Mourning & Memento Mori Jewellery
Memento mori, mourning and sentimental jewellery from the Tudors to the Victorians: skull and death's head rings, Georgian memorial rings with urns and hairwork, posy rings engraved with love mottoes, and sentimental portrait rings. Jewels made to remember, and to be remembered by.
From the Journal
The Secret Language of Antique Jewellery: A Guide to Symbols