The use of baby teeth (or "milk teeth") in jewelry has nothing to do with mourning. Quite the opposite - during the last centuries, it was worth celebrating if your child survived long enough to lose his or her first teeth. Jewelry featuring these tiny treasures was a brief fad around the turn of the 20th century. This exquisitely simple ring is modeled in 18k rose gold with a single prong-set milk tooth.
MATERIALS: 18k rose gold (tests), milk tooth
AGE: c. 1900
CONDITION: Very good
SIZE: 7.5, can be resized; 5.6mm head, 1.6mm shank