A fresh generation of antique collectors is bridging centuries of style.

In Victorian England, those stricken by grief often took part in a tradition called mourning braiding, which involved weaving locks of a departed loved one’s hair into intricate pieces of jewelry.

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“Victorian jewelry is the very first period of great jewelry,” he said. “It was the first period that put the gems, the workmanship and the Industrial Revolution together,” he continued.

View Group of Georgian and antique brooches to include two George III mourning brooches, a similar clasp with seed pearl border, Victorian amethyst and seed pearl heart shape bar brooch, Edwardian aq ...

Think: Victorian mourning treasures, 1950s sparkling costume jewelry brooches from brands like Weiss and Coro, vintage compacts, 1980s heavy hitter gold rings, antique coral necklaces, huge carved ...

During the past two years, prices paid for Victorian hair-and-jet mourning brooches have ranged from $140 to $350, and a piece very similar to yours sold for $275 this year.

A rare Victorian brooch rediscovered on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow is heading to auction this spring with a high estimate of $19,000.

The lower-level exhibit galleries will display Victorian mourning costumes and accessories, including a special display of memorial jewelry provided by The Sacred Order, purveyors of antique jewelry.

She also regularly wears antique bodices, circa-1890s corsets, a 1910 Edwardian lace gown, a mourning ring from 1887, and a pair of circa-1730s Iberian gold drop earrings with citrines.