in time have existed sinc...
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Death is about identity. Having a memory of someone is the crucial element of their continuing ex...
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Posie rings, otherwise known as ‘poesy’, ‘posy’ or ‘posey’, a...
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As with all symbols, there aren’t simple explanations for them when they transcend one culture or...
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Personal identity and representing the family in jewellery and objects is as much a nationalistic...
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The simplicity and sentimentality of hairwork cannot be understated. It is a material that is int...
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The affectation of white in mourning is ubiquitous, and appears throughout the world in funerary ...
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A question as simple as ‘how was a jewel worn?’ leads to the most complex of answers. The narrati...
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Discovering a beginning is the true way to understand the very essence of a concept. Mourning,&nb...
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Under the reign of George III (25th of October, 1760 – 29th of January, 1820), mourning jew...
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Between 1714 and 1760, the monarchy under George I and George II created a stable and viable mour...
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Having a basic understanding of monarchies in the early-modern period is essential to judging a j...
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Connecting the body to death and the physical elements of the body that are relevant to display w...
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Applying insights and research to an historical artefact bring it to life in a way that no basic ...
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