• RARE ELONGATED OVAL NINETEENTH CENTURY HEIRLOOM MEMORIAL JEWEL IN BLACK ONYX HAVING DELICATE APPLIED FOURTEEN CARAT GOLD FLORAL SPRAY WITH NATURAL SEED PEARLS AND PERSIAN TURQUOISE

MOURNING JEWELRY OF THE LATE VICTORIAN ERA (1860S – 1880S) REPRESENTS NOT ONLY THE LOVE, LOSS AND GRIEF OF QUEEN VICTORIA – BUT OF THE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE ACROSS EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS EXPERIENCING LOSS OF LOVED ONES WHO BRIDGED A SENTIMENTAL PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN THE OLD WORLD AND THE MODERN ERA. A TIME WHEN THE WORLD OF EUROPEAN TRADITION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE ERA OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THE VICTORIAN ERA WAS STEEPED IN LAYERS OF SOCIAL CONVENTION, PERSONAL STORIES AND POLITICAL CHANGE, THEIR TRADITIONS WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM, THUS THEY TREASURED THEIR MEMORIES OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND LOVES AND REMEMBERED, AND HONORED THEM THROUGH TREASURED MOMENTOS AND EXQUISITE SENTIMENTAL JEWELS.