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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 939873, member: 649&quot;]In recent weeks, I&#039;ve been doing much searching on Victorian &quot;mourning&quot; pieces and, as well as the usual black/gold, I&#039;ve seen a lot of so-called mourning pieces that incorporate turquoise... so much so that it surprised me.</p><p>From The Art of Mourning website: &quot;Turquoise is another common material that blurs the line in the latter stages of mourning jewels. Without a clear marking of mourning, they must be relegated to sentimentality. Queen Victoria had much to do with popularising jewellery, from sentimental to mourning, during the 19th century. Turquoise in particular was popular, as Victoria gave her twelve bridesmaids turquoise brooches in the shape of a Coburg eagle, which symbolised Albert’s family. Their blue colour is familiar to that of a forget-me-not and this is a motif used in both mourning and sentimental jewels.&quot;</p><p>These are some of the beauties I&#039;ve been admiring. I&#039;m sure many are sentimental pieces rather than for mourning but &quot;mourning&quot; is the popular key word.&nbsp; </p><p>(I imagined hair woven around the turquoise of OPs piece rather like the gold is around the center stone of the stick pin below.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/6012168/r/il/3b120b/1685410235/il_1588xN.1685410235_knhx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/6733598/r/il/6dc88d/2039978869/il_1588xN.2039978869_g4bo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/7377144/r/il/110e68/776021823/il_1588xN.776021823_mqrb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/11801363/r/il/9223bb/1433748530/il_1588xN.1433748530_sip2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/16964734/r/il/2f1dcd/1637749674/il_1588xN.1637749674_ovd9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/10998195/r/il/da1e2c/1724338353/il_1588xN.1724338353_o3vw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/19026900/r/il/6c1c18/1900084960/il_1588xN.1900084960_n3er.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/5933311/r/il/a851c9/1319259111/il_1588xN.1319259111_bvsm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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