In the same fashion as rings, lockets and pendants are important in their evolution and personal ...
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Compacts in velvet or leather cases took the place for a transportable memento, which has its roo...
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Hairwork and how it was placed inside a ribbon slide is a very important factor in the reason for...
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Ribbon slides of this nature are early examples of the move towards wide-spread jewellery memento...
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By the end of the 18th century, there began a standardisation of styles in memorial jewellery tha...
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This ring is a fine example of French memento mori jewellery and is a wonderful contrast to the E...
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Mourning Jewel Reading List Below is a link to an Amazon reading list that was compiled for old a...
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This piece dedicated to Charles I is a display of affection that would eventually generate the po...
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I’ve written quite a bit about memento mori, it seems to be one of those subjects that is as fasc...
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Ribbon slides of this nature are early examples of the move towards wide-spread jewellery memento...
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Bell, Jeanenne., Collector’s Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewellery, 1998, Collector Books (Ama...
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In my cabinet there lies a vulcanite brooch I purchased from an antique store in Melbourne. It ap...
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“Hair is at once the most delicate and lasting of our materials and survives us like love. It is ...
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Identity is connected to history. Through the values, art and concepts of previous cultures, our ...
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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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Learn about pocket watches and chains with a 19th century pocket watch key hair locket.
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There is a delicate sentimentality in Stuart period jewels which reflect a burgeoning sense of lo...
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Hair is a remarkable material for remembrance and love. While not considered the token of friends...
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Historical sentimentality, regardless of era, culture or status still relies on the very nature o...
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Death, as an identification of mortality in a mourning jewel, began using the most obvious tropes...
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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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