Antique 19th Century Mourning Hair Ring With Gold Name Plate Initialled & Dated 1832
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A beautiful antique 19th century mourning hair ring, a form of sentimental jewellery popular in Europe and North America during the 1800s. The rings were made using the hair of a deceased loved one, carefully braided or woven into intricate bands, serving as a tangible and deeply personal memorial. The gold (unmarked) name plate is engraved to the front with the deceased person’s initials and to the back is the year of their death, 1832.
Mourning jewellery became widespread in the mid 1800s, when elaborate rituals surrounding death and remembrance were popular. Hair, valued for its durability and symbolic permanence, was considered an intimate relic that could physically connect the wearer to the departed. Rings like this were typically worn daily, quietly expressing grief, devotion, and remembrance in an era when mourning was both a private emotion and a public practice.
Condition is good, commensurate with age and use. Structurally sound.
Weighs 0.48 grams
