See our: hair jewelry.A type of hair jewelry made of hair of a deceased person and woven or plaited into strands that were given a gold mount so as to be used as a bracelet, necklace or watch-chain. Such pieces were wornas a form of Victorian mourning jewelry.
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See our: hair jewelry.A type of hair jewelry made of hair of a deceased person and woven or plaited into strands that were given a gold mount so as to be used as a bracelet, necklace or watch-chain. Such pieces were wornas a form of Victorian mourning jewelry.
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From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson
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