Mourning Jewellery Collection: 1835 Hair Lockets and Cameo Pendant

Collection of mourning jewellery, including a brooch centring a glazed panel containing a locket of hair, the reverse inscribed 'Jg died August 6th 1835, in 9ct gold, a sardonyx cameo depicting a woman in profile, and a seed pearl and onyx pendant, glazed panel to reverse containing a lock of hair.

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Onyx - Onyx is a form of agate, used from antiquity and popular again in the 1920s and 30s. European onyx is generally green, but can be many other colours, and can contain bands of black and/or white.

This multicoloured stone is widely used for table tops, lamp bases and in jewellery. Some types of onyx are also used for cameos of which the upper white layer is cut away to reveal the colour beneath.

This item has been included into following indexes:

lockets - pearl 1,066
pendants and lockets, design
- cameo 197
- mourning and photographic 214