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Victorian Mourning Jet 3 shell cameo bracelet Md Relief
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Victorian Mourning 3 Medium Relief Shell Cameos In Jet Bracelet ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Money Order, Cashiers Check, PayPal With Confirmed Address Sorry, but PayPal policy states that sellers will lose their insurance if they ship items to an unconfirmed USA address. If you are an international buyer, cannot get your address confirmed, and have 100 stars or more with a 99% rating, please contact me so that we can work something out about PayPal. This is a lovely and highly unusual, Victorian jet bracelet set with three, medium relief carved shell cameos. They appear to be of one graceful female bordered by a male on each side. In their hair are wreaths of large leaves which are probably grape leaves. They are probably either mythical figures or celebrants of a bacchanalian ceremony. Bacchus was the ancient Greek god of wine, celebration, agriculture, and the fertility of nature. The top section of the bracelet is boldly designed to consist of 3, oval jet mounts, each set with a cameo (all in great condition) and separated by fancily shaped jet sections. The rest of the bracelet is made up of individual pieces of jet and all of the pieces are threaded on elastic to allow the bracelet to expand to fit most wrist sizes. The jet has a highly polished finish and the bracelet is in good order throughout. T are a few very tiny flea bites, but I have to say that of all of the mourning pieces I have encountered, this one is in the best condition I have seen. I know this to be jet because of the conical shape of those tiny fleabites, which is a characteristic jet. I have also handled a great deal of jet over the years, as I collect these pieces, and am well satisfied that this piece is of the right age and is jet set with the cameos. It really looks wonderful on, and is large enough to look good on a chunkier wrist. This lovely bracelet is 1.25" at the tallest point (the largest jet mounting) and 6.25" at the widest point, but will stretch to accomodate larger wrist sizes. It is easy to idealize the Victorian era when gazing upon the lovely carved furniture, graceful porcelain and silver, and gorgeous jewelry that comes down to us from that time. Who wouldn't want a cook, a butler, a bevy of housemaids, a governess for the children, and a ladies maid to style one's hair? We tend to forget the grinding and pervasive poverty of the so-called "lower classes", the filth, and the diseases and epidemics that even wealth could not hold at bay. Death walked freely among the Victorians, preying heavily on their young as well as the aged and infirm. You were old in your 40s, but many women would not even live to see that age. One out of seven pregnancies ended in the death of the mother and child, while the average number of pregnancies a woman could expect during her marriage was 11. Even if a woman beat the odds, a high percentage of her pregnancies would end in the loss of the newborn. In addition, 50% or more of the children who survived the dangers of birth never made it to age 5. Another 50% would die by their teens. Faced with such staggering odds, the Victorians soldiered on. Most of them did not keep family members at an emotional distance in order to protect themselves from the heartaches of loss, but rather embraced love and celebrated it in their literature and in their sentimental jewelry. And when that loved one died, he or she was intensely mourned. The survivors would wear jet and gutta percha jewelry as well as create hair and photographic remembrances to keep a part of the lost loved one close to their hearts and always present in their households. The Victorians, for all of their social pomposity and egocentric views, were incredibly brave and loving. They did not shy away from life, but enthusiastically embraced it. I do not know if I would ever have the courage to leave my house if I had to face the terrible odds they endure... 
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