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Mourning Watch Chain & Fob Gutta Percha 1880
Catalogue:
Estate Jewelry:
Pre 1900 item# 176596
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Green Lion Antiques
301-651-7195
$225.00
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This handsome, but restrained mourning watch chain and handsome armorial fob measures 11 1/2" ring to bar, and the fob dangles 2 1/4" from the chain. The ring is likely brass but the rest of the piece is all joined pieces of Gutta Percha or Vulcanite. These were popular during the middle of the Nineteenth Century, as a result of Victoria's extended mourning for Prince Albert, and then had a brief revival during the era of McKinley's assassination. All parts seem to be in great ...click for details
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Gold-Filled Memorial Hair Brooch c. 1850
Catalogue:
Estate Jewelry:
Pre 1900 item# 105184
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Green Lion Antiques
301-651-7195
$100.00
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This diminutive memorial hair brooch is a particularly fine example of this now extinct art of weaving hair and enclosing it in a lovely piece of jewelry to memorialize a loved-one. The "frame" surrounding the hair is like an exquisite baroque frame, and the work of art it "presents" is a lovely shock of woven nutmeg-brown hair. The piece has a simple back and pin-in-cee clasp, and shows only the slightest amount of wear. It is a treasure to possess in any era. It measures 1 ...click for details
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