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<p>[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 25136, member: 152"]Well I looked around a bit to investigate further. I found this blip on a British genealogy forum when someone asked about a locket they were researching....</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"Here we see a lovely example of an oval sentimental locket of sterling silver. Prodigious in both size and weight in the traditional manner, the front of the ornate double box locket is decorated with the letters “A” “E” “I” formed into a stylized monogram of Japanese influence. These initials, originally from the Greek, translates to “for now and forever”, (aei, aiei or aion). The Victorians re-interpreted this to represent “Amity, Eternity, Infinity”.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>So I am guessing that this would classify it as mourning jewelry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 25136, member: 152"]Well I looked around a bit to investigate further. I found this blip on a British genealogy forum when someone asked about a locket they were researching.... [I]"Here we see a lovely example of an oval sentimental locket of sterling silver. Prodigious in both size and weight in the traditional manner, the front of the ornate double box locket is decorated with the letters “A” “E” “I” formed into a stylized monogram of Japanese influence. These initials, originally from the Greek, translates to “for now and forever”, (aei, aiei or aion). The Victorians re-interpreted this to represent “Amity, Eternity, Infinity”.[/I] So I am guessing that this would classify it as mourning jewelry.[/QUOTE]
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