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mourning jewelry

One of Queen Victoria’s mourning pieces honoring her daughter, Alice: onyx, banded agate, enamel and diamond pendant circa 1878, centering on an onyx heart with Alice beneath a coronet, and a glazed compartment containing a lock of hair, shown below. This sold at auction for $34,821.
Jewelry

Queen Victoria's Mourning Jewelry

By Kris Manty
Mourning jewelry may or may not include hair. Cherubs and floral sprays are popular themes that can help identify pieces as mourning jewelry.
Jewelry

Identifying hairwork and mourning jewelry

By Dr. Anthony Cavo