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Secret Message in Jewellery Part 4 - Memento Mori, Something to Remember Me By
The Georgians and Victorians began to symbolise their mourning with pieces of their departed loved ones. Locks of hair were the most popular, but plenty of teeth can be seen set in Victorian brooch... and the occasional glass eyeball.
This article gives a little background in o Memento mori and then expands on the topic of mementos that used parts of the dead in jewellery.