Victorian "In Memory Of" Mourning Hair Brooch perfume bottle sometimes with cute little accompanying

sometimes with cute little accompanying rhymes (like the one above)

hardly visible

Anchor city mark

Measurements: Stand 12" x 5 3/4" x 6"

Often considered the most romantic jewel of all time

Victorian "In Memory Of" Mourning Hair Brooch perfume bottle sometimes with cute little accompanyingHair 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 beautiful Victorian brooch serves to preserve the memory of Ms.