Many families still have Victorian jewelry that has passed down from one generation to another. If there is mourning jewelry among the items your family has passed along, it is fairly likely that it ...

For Queen Victoria, the real art was in mourning ... Home decor or jewelry made of dead people’s hair would seem macabre today, but not so in Victorian times, says Dr. Helen Sheumaker, author ...

A WOMAN was left stunned after a brooch she bought at a market for less than £20 during the 1980s turned out to be a rare Victorian treasure - worth £15,000. Flora Steel, based in Rome ...

It has been revealed on an episode of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow that the brooch is an exceptionally rare piece by the Victorian architect William Burges. It will be offered by Gildings ...

In Victorian England ... part in a tradition called mourning braiding, which involved weaving locks of a departed loved one’s hair into intricate pieces of jewelry. Made at a cylindrical ...