SOLD Antique 14K Inscribed Rotating Memento Mori Ring filigree Taille d’épargne

Taille d’épargne

For centuries

A 3 3/8"  chain with pin serves as a security

which is painted on the front

Whoever owned this brooch must have cherished it for they took exceptionally good care of it

SOLD Antique 14K Inscribed Rotating Memento Mori Ring filigree Taille d’épargnePreserving a lock of hair in a piece of jewelry to commemorate a deceased loved one was a popular trend during the eighteenth century. Since human hair does not decay, it was a way to hold close a physical memento of a mourned person. The practice continued into the nineteenth century, when it escalated during the Victorian Era. Many of the pieces incorporating hair into the designs were meant as sentimental love tokens, and would be exchanged or