Description
Outstanding Victorian memorial memento mori mourning lapel pin. Beautiful gold script surrounds a window housing a braid of human hair. Script reads ‘In Memory Of’ and on the back engraved are the words ‘My Mother’
Hair art originated in 17th Century England to mourn and commemorate the dead. During the Victorian era the sentimentality of hair art surged in popularity. The Victorians had become obsessed with immortality and preserving the memory of the deceased. Hair was a perfect medium as it never decayed. Thus, hair jewellery and art immortalized the deceased forever, providing a romantic and intimate portrait of life, not death.
.75 inches wide
