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TWO VICTORIAN MEMORIAL MOURNING HAIR JEWELRY PINS
Estimate:
$800 - $1,200
Sold
$425
Live Auction
Home and Interiors Auction Day 2, 112319
Category
Description
Art Nouveau designs with floral and other decorative motifs.
Two beautiful early Victorian memorial mourning pendant pins, created to commemorate loved ones by preserving samples of their hair. The larger pin has a swivel mechanism that allows the central pendant to turn on its axis; total weight approx. 39 grams; 2.75"L x 2.5"W. The smaller pin is fully engraved to the back with the names of the two people commemorated and the dates they passed. IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH RINDER, DIED JAN. 22, 1859, AGED 72. ALSO BEATRICE SMITH, DIED OCTOBER 25, 1855, AGED 50. With pin backing and ring for chain; total weight approx. 16 grams; 1.75"L x 2"W.
Issued: c. 1850
Dimensions: 2.75"L x 2.5"W, larger
Country of Origin: England
Two beautiful early Victorian memorial mourning pendant pins, created to commemorate loved ones by preserving samples of their hair. The larger pin has a swivel mechanism that allows the central pendant to turn on its axis; total weight approx. 39 grams; 2.75"L x 2.5"W. The smaller pin is fully engraved to the back with the names of the two people commemorated and the dates they passed. IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH RINDER, DIED JAN. 22, 1859, AGED 72. ALSO BEATRICE SMITH, DIED OCTOBER 25, 1855, AGED 50. With pin backing and ring for chain; total weight approx. 16 grams; 1.75"L x 2"W.
Issued: c. 1850
Dimensions: 2.75"L x 2.5"W, larger
Country of Origin: England
Condition
Overall good