Victorian hair jewelry memento mori

Victorian Inspired Hair Jewelry: Yes, that's hair. During the Victorian Era, family members would often create jewelry from their loved ones hair after they died. Many of the artisans creating these mourning jewelry pieces would sculpt the hair into landscapes or elaborately weave…

A look at Victorian methods for creating human hair jewelry and mementos.

Brooch containing human hair, Europe, 1701-1900 Human hair is contained in this gold brooch. The jewelry is encased in a gold frame and on a pearly background. Such ‘hairwork’ was a craft often associated with mourning in Europe in the 1700s and 1800s.

Steve and I have long been intrigued with 19th-century hair work objects. We’re drawn to the fragility, intimacy, and sentimentality of these objects, executed in incredibly painstaking detail from…

Hairwork, or jewelry or artwork made of human hair, has appeared throughout the history of craft work, particularly to be used for private worship or mourning. ...

Victorian mourning ornaments made of the deceased's hair

This Hair ring here, is most definitely a mourning piece. Jewellery like this ring were made as a keepsake of departed loved ones (quite literally). We definitely see evidence of pieces like these having been worn regularly, but it was also customary to wear Mourning Hair Jewellery for occasions only, and to then put them away. This might explain the incredible condition we can find antique hair jewellery in these days. This late Victorian Hair ring is set in 9K gold, the hair has been mi...

Imagine 2 young Victorian Women 'stealing their lovers locks' and then creating this eternal 'Love Token' sealing their hearts desire for all time. Wonderful inspiration for Valentines!!! American Love Token with Hair and Watercolor Decoration c. 1840

Meander through enough Sunday flea markets, and you're bound to come across a Victorian grief shrine every now and again. They're quite hypnotising objects, with their lacquered wood frames and bulbous glass encasing tiny flower-baskets, spindly trees, and elaborate landscapes. Take a closer peak, a