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In 1827, hair jewelry was nearing the height of its popularity. These pieces of jewelry featuring intricately woven hair of a loved one were worn in mourning or as friendship or love tokens by all genders. I like to believe Crowley and Aziraphale exchanged hair jewelry in Edinburgh that night.
TIARA ALERT-ISH: Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal, Duchess of Coimbra, wore an emerald brooch in her hair for the dinner following her wedding to Duarte de Sousa Ara煤jo Martins at her parent鈥檚 home in Sintra, Portugal on 7 October 2023.
ca. 1690 Beatrice Violante of Bavaria, Grand Princess of Tuscany by Bartolomeo Mancini (Museo Civico Pinacoteca Crociani - Montepulciano, Sienna, Toscana, Italy). From tumblr.com/roehenstart 1280X1492 @72 685kj.
ca. 1693 Comtesse de Balleroy by Nicolas de Largilliere (Aguttes - 6Dec22 auction Lot 48). From their Web site 2224X2798 @144 6Mp.
One of the finest examples of Victorian hair jewelry I鈥檝e had in the shop. The main body of the cross is entirely wrapped in skillfully woven human hair- a sentimental keepsake.聽
This bracelet is composed of three braids of elaborate tableworked human hair set in a hinged gold clasp. The clasp is constructed from three hollow rectangles of gold decorated on the exterior and connected with tube hinges. The outermost pair of rectangles show a diamond interlaced with an "X"-shaped ribbon against a rough, patinaed background. The central rectangle shows a scrolled cartouche worked with the inscription "AW to MW" in gothic script. The bracelet closes with a tongue and groove clasp. The interior bears a date inscription.
Date聽
1864聽
Descriptive Terms
bracelets (jewelry)
human hair
gold (metal)
human hair
Inscription
Front: "A. W. / to / M. W." Back: July 28th. 1864 / 1. Park St." (Engraved)