Antique Victorian Mourning Daisy Flower Gutta Percha Dangle Drop Silver Earrings

Description: About this Piece Era: VictorianLength: Just over 1 3/4” including hook Width: Just over 5/8"Material: Tests for 800 silver, gutta-perchaWeight: 2.8 gramsMark: No mark Why You’ll Love ItDark, bold, and mysterious. The edgy look of these Victorian earrings was quite the sensation during the era of mourning jewelry and even today. The ornate and detailed silhouette, expertly crafted into delicate flowers including a daisy, not only grabs ahold of your attention but also symbolizes innocence. Made from gutta-percha with a featherlight weight, they sway freely with lively movement at your ear for an eye-catching look that is sure to be a conversation starter. Condition and Quality● Crisp molded detail, light surface wear, and no chipping on the gutta-percha.● Secure, original hook backings. Collector NoteOn Mourning Jewelry. Mourning jewelry from the Georgian and Victorian eras were special, custom pieces designed in the memory of a deceased loved one. While many mourning pieces used dark materials like natural onyx or jet to convey grief, they were often surprisingly hopeful, as the majority of the western world believed they would one day be reunited with their loved one in the afterlife. Pieces incorporated symbols that represented this hope or the characteristics of their loved one, as well as locks of hair or small portraits. Today, collecting and wearing antique mourning jewelry is to honor the memory of a real person and appreciate the sentimentality of a bygone era. On Victorian. A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria’s taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid. _gsrx_vers_1516 (GS 9.3 (1516))

Price: 295 USD

Location: Altadena, California

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