Antique 1850s Georgian Mourning Braided Hair Ring
Located in Santa Monica, CA
An antique Georgian mourning ring, circa 1850, from the antique fine jewelry collection at Bracken Jewelers in Santa Monica, California.
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Ruby, Gold, Yellow Gold
14 Karat Gold Victorian Hair Mourning Brooch
Located in Wallkill, NY
Intricately woven Victorian hair Brooch circa 1860's set in 14K gold. Measuring 1.36 inches x 1.16 inches. The Matching earrings are listed as well. This is out of a massive collecti...
14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Yellow Gold Hair Victorian Mourning Brooch - 10k Pin
Located in Greensboro, NC
Design: Mourning Brooch Era: Victorian Metal Content: 10k Yellow Gold Material Information Material: Hair Fastening Type: Hinged Pin and C- Clasp Theme: Mourning Jewelry Feature...
10k Gold, Yellow Gold
Turquoise and Garnet Snake Mourning Hair Bracelet
Located in London, GB
This is a Victorian 9ct yellow gold mourning bracelet featuring woven hair in the form of a serpent with a gold head and tail featuring eleven turquoise stones and two cabochon garne...
Garnet, Turquoise, Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage Victorian English Mourning Enamel & Hair Gold Ring
Located in Montreal, QC
Simply Beautiful! Finely detailed English Vintage Victorian Mourning Enamel and Hair Gold Ring. Ring size 6, we offer ring re-sizing. Hand crafted in 17K Yellow Gold. Measuring appro...
Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Victorian 14 Karat Gold Serpent Mourning Hair Bracelet
Located in Wallkill, NY
1860's Victorian Gold Serpent mourning Hair bracelet. Serpent Head and tail is made of 14k Gold. the rest of bracelet is made of Hair.
14k Gold
Georgian Mourning Memorial Gold and Hair Navette Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1850 14 - 15k Yellow Gold Mourning Memorial ring, in a Navette shape measuring 1 1/8 inch in length X 5/8 inch wide, light color woven hair with a center plaque with the letter...
Gold
Georgian 1800s Hair Locket Black Enamel Mourning Ring
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful 15ct yellow gold mourning ring from the late Georgian era. The ring has been set with a central rectangular window that features a small locket of hair with a bor...
Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Georgian 1770s Enamel and Hair Miniature Mourning Ring
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful 18ct yellow gold Georgian mourning ring. The face of the ring features a wonderful hair work urn which sits underneath a willow tree and is set on an ivory plaque...
Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Victorian Gold & Enamel Mourning Hair Locket Brooch Seed Pearls
Located in Wallkill, NY
Wonderful VICTORIAN 14K GOLD Mourning Pin Locket. This has a glass back that would have housed a lock of hair or a picture of your loved one that had passed on.
Onyx, Cultured Pearl, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
Antique Victorian Mourning Locket with Woven Hair, 19th Century
Located in Rotterdam, NL
The locket opens to reveal a woven section of preserved hair, a common practice in Victorian mourning jewelry, symbolizing remembrance and devotion to a deceased loved one.
14k Gold
10K Yellow Gold Victorian Braided Mourning Quartz Hair Ring
Located in New York, NY
10k Yellow Gold Victorian Braided Mourning Hair Ring Metal Type: 10k Yellow Gold Total Item Weight: 2.9 Grams Ring Size: 3.5 (Resizable) Dimensions: Length: 18.0 mm X Width: 12.6 mm...
10k Gold, Yellow Gold
10K Gold Engine-Turned Mourning Locket with Braided Hair
Located in Venice, CA
A fine example of a Mourning era piece of jewelry, perfect for an antique collection.
10k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Victorian 14K Yellow Gold Mourning Hair Band Ring
Located in Great Neck, NY
Beautiful Antique Victorian 14K Yellow Gold Mourning Hair Band Ring. This amazing mourning ring still has the hair intact and is not engraved with any initials! It is very rare to co...
Yellow Gold
Antique Georgian 14K Gold Mourning Ring with Braided Hair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique mourning ring. In 14 karat yellow gold. With braided hair under a beveled bezel-set glass bezel. The center-set bezel section surrounded by embossed floral work. Th...
Gold, 14k Gold
Antique Georgian Gold and Enamel Hair Mourning Brooch for Isaac Shakespeare
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Georgian gold and enamel hair art mourning pin. Memorializing Isaac Shakespeare (possibly a William Shakespeare descendent). With braided hair behind glass in a worked gol...
14k Gold
Antique Victorian 14K Gold, Enamel, & Hair Art Mourning Locket Pendant
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Simply a wonderful piece of Victorian mourning jewelry! Date: 19th Century Overall Condition: It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition.
14k Gold, Enamel
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Antique Georgian Engraved Braided Hair Mourning Brooch Enamel and Yellow Gold
Located in Tampa, FL
Antique Georgian Engraved Braided Hair Mourning Brooch Enamel and 14 Karat Yellow Gold The Brooch is Hand Engraved and Embellished with a Black Enamel Border in Fine Condition. Br...
14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Antique Georgian Gold, Enamel, and Seed Pearl Braided Hair Mourning Brooch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Georgian gold, seed pearl, hair, and enamel mourning brooch. With braided or plaited hair behind glass in a worked gold setting set with seed pearls and surrounded by...
Pearl, Gold, Enamel
Antique Victorian Mourning Brooch Gilt Metal Hair Natural Seed Pearl Photograph
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This mid 19th century Victorian mourning brooch is constructed as an outer frame with an inner revolving oval locket. The frame is designed as a succession of scrolls. At the top and...
Pearl, Gilt Metal
Antique Georgian Mourning Pendant Gold Painted Porcelain Hair Pearl Initials
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This delicate mourning pendant features beautiful work on both sides. Round porcelain plaques are painted and decorated with hair. One side shows a large urn carrying the initials JM...
Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold
Antique 19th Century Woven Hair Art Mourning Brooch or Pin Engraved 'Mother'
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good late Georgian or Victorian memorial hair art brooch. Comprised of an interlocking double looped knot of woven hair mounted with a central scroll-shaped cartouche engraved wit...
Gold-filled
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN 10k GOLD HAIR ART MOURNING BROOCH WITH SEED PEARLS
Located in New York, NY
I have a long-held fascination with Victorian hair art and mourning jewelry, and this piece is full of amazing details.
Pearl, 10k Gold
Antique Georgian/Victorian 14k Gold and Seed Pearl Braided Hair Mourning Brooch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique mourning brooch. In 14k (or 15k) yellow gold. Set with 2 concentric rows of seed pearls - each with dentil decorated bezels and braided locks of hair set under facet...
Pearl, 14k Gold
Antique Victorian 14k Gold Bezel Black Onyx & Mourning Hair Octagonal Pin Brooch
Located in Montclair, NJ
Here we have a beautiful antique mourning locket brooch which was crafted from solid 14k yellow gold during the Victorian era. The center of the brooch features an oval shaped compar...
Onyx, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Yellow Gold Engraved Round Mourning Locket Pendant w/ Hair Inside
Located in Montclair, NJ
Material: Solid 14k Yellow Gold w/ Gold Wash - Clear Cover & Hair Inside Total Weight: 5.35 Grams Overall Height: 30.3mm (1.1") (w/ bail) Overall Diameter: 22.3mm (0.87") Overall...
Gold, Yellow Gold
Rare Antique Victorian 14K Green & Rose Gold Mourning Hair Wide Bangle Bracelet
Located in Montclair, NJ
This unique antique bangle bracelet was crafted in solid 14k rose and green gold during the Victorian period. The top part of the bangle features unique open windows with beautiful b...
Rose Gold
Antique 18th Century Mourning Ring Karat Gold Hair Dated 1795 K. + R. Burnaby
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This fine and simple morning ring was made in 1795 out of 9 karat gold, glas and hair. The ring is inscribed on the reverse with the date September 12 1795 and two names of the same...
Gold, 9k Gold
Victorian 14k Enamel & Woven Hair Mourning Ring
Located in Narberth, PA
A sentimental and simple piece, this mourning ring would make a wonderful addition to any Victorian-era jewelry collection!
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Antique Victorian Cairngorm Hair Rose Gold Mourning Brooch
Located in Boston, Lincolnshire
An Antique Victorian c.1840-1860s Mourning brooch. The stone in closed back rose gold setting surround by woven hair. Scottish origin. Width 18mm. Unmarked, tested 9 Carat Gold. The ...
Quartz, 9k Gold, Rose Gold
Victorian Enamel Hair Yellow Gold Mourning Ring
Located in Pleasant Hill, CA
Featuring (6) seed pearls and black enamel in a buckle motif, on a 9k yellow gold band, 7.50 X 1.0 mm to 4.6 mm, around the band features (5) oval and cross shaped openings displayin...
Yellow Gold, Enamel
Victorian English Enameled Woven Hair Gold Mourning Ring
Located in Narberth, PA
Crafted in 18kt gold, the ring is richly detailed, and serves as a fine example of the mourning jewelry tradition. Black and white enameled accents decorate the shoulders of the ring...
18k Gold
Georgian Diamond Enameled Urn Mourning Hair Locket Ring
Located in Narberth, PA
An exceptional antique mourning ring, it is rich in history and would be perfect for the serious Georgian jewelry collector!
Diamond, 18k Gold
Victorian 9 Karat Gold, Black Enamel and Hair Mourning Brooch
Located in Bologna, IT
This brooch is one of the typical example of the English mourning jewelry: it has a blonde braided hair, placed in a compartment behind a glass, and ornamented with little gold waved...
Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Antique Georgian Mourning Ring with Real Hair 18k gold
Located in Houston, TX
Also to have an understanding of why this mourning jewelry exists and the real humanity behind it.
18k Gold
Exquisite Georgian Gold Mourning Pendant, Locket, Fine Hair Art
Located in San Marcos, CA
Mourning jewelry from the Georgian era is becoming more and more rare to find, particularly in the exceptionally fine condition you see in this one.
14k Gold
Unavailable
W 1.38 in L 1.86 in
Antique Victorian Lemon Banded Agate Mourning Brooch Pendant Hair Work c1890s
Located in Mona Vale, NSW
Antique Victorian 9ct Gold Agate Mourning Brooch This brooch features unusual, lemon coloured, banded Agate which is transparent and very attractive. It is set in 9ct yellow gold ...
Agate, 10k Gold
Antique Georgian Mourning Hair Bracelet 18 Carat Gold, circa 1780
Located in Lancaster, Lancashire
Mourning jewellery mirrored the lives and times of the people who wore it.
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Pinchbeck
Early Victorian English Mourning Ring with Enameling and Woven Hair
Located in Narberth, PA
Crafted in 18kt gold, the ring is richly detailed, and serves as a fine example of the mourning jewelry tradition. At the center of the ring is a glass covered window, which exposes ...
18k Gold
George I 18ct Gold Rock Crystal, Hair-Work, & Enamel Mourning Ring
Located in Glasgow, GB
A George I 18ct yellow gold, rock crystal, hair-work, and black enamel mourning ring. The gold ring bears the inscription "W : DEWE · OB: 22 · NOV, 1725 · AET: 58", within a black en...
Rock Crystal, Gold, 18k Gold, Silver, Enamel
Unavailable
W 0.26 in L 8 in
Antique Georgian Mourning Hair Locket Bracelet in 18 Carat Gold, circa 1820
Located in Kendal, GB
Mourning jewellery was worn in remembrance of a deceased loved one and sometimes contained a lock of their hair so that a piece of them was always kept close to the wearer.
Yellow Gold, Gold
Unavailable
W 0.44 in L 7.01 in
Victorian English Gold Multi Hair Locket and Names Mourning Bracelet, circa 1850
Located in Houston, TX
An antique English 9 c gold mourning bracelet, finely constructed from 8 individual glass lockets each holding a hair memento with tiny seed pearls and gift wire highlights, fastened...
9k Gold
Antique Georgian Boxed Gold Mourning Spinning Ring
Located in Lancaster, Lancashire
The face of this stunning ring actually spins 360 degrees to reveal a hidden locket of plaited hair. Mourning jewellery mirrored the lives and times of the people who wore it.
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Antique Georgian Mourning Brooch in 18 Carat Gold, circa 1780
Located in Kendal, GB
The image is laid on a mother of pearl base and features a beautiful tree, created from a lock of hair. Mourning jewellery was often worn as a commemorative souvenir to remember a ...
Gold
Antique Victorian Hair Ring 18k Yellow Gold Sz 10 Band Vintage Mourning Jewelry
Located in Torrance, CA
In the Victorian era, hair jewelry held immense sentimental value and served as a unique and poignant form of remembrance and mourning.
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Edwardian circa 1903 Hair Ring Buckle 9 Karat Rose Gold Mourning Jewelry
Located in Torrance, CA
Antique Edwardian mourning ring (circa 1903), crafted in 9 karat rose gold. The antique ring features braided hair embedded into the band. Sectioned panels are etched in a star and...
Pearl, Rose Gold
Victorian Seed-Pearl Enamel Gold Mourning Hair Brooch
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A finely made piece full of detail made in the 1880’s. This Victorian original features natural seed pearls set as flowers over hand painted guilloche enamel in a vivid blue color. I...
Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Early Victorian Hair Locket Black Enamel Mourning Ring
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful 15ct yellow gold mourning ring from the Victorian era. The ring has been set with a central rectangular window that features a small locket of hair with a border ...
Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Victorian Hair & Enamel "Sacred to Affection" Mourning Ring
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
A truly sentimental memento mori authentic antique Victorian mourning ring with the words "Sacred to Affection" encircling a lock of hair encased in glass. This ancient heirloom is f...
10k Gold, Rose Gold, Enamel
Antique Victorian 14 Karat Yellow Gold Mourning Hair Locket
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Antique Victorian 14 Karat Yellow Gold Mourning Hair Locket- This exceptional Victorian mourning locket includes lock of hair visible through its glass front. Beautifully detailed i...
Gold
Georgian 1795 Mourning Memento Gold and Woven Hair Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1795 Yellow Gold Mourning Memento Ring, the top measures 7/8 X 5/8 inch, woven Hair concealed under Glass. The under side of the Ring is engraved with the information of the Ri...
14k Gold
Antique Victorian 18K Yellow Gold Enamel Hair Mourning Ring
Located in Great Neck, NY
Beautiful Antique Victorian 18K Yellow Gold Enamel Hair Mourning Ring. This amazing ring has pristine enameling and the hair is still intact inside the glass. It has flower designs o...
Yellow Gold, Enamel
Mid Victorian Gold and Woven Hair Mourning Memorial Band Ring
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1850s Yellow Gold Mourning, Memorial Band Ring, measuring 1/4 inch wide with delicate Milgrain edges, the center is very finely Woven Hair, a center Gold section has the Initi...
Gold
Antique Victorian 14k Yellow Gold Enamel & Hair Mourning Floral Stick Pin
Located in Montclair, NJ
Material: Solid 14k Yellow Gold Top w/ Black Enamel Work & Hair in the Center Weight: 1.88 Grams Overall Height: 63.5mm (2.5") (including pin) - 13.2mm (0.52") (not including pin) Ov...
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Gold Mourning Ring with the Initials JW Over Braided Hair
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An exceptional large rosé gold ring with a large octagonal panel with woven hair and the initials JW in gold under glass, 18th century. ring size: 16.5 mm. 6 US. weight: 9.83 gram
15k Gold
Antique Victorian English 15K Yellow Gold Enamel Hair Signet Mourning Ring
Located in Great Neck, NY
Beautiful Antique Victorian English15K Yellow Gold Enamel Hair Signet Mourning Ring. This incredible mourning ring is in exceptionally great condition and is fully hallmarked. The in...
Yellow Gold, Enamel
Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself.
Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.
Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.
For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany & Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.
Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.
In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so.
Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.
Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle.
BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.
A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in.
Since Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.
Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.
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