Monday, March 22, 2010

Just memento mori

For those of you unfamiliar with Victorian mourning jewelry and photography I thought I would post some examples of both.

These are examples of post-mortem photography popular in the Victorian era when the deceased were often posed with their living counterparts, or propped up as if to appear still alive.




Memorial jewelry is best known to contain locks of the deceased hair, sometimes in sculptural forms to be worn or displayed as constant reminders of those lost.

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