Antique Victorian Mourning 14k Gold Braided Hair Puffy Heart Charm Pendant
Tests for 14k gold, human hair. Why You'll Love It.
This Victorian mourning charm incorporates a loved one's braided hair, bringing tangibility and a deeper connection to the grieving person and keeping their loved one's story alive. The double-sided, delicate braiding- set into the 14k gold setting just so- allows light to pass through the heart of the piece.
A reminder that light overcomes the darkness of grief in a petite and meaningful design. Featherlight and featuring incredible artistry for such a small scale- this impressive piece is sure to bring comfort and remembrance to all who wear it. Bright patina with minimal surface wear to the setting.
Minor fraying to the hair and the surface on side curves inward slightly rather than outward but its noticeable mainly on close inspection. Victorian mourning hair jewelry holds a poignant and sentimental place in history. During the Victorian era, it was customary to commemorate departed loved ones by incorporating their hair into jewelry pieces.
These intricate and meticulously crafted designs served as personal and tangible connections to those who had passed away. Mourning hair jewelry often featured delicate weavings, braids, or intricate arrangements of human hair combined with materials such as gold, silver, or jet. These sentimental pieces were cherished as symbols of remembrance and served as a way to keep the memory of loved ones close. Today, Victorian mourning hair jewelry continues to captivate collectors and those who appreciate these unique pieces' rich historical significance and sentimental value. 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. 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_1608 GS 9.5 (1608).