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VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC JEWELRY
Victorian jewelry is as complex in it's symbolism, sentiment and
design as the fashion, architecture and decor of the time. Worn as an
ornament, a love token or a remembrance, jewelry not only completed the
well-dressed lady's costume but also denoted her position in society,
her marital status and her sense of self. Since the Victorian era
stretched over six decades, many types of jewelry came and went in
vogue. Mass production made jewelry available to the widest number of
buyers in the broadest range of designs ever seen before in history.
When it came to formal occasions, the "more is better" theme of the
Victorian era carried over into how jewelry was worn by royalty and the
aristocracy. Paintings of Queen Victoria and other royals at state
occasions show multiple brooches, swags, earrings, bracelets and hair
ornaments.
Photography was an invention of the
Victorian era, and photographic jewelry represented a permanent way to
document beloved friends and family. Since the opportunity to be
photographed was not as prevalent as it is now, a photo was a precious
thing. Worn as brooches, cufflinks, fobs and pendants, these faces from
the past were often mounted in non-precious metals under crystal or
celluloid covers for protection.
Collectors especially appreciate pictures of lovely women and children,
Civil War soldiers and subjects wearing interesting clothing or jewelry.
The addition of engraving, especially dates and love messages, makes the
piece more interesting.
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PHOTO PIN Great Aunt Mary and Grandmother Agnes as young girls, 1890's. View |
VICTORIAN lady photo
14k yellow gold brooch with seed pearls,
black enameling, scroll design, safety chain, 1-1/3".
View
View #V27581 |
VICTORIAN hand tinted little girl photo brooch with seed
pearls set in sterling, 7/8". #V27599 |
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PHOTO PIN My very
bearded great great grandfather, circa 1870. View |
PHOTO BROOCH
of my favorite Aunt Sissie (Cornelia Bennett Negley), circa 1910. |
PHOTO PIN of three of
my Victorian-era uncles.
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VICTORIAN
photo brooch in gold filled frame showing a lovely lady wearing her fanciest
hat, 2". View
#V25999 |
VICTORIAN
round glass locket with star motif, ruby and pearls, 1-1/2", on 10k yellow
gold chain. View
#V26680 |
VICTORIAN 1-3/4 inch
hair and photo memorial swivel brooch. A very unusual
couple. The back compartment
contains very blond hair.
View #V18650 |
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VICTORIAN swivel
brooch double photo brooch, ship's wheel shaped frame, 3".
View
View
View #V27782 |
VICTORIAN swivel double photo brooch, buckle motif frame, 1-5/8".
View #V27780 |
VICTORIAN swivel
brooch, lady wearing locket photo on front and woven hair on back, 2-1/4".
View #V27783 |
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VICTORIAN gentleman
photo brooch set in gold with hook on back, photo shows spots and stains,
2-3/4".
View #V27365 |
VICTORIAN swivel
brooch with charming little girl wearing a hand-knit sweater and carved jet beads
and holding her toy ball on one side, and a hand stitched floral
bouquet on the other, 1-5/8".
View
View #V29249 |
VICTORIAN gentleman
photo on porcelain brooch set in silver tone, 2-1/4".
View #V27364 |
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VICTORIAN black enamel with
seed pearls and gold detailing brooch with hinged photo compartment on back.
View #V29582 |
VICTORIAN yellow gold filled swivel photo brooch
with early 1900s photos on both sides, 2-1/3" by 2".
View #V31346 |
VICTORIAN photo brooch,
soldier in beautifully designed frame brooch with hair compartment and
pendant loop on back.
View #V29584 |
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VICTORIAN silver hand made
pendant with a photo of a little boy on one side, and a lock of his hair
tied with a ribbon and his baby ring on the other.
View
View #V29576 |
VICTORIAN Aesthetic style
yellow gold filled with rose gold overlay oval brooch with a parrot in a
swing and a little girl in fur cap and collar photo on the reverse, 1-3/4".
View
View #V29577 |
VICTORIAN swivel brooch with
daguerreotypes of a wife wearing a cameo and gold long chain and earrings
with crocheted collar and on the reverse, her husband, 1-7/8".
View #V29478 |
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VICTORIAN black enameled
"In Memory Of" gentleman photo brooch, 2".
View #V27366 |
CUFFLINKS The photos of these two unidentified gentlemen were made
into cuff links, 3/4".
View
#V26680 |
VICTORIAN bearded
gentleman photo set in gold tone brooch, 1-3/4".
View #V27367 |
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VICTORIAN 15ct 625
yellow gold and pearls boxed brooch and earrings set, hallmarked and dated
1896-97, in the original box. The brooch is 1-1/2" and the earrings 5/8"
wide with a total length of 7/8". A photo compartment on the back holds a
picture of a smiling little boy.
View View
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View #V33148 |
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VICTORIAN swivel
pin with 1920's lady photos, 1-5/8".
View #V28064 |
VICTORIAN large ivory deer
swivel brooch with photo reverse, 2-5/8".
View
View #V28591 |
PHOTOGRAPH multi-colored enamel photo portrait pendant signed on the
back and dated 1903.
View View
#V23944 |
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VICTORIAN brooch,
bearded man photo, 1-3/4".
View #V27777 |
VICTORIAN swivel
brooch, young boy photos in loop and ball frame, 2-1/4". See Christie
Romero's "Warman's Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 70.
View #V27785 |
VICTORIAN solider
photo in oval pendant, 2-1/8".
View
View #V27339 |
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VICTORIAN photo brooch of
little girl in straw hat set in gold tone twist frame.
View #V29596 |
VICTORIAN pocket watch style
gold filled double sided locket pendant with photo a lady on one side and a
gent on the other, original box, solder repair.
View
View
View #V29604 |
VICTORIAN rolled gold
sweetheart photo pendant with girl photo on one side and lock of hair on the
other. View
#V29599 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, man
with hair wave pointy moustache, 1-5/8".
View #V28090 |
VICTORIAN lady wearing a portrait
or photo brooch. |
VICTORIAN photo pin, man
young with white collar and cravat, 1".
View #V28088 |
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VICTORIAN photo
brooch, lady wearing bar pin, circa 1890, 1-1/2".
View #V28118 |
VICTORIAN lapel
photo pins royalty set, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Edward, Princess Alexandra,
quite rare, 1" each.
View #V28554 |
VICTORIAN tiny sterling baby photo charm engraved, "But Thou,
God's Darling Heed Thy Private Dream, Emerson', 5/8".
View
#V27592 |
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VICTORIAN gold filled
rectangular locket with etched flowers and house scene on the front, gamma
zeta on the back, lady photos inside on a chain.
View
View #V29580 |
VICTORIAN oval gold filled
locket with etched design and initials "FB" on front and lovely lady photo
inside, on new chain.
View
View #V29581 |
VICTORIAN gold filled closed
pocket watch style locket pendant with daguerreotype of a lovely lady and a
curl of blonde hair inside.
View #V29592 |
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VICTORIAN button photo
pin, lady with hands behind her head, "Western Button, Denver CO", 1".
View #V28073 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
lady with braid headband, earrings and brooch, St Louis Button Co 1900, 1".
View #V28074 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
child in beaded edge setting, 1-1/2".
View #V28075 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin,
lady with center part in scrolled frame, 1-1/4".
View #V28076 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
girl in sailor suit brooch, 1".
View #V28077 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
lady with center part, white collar brooch, 1".
View #V28078 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin,
lady with white boa brooch, 1-1/8".
View #V28079 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
lady wearing bar pin, as is with slight crease in photo.
View #V28080 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
lady wearing white bow, 1-1/8".
View #V28081 |
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VICTORIAN photo pendant,
lady with wavy center part, 7/8".
View #V28082 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, man
in soldier uniform brooch, 1".
View #V28083 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, man
with beard and moustache, 1-1/8".
View #V28084 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, man
green rhinestones frame, 1-1/2".
View #V28091 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, man
in scalloped locket frame, 1".
View #V28086 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, man
young with white collar, 1-1/3".
View #V28087 |
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VICTORIAN photo
pin with little girl with short bangs, twist gold tone and green enamel
frame brooch. View
#V29583 |
VICTORIAN hand
tinted photo brooch with well dressed lovely lady.
View #V29585 |
VICTORIAN photo pin with a
sepia of a little boy wearing his dress jacket and tie.
View #V29588 |
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VICTORIAN photo of a lady
brooch in twist gold tone setting.
View #V29591 |
VICTORIAN photo brooch with
young mother and baby in gold tone with aqua and white enamel setting.
View #V29589 |
VICTORIAN photo brooch of a
lady in a gold tone twisted frame.
View #V29600 |
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VICTORIAN lady wearing lovely
earrings photo set in gold tone brooch.
View #V29601 |
VICTORIAN gold filled
embossed and black enameled cross design oval locket pendant with photo
compartment reverse.
View #V29586 |
VICTORIAN photo brooch of
young girl in striped dress.
View #V29593 |
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VICTORIAN pocket watch style
gold filled double sided locket pendant with photo of two ladies.
View #V29587 |
VICTORIAN tintype brooch,
probably the wedding picture of this couple.
View #V29595 |
VICTORIAN larger photo brooch
with a young girl in white dress, gold filled setting.
View #V29590 |
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VICTORIAN photo brooch of a
man set in gold tone and pale blue enamel setting.
View #V29594 |
VICTORIAN photo pin of a
young man in a gold tone patriotic setting with red, white and blue enamel,
as is. View
#V29602 |
VICTORIAN photo pin of a man
in a gold tone patriotic setting with red, white and blue enamel, as is.
View #V29597 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, man
with white necktie, 1-1/8".
View #V28089 |
VICTORIAN photo brooch of a
man set in gold tone with pale blue and yellow enameled leaves and red
rhinestones. View
#V29598 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, young
man with brunette hair, sweater in silver pop-out frame.
View #V29315 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia of
little girl wearing sailor suit and hat.
View #V29341 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
wide-eyed little girl with brunette curls, necktie, gold tone twist frame.
View #V29314 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
little brunette girl in sailor suit.
View #V29316 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, little
brunette girl wearing white dress sepia.
View #V29317 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, mother
and daughter.
View #V29320 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, little
girl in sweater in gold tone and blue forget-me-nots frame photo.
View #V29318 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, blonde
baby in oval hollow gold frame, some dents.
View #V29350 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, little
girl leaning on chair back, reverse marked, "WT Ross".
View #V29513 |
VICTORIAN little girl in
fancy coat button photo brooch, rev "Photo Button Co".
View #V29514 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia of
a young girl holding a rose.
View #V29323 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, young
school girl in faceted gold filled setting.
View #V29324 |
VICTORIAN photo brooch,
little girl in sailor suit.
View #V29325 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, enameled
baby pin, as is.
View #V29336 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia of
a little girl sucking her thumb button photo brooch, "Granley Photo Button,
Chicago" on back.
View #V29340 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, little
brunette girl with bows on shoulders.
View #V29337 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, blonde
curly-haired boy in gold tone and red enamel twist setting.
View #V29339 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia of
a smiling baby in gold filled twist frame.
View #V29327 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, little
girl in striped dress.
View #V29322 |
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VICTORIAN sepia photo pin, young
girl in white ruffled dress.
View #V29311 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
young brunette girl in ruffled dress wearing a pendant.
View #V29312 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, teenage
girl with white hair bow in black twist frame.
View #V29313 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia
of two little boys button pin.
View #V29335 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, little
brunette girl with long ringlets.
View #V29334 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, little
blonde boy in dark suit photo set in gold tone with aqua and white enamel
brooch.
View #V29344 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, tinted
sepia of a lovely lady.
View #V29332 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, lady in
high-neck striped dress.
View #V29329 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia of
a lady wearing a lace collar and heart pendant set in gold tone with aqua
and white enamel frame brooch, pin missing.
View #V29333 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, lady
photo set in gold tone with clear rhinestone frame brooch.
View #V29345 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, beveled
glass cover, dressy man.
View #V29328 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia of
a middle aged lady.
View #V29326 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, boy and
his mother tin type set in gold tone twist brooch.
View #V29346 |
VICTORIAN hand tinted photo
brooch of dapper young man.
View #V29330 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, father
and son photo brooch.
View #V29354 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, lady
photo set in gold tone with green enamel, domed glass cover brooch.
View #V29347 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, lovely
lady, scratched, rev "Made by Oncors & Zarion, NY".
View #V29353 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, lovely
lady with flowers in her hair photo brooch in twisted gold tone oval
setting.
View #V29349 |
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VICTORIAN man in bow tie
set in gold tone with red enamel.
View #V29515 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia
button pin of handsome young man, reverse "Dad Keller curly hair, blue eyes,
189_".
View #V29342 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia of
man facing left, broken glass cover.
View #V29343 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, man
in black enamel frame, 1-1/3".
View #V28092 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, sepia of
a mustachioed man.
View #V29321 |
VICTORIAN daguerreotype of a
lady in an "Oreo" frame, as is, with original pouch.
View
View #V29603 |
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VICTORIAN photo pin, sisters
with lovely blond ringlets, an unusual subject, 1-1/4".
View #V32516 |
VICTORIAN photo pin,
young man in suit and hat, 1".
View
#V32517 |
VICTORIAN photo pin, charming
baby, 1-1/8". View
#V32518 |
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