Victorian Sardonyx & Hair Mourning Ring

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Available from Isadora's Antique Jewlery when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Dated 1868. This 15KT gold Victorian mourning ring features a bezel-set polished oval sardonyx tablet. The shoulders are finely engraved with foliate detailing, while the dark inset panels contain preserved woven hairwork — a traditional 19th-century memorial practice. Mourning rings of this period were deeply personal commemorative pieces, created to honor and remember a loved one. The use of sardonyx — a banded stone associated with strength and resilience — reflects the Victorian emphasis on