Woven Mourning Ring 100mm Tall

100mm Tall

The barley grain pattern guilloché that covers most of the piece is broken up on the face

thats still useful and aesthetic today

Only known as Black

Woven Mourning Ring 100mm TallAn ever so delicate Victorian era hair and gold mourning ring done in a peculiar style. The ring itself is made of woven human hair, the fact that hair was chosen and then woven into a circle is not uncommon. That was the norm in the time before home photography. When you wanted to grieve or mourn the loss of a loved one, but didn't have a painting or photo, you'd use a piece of hair in an article of jewelry. Most commonly in pendants and lockets, but