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Antique Georgian Mourning Stick Pin with Gold, Pearls, and Garnets

About the Item

A fine Georgian hair art memorial or mourning stick pin. With braided hair behind glass in a gold setting and surrounded by seed pearls and garnets. In the Georgian and Victorian eras, woven hair art was used to memorialize a departed loved one or given as a keepsake memorial for a loved one in their absence. This pin clearly kept somewhere dear in an intimate proximity. The gold professionally tests as 10k and is possibly 12K (as many of these early pieces are.) Width: ca. 17mm Length: ca. 78 mm Items purchased from this dealer must delight you. Purchases may be returned for any reason for a period of 7 days.
  • Metal:
    10k Gold
  • Stone:
    Pearl
  • Weight:
    3 g
  • Dimensions:
    Width: 0.67 in (17 mm)Length: 3.08 in (78 mm)
  • Style:
    Georgian
  • Place of Origin:
    Unknown
  • Period:
    Early 19th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    Late 18th or Early 19th Century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. With some minor chipping to the glass, a small spot of loss to the bezel, some very light edge wear, some fine and light surface scratches and other signs of light wear consistent with age.
  • Seller Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU84937025752
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