The petite scale, the minuscule engraving, the baby-tooth-like- pearls: everything here is adorable. The little old diamond's pretty great too! Turn the ring around and you'll find, intact under glass, a braid of very white-blonde hair. Wearing someone's hair hidden close to your skin was an extremely intimate gesture. Here, it didn't necessarily have anything to do with death or mourning; it's just about comforting closeness between two people who love each other.
The MATERIALS: 14k gold (tests), silver, 6 2.5mm seed pearls, 1.5mm rose cut diamond, glass locket lens, hair
AGE: c. 1860
CONDITION: Very good - small mark on the shank from a previous resizing
SIZE: 6.5, can be resized down; 8.7mm head, 2.1mm shank