A Mourning Tour: An Edwardian Miniature c.1910

Edwardian mourning miniature portrait, with the child looking upwards in the clouds. Reverse is diamond and blue enamel.

The Edwardian Era, 1901 to 1910, was one of the primary catalysts to end the mourning industry. When I reference the industry of mourning, this does not mean that there was a time when mourning had ended as a concept, but the industry of standardised fashion to facilitate and generate money from grief. Queen Victoria… Continue reading A Mourning Tour: An Edwardian Miniature c.1910