Victorian "In Memory Of" Mourning Hair Brooch perfume bottle hardly visible

hardly visible

This breathtaking ring almost ended up in our personal collection

canine funerals saw a rise in popularity in the 1880s with the opening of the first public pet cemetery

sometimes with cute little accompanying rhymes (like the one above)

Often considered the most romantic jewel of all time

Victorian "In Memory Of" Mourning Hair Brooch perfume bottle hardly visibleHair is at once the most delicate and lasting of our materials and survives us like love. It is so light, so gentle, so escaping from the idea of death, that, with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look to to Heaven and compare notes with angelic nature, may almost say: I have a piece of thee here, not unworthy of thy being now." Godleys Ladys Book, 1860 This beautiful Victorian brooch serves to preserve the memory of Ms.