16 results for "mourning jewelry" between $25.00 and $150.00

Over 300 color photographs display jewelry, photography and painted portraits, children's, men's, and women's clothes; poems, letters of sympathy, armbands, procession badges, hair receivers, announcements, and horse-drawn vehicles that were specifically associated with death customs. Symbolism in written phrases, flowers, and objects is presented and many examples are shown. Over 70 pages of a Victorian hair jewelry catalog are included, showing hundreds of designs that could be ordered as...

ISBN-10: 0764319647 ISBN-13: 9780764319648. Edition: .

Jet, a hard, black, shiny gem closely related to coal, has been fashioned into jewelry and trinkets for generations. During the Victorian period, when the ritual surrounding death and the long mourning of Queen Victoria made black fashionable, jet became hugely popular. Although jet is found elsewhere in the world, it is the jet from Whitby that excites collectors to such an extent that even jet jewelry manufactured elsewhere is often called Whitby Jet. This book traces the history of jet and the...

Explore the fascinating 19th century traditions associated with death and mourning. Over 300 color photos display items specifically associated with death customs: stationary, jewelry, portraits, photos, clothing, vehicles, flowers,artwork, poems, etc. Over 70 pages of a Victorian hair jewelry catalog shown. Color and black & white illustrations throughout. Hard, 224 pp, 8 3/4" x 11 1/4"

Custom designed image, inset with dried purple flowers, accented with two hand made black rose-bud beads, suspended on shear black ribbon TRADITIONAL HAND-MADE MOURNING JEWELRY DESIGNS The Following NEW DESIGNS are a variation on the Memento Mori Series, incorporating more traditional Victorian imagery and design elements, along with hand-made beads, real dried inset flowers and a choice of ribbons or chain. Each of these pieces is set into a silver plated Victorian filagree setting, has a cover...

Custom designed image, inset with dried white flowers, accented with two hand made black calla lily beads suspended on silver chain TRADITIONAL HAND-MADE MOURNING JEWELRY DESIGNS The Following NEW DESIGNS are a variation on the Memento Mori Series, incorporating more traditional Victorian imagery and design elements, along with hand-made beads, real dried inset flowers and a choice of ribbons or chain. Each of these pieces is set into a silver plated Victorian filagree setting, has a cover-glass...

"Mourning on the Pejepscot" takes a look at this region's mourning culture from its seventeenth-century settlement to the present. Structurally, this study is broken down into four major chapters: Cemeteries, Gravestones, Mourning Dress, Jewelry and Practices, and Mourning Art. Each chapter begins with an introduction of general New England practices. The balance of each chapter focuses on Pejepscot's customs. The attitudes and practices of the macrocosm (New England) and microcosm (Pejepscot) are...