Mourning Jewelry
In the center of the heart is hair work, covered by a heart
shaped crystal and surrounded by seed pearls.
Seed pearls were used in mourning jewelry to symbolize tears.
The setting is 9kt. rose gold and the image is very sharp and crisp. Both hair
work and sepia paint was used to create this memorial image on ivory. On the
back is inscribed, "John Hanbury died 9th feb 1792 aged 58".
