Victorian Enamel Mourning Locket huggies and sizeable within reason

and sizeable within reason

made a fine option for the time

5 and can be resized within reason

at the base of her shank she's suffered from a less-than-subtle attempt to confirm metal purity

Victorian Enamel Mourning Locket huggies and sizeable within reasonThe Victorians were a sentimental bunch, and learned a great deal about preserving the memories of loved ones from the Georgians before them. Before photography was widely available, the Georgians used physical items such as hair and teeth as tokens of love and friendship while living and as touchstones for the departed. The hair of a loved one was used in many ways woven to form the body of a ring or bracelet, braided beneath a clear portrait cut