Hair Jewelry Human hair has been incorporated into jewelry since at least the seventeenth century. Around that time, the hair of the dear departed began to be incorporated into memento mori pieces, as a wearable remembrance of those who had gone before. Somewhat less...
Handkerchief Ring A handkerchief ring is a finger ring from which a small chain is suspended. At the end of the chain, a ring was attached through which a handkerchief could be passed and...
Inro An inro is a small (10 x 5 x 2 cm approx.,) Japanese, compartmentalized case used carry small items. They are beautifully enhanced by lacquer, inlaid metal, mother-of-pearl, intricate carvings and other decorative techniques and are composed most commonly of...
Lava Jewelry Lava Cameo Bracelet. After the discovery of the buried cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae c. 1748, a new type of souvenir jewelry emerged. These towns had been abruptly smothered under a deadly mudflow of volcanic dust, ash, gas, and steam by the...
Leontine A leontine (from the Spanish leontina) is a Lady’s chain used to suspend a watch. These chains often had tassels and slides in colored gold. Victorian Leontine Watch Chain with Tassel and...
Lover’s Eye Miniature Eyes have long been thought of as the window of the soul’ alternately revealing and concealing one’s deepest thoughts and feelings. Symbolically, the eye has turned up as the all-seeing eye of God long used by the Masonic Order,...
