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VICTORIAN Whitby jet pendant set with hand-painted porcelain plaque of a young boy portrait

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    Posted 10 years ago

    Agram.m
    (760 items)

    Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819 - 1861 in England known as: His Royal Highness The Prince Consort) was the husband of King Victoria (1819-1901) and died far to young at the age of 42 years. He left his wife and their nine children behind in great sorrow.
    Queen Victoria would spend the rest of her life wear mourning black also with black jewelry. On the English Court mourning had also to be carried. Queen Victoria left make Whitby mourning jet for her own in the English town of Whitby making this place became famous. All visitors to the English court were required also to come in black and of course with the accompanying jewelry. Jet is a type of Brown coal a follised wood from ancient trees as coal but much harder. These threes flourished in the Jurassic period - about 180 million years ago. The used jewelry jet comes from mines or washed up on the beach in Whitby. The nickname of jet is "The black gold".
    One of this kind of jewelry you can see here.
    This pendant is made of jet containing a hand painted porcelain portrait of a little boy and hangs on a long chain, however, the beads are beads of black glass.
    Pendant is 2.5 by 2.9 cm. The necklace is in total about 86 cm long.
    It is amazing to look at this pendant and realize it was made by hand with simple tools. What workmanship!

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    1. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      aghcollect thanks for your quick loving.
    2. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      walksoftly and Manikin thanks you also for your quick reaction and loving
    3. catteann catteann, 10 years ago
      Much information here thanks.
    4. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      catteann thanks for your loving and compliment. I like to share information with the other collectors.
    5. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      Jewels thanks for loving.
    6. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      it's a little difficult to understand what you are saying here, but definitely worth the effort! you have a wealth of information to share! thank you for taking the time to share it w/ us!
    7. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      ho2cultcha thanks for your comment and loving. I tried to write my comment more clear. I hope I succeed.
    8. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      valentine thanks for your compliment and loving.
    9. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      Valentino97 thanks, I'm glad you understand me but I re-write some of my liitle story to make it more clear for all the readers.I'll hope I did.
    10. Virginia.vintage Virginia.vintage, 10 years ago
      Thanks soo much for share with us this beauty!!
    11. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      Virginia.vintage and thank you for your very nice compliment and loving.
    12. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      i really meant that as a compliment, not a criticism. i know how difficult it can be writing in a language which is not your first language.
    13. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      ho2cultcha, you're right because in my first report knocked the linguistic not quite making it unclear. I have improved it here and there and now it's more clear I think. I take do not blame you at all and you're right, in a foreign language you can not communicate as clearly as in your native language.
    14. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      vetrai050 thanks a lot for loving
    15. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      valentino97 i agree!
    16. antiquerose antiquerose, 10 years ago
      Stunning Post!! Thank you very much, Love Victorian Items!!

      Just some other info on Victorian Mourning Jewelry, and terms:

      http://www.ebay.com/gds/Victorian-Jet-and-Other-Mourning-Jewelry-/10000000002181472/g.html

      I posted a Gutta Percha ( Mourning ) Brooch in the past.

      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/118221-gutta-percha-victorian-brooch-mourning

      Sad items (as per the Story of Mourning )........but Lovely carved work!!
    17. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      antiquerose thank you for loving and your interesting links and your own beautiful Gutta Percha Mourning Brooch. Did you see my other mourning jewelry on: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/Agram.m/mourning-jewelry
    18. antiquerose antiquerose, 10 years ago
      @Agram.m - Thanks for the direct link to your Mourning Jewelry posted!!

      All Stunning items you have in your collection!!! GREAT Collection !!!
    19. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      antiquerose, thanks for your nice compliment.
    20. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      freiheit thank you for your attention and loving
    21. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      PatSea thanks for your interest and loving.
    22. Agram.m Agram.m, 9 years ago
      Toni1969 and Elisabethan thank you both for loving.
    23. Agram.m Agram.m, 9 years ago
      Moonstonelover21 thanks for your interest and loving

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