Pin - Victorian Era (Circa 1890) 14k, Amethyst and Seed Pearls
Antiquated Victorian Era (circa 1890) 14k (tested but not hallmarked) yellow gold pin. An firsthand cabochon cut simulant amethyst (common in this era ...
Pin - Victorian Era (Circa 1880) 14k, Amethyst and Seed Pearls
Pass Victorian Era (circa 1880) 14k (tested but not hallmarked) yellow gold pin. An primeval pin with an estimated 7 carat oval cut amethyst ...
Pin - Victorian Era (Circa 1870) 14k, Amethyst and Seed Pearls
Antiquated Victorian Era (circa 1870) 14k (tested but not hallmarked) yellow gold pin. An master pin with dangling chains containing seed pearls ...
Noire Gloire: 18th Century Mourning Customs in a time of ...
Was a wealth enjoyed (sic) mainly Peerage and those who are tired of aristocratic pedigree. When extraordinary housekeeper Sir Henry Unton, swerved legate, MP and internal, has died of bubonic pain in the neck while in the model of repair work in 1596 he was awarded the cremation of a baron of service or two stations higher than his Knight.
Mourning particular customs that were well known in Victorian times, the worlds most skilled mourners would have seemed equally far on four hundred years earlier.While the 16th century was awash with moon, the women sort highest (and we seedy aristocratic) draped in veils and headdresses to diversify trinket available, mostly in color, sometimes spot if you were Mary Stuart ( Please clip the "r" s as someone Scot own). Men donned a mask hoodies, seen relatively clearly in the parade in the tomb of Sir Henry. These are not monks, but friends and relatives, who would be expected to guide the garment up to six months depending on their relationship with the deceased....
history_of_art: Украшения "LOVERS EYE".
С ними связана , по легенде- такая романтическая история: будущий король Англии George IV получил в подарок от возлюбленной миниатюру с изображением только ее глаз, чтобы посторонние не могли узнать персонажа и влюблюбленные могли бы сохранить в тайне свои отношения. Такие памятные миниатюры вошли в моду и стали очень популярны в 1790- 1820 годах, да и позже их делали везде- в Англии, Франции,России. Сохранились броши, заколки, медальоны, шкатулочки, браслеты, где изображены только глаза, часто с ними соседствует локон или плетенка из волос любимого человека,...
