20 Facts About Victorian jewellery

Victorian jewellery was produced during the reign of Queen Victoria, whose reign lasted from 1837 to 1901.

Role of jewellery within Victorian culture was important in determining a person's identity and social status.

Jewellery throughout the Victorian era remains prominent for its design and composition.

The production of jewellery throughout the Victorian era was distinct, as it marked change and innovative practices through the use of new machinery.

Machinery allowed fast production of Victorian jewellery and replaced work that could be done by an individual.

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The collection of jewellery created throughout the Victorian era was diverse, for this reason Victorian jewellery can be divided into three distinct periods: The Romantic period, the Grand period and the Aesthetic Period.

Second period in Victorian jewellery is known as the Grand period or the mid-Victorian period.

Third period in Victorian jewellery is known as the Aesthetic period or the late Victorian period.

Hair Victorian jewellery became an established fashion during the mid eighteenth century.

Hair Victorian jewellery became increasingly prominent in the 1850s with this trend lasting until the 1880s.

The idea of incorporating hair strands into Victorian jewellery is a method of materialising the mourning process.

Hair Victorian jewellery was not worn and accessible for all, its use was limited to middle class and upper class women.

Hair Victorian jewellery was seen as a use of tangible objects that could signify a woman's femininity and status within society.

Women that successfully produced hair Victorian jewellery demonstrated their domestic skills and womanhood within society.

The craft of creating Victorian jewellery using woven hair was a skill that was transferred between a mother and her daughter.

The large demand for making hair Victorian jewellery called for a woman's desire to be industrious from the comfort of her own home.

Hair Victorian jewellery was often produced within the home environment using tools such as a curling-iron, tweezers, gum, a porcelain pallet and a knife.

The practice of wearing black mourning Victorian jewellery continued even after the mourning period of Prince Albert given the high infant mortality rate existing in England at the time.

Mourning Victorian jewellery often displayed initials or the names of the deceased and their date of death which were engraved into the Victorian jewellery in remembrance of the departed.

The fashion of mourning Victorian jewellery gradually declined in 1901 following the death of Queen Victoria.