Victorian French Mourning Hair Art Dated 1868 edwardian however its reign was brief

however its reign was brief thanks to the advent of cigarettes in the 1850s

It is fashioned in black engraved celluloid with a stamped metal Egyptian pharaoh head  in the center

Materials: 14k gold

but did you know that it is also harboring a secret

Dry quickly and thoroughly

Victorian French Mourning Hair Art Dated 1868 edwardian however its reign was briefHair is at once the most delicate and lasting of our materials and survives us like love. It is so light, so gentle, so escaping from the idea of death, that, with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look to to Heaven and compare notes with angelic nature, may almost say: I have a piece of thee here, not unworthy of thy being now." Godleys Ladys Book, 1860 This exquisite piece of French hair art is a work of art on many