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Author:  Barbra Voltaire, FGG [ Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:56 am ]
Post subject:  The History Behind ... Victorian mourning jewelry

The History Behind ... Victorian mourning jewelry
From National Jeweler:
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As the Georgian era faded into Victorian times, mourning jewelry became less macabre.

Depictions of grave-digging tools and skulls gave way to softer symbolism--clouds and angels--as mourning jewelry became entirely about remembering individuals who were lost, and was incorporated into the strict mourning dress code imposed upon women in Victorian times.

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Author:  Stephen Challener [ Wed Nov 05, 2014 1:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The History Behind ... Victorian mourning jewelry

Total sidebar, but the article says "Historically, it is the period from 1837 to 1901, spanning the 64-year reign of Queen Victoria, who remains the longest-reigning monarch in history (though she soon could lose that title to Elizabeth II.)" I assume they must mean only in English history, because Ramses II (aka Ozymandius, king of kings, look on my works ye mighty and despair) lived to ~90 and reigned for 66 years.


Back on topic, I've heard schorl cited as a material used in mourning jewelry; is that something you've seen or is that more on the fanciful side?

Author:  Barbra Voltaire, FGG [ Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The History Behind ... Victorian mourning jewelry

No, I personally have not seen schorl incorporated into mourning jewelry.

Yes, I have noticed "western" history is rather two dimensional.

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