Antique Victorian Mourning Gutta Percha High Relief LADY Pendant Locket

Description: About this Piece Era: VictorianDiameter: Just over 1” (excluding bail)Material: Tests for gold filled, glassWeight: 5.6 gramsMark: No mark Why You’ll Love ItDark, bold, and mysterious. During the Victorian era, women often wore sentimental jewelry to honor and remember loved ones who had passed away. This antique mourning locket, uniquely sized for this style of piece, finely crafted from gutta-percha, showcases a silky smooth surface and a captivating gleam that draws the eye in. At the focal point of the locket is a detailed lady, depicted in high relief, her gaze somber yet captivating, with a halo of flowers and crown in her hair, making this piece a fitting and striking keepsake for treasured memories. Condition and Quality● Fresh patina with minimal surface wear to the surface. ● Fresh sheen, crisp molded design, and no chips or cracks on the gutta percha. ● No original photo frames. ● Secure, original bail.●Closes firmly with a satisfying “snap.” Collector NoteOn Mourning Jewelry. Mourning jewelry from the Georgian and Victorian eras were special, custom pieces designed in the memory of a deceased loved one. While many mourning pieces used dark materials like natural onyx or jet to convey grief, they were often surprisingly hopeful, as the majority of the western world believed they would one day be reunited with their loved one in the afterlife. Pieces incorporated symbols that represented this hope or the characteristics of their loved one, as well as locks of hair or small portraits. Today, collecting and wearing antique mourning jewelry is to honor the memory of a real person and appreciate the sentimentality of a bygone era. On Victorian. A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria’s taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))

Price: 335 USD

Location: Altadena, California

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