VICTORIAN gold and enameled brooch with plaited thick blonde hair under glass with extended pin stem, "In Memory Of" encircling frame, and engraved on back, 1-1/2" by 2": 
Ms Buchannan, died 12th Nov 1843
John Wilson died 4th June 1843
Seen in Christie Romero's "Warman's Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 35 and in Becker's "Antique & Twentieth Century Jewelry" on page 106.   It also was featured in Southeastern Antiquing & Collecting Magazine, August 2003.  View   View   View   View  #V9521

  GEORGIAN/early VICTORIAN rare pinchbeck and woven hair bracelet with a faceted purple paste stone in a cannetille work clasp. Four colors of plaited hair made up this bracelet, which makes me wonder if it might have been made by four daughters for their mother. It is 7" long and 1-1/4" wide.  It was featured in Southeastern Antiquing & Collecting Magazine, August 2003. Similar Victorian hair jewelry bracelet designs can be seen in A. Bernard & Co. Catalogue 1870.     View   View   View   View   View   View   #V1957

   VICTORIAN palette work hair flower bouquet set into a gold with black enameling lover's knot brooch, 2".   View   View   View   #V29441    

VICTORIAN hair jewelry, a 14k yellow gold framed bracelet of fifteen tubular hollow links, each a beautifully woven memento with varying tones of hair, and each link inscribed with the source monogram, 6 3/4" x 1 1/2". This is probably the loveliest token of friendship I have ever seen, and one of the most unusual. Similar to one shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 285.    View   View    View   View   View   #V32065

GEORGIAN/EARLY VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold earrings, each a foil-backed closed collet set dark citrines suspending an acorn-shaped hair pendant on early hinged ear wire findings, 1-1/2". This pattern is shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 121.  #V32067

VICTORIAN brooch with two-toned plaited locks of hair interwoven within seed pearl and onyx surround and safety chain, 1-1/8".  View   #V32066

 VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold beautifully enameled little "Merry Christmas" sentimental locket with a banner, mistletoe and holly on the front and two palette worked hair plumes with seed pearls under glass inside, circa 1890, 1-1/4".  View   View   #V24996

VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold mourning ring with black "In Memory Of" enameling, plaited brown hair under glass front, engraved inside "Caroline Ryland, obt 11 Nov 1855, age 45", size 9.   View   View   #V29762

  VICTORIAN 10 karat yellow gold hair locket with black enameled "In Memory Of" on front, "Hannah Taylor, born June 23, 1872 died July 30, 1876, Rest in Jesus" and hand-tied hair curls inside, 1-5/8" by 1-1/4".   View   View   View   #V29823 

VICTORIAN 18k yellow gold and Persian turquoise knot brooch, lovely detailed design on the front and two memorial hair compartments on the back. The knot was a Victorian symbol for unending love. This fabulous brooch is 2-1/4" by 2-2/3".   View   View   View   View    #V32572

VICTORIAN yellow gold filled mourning brooch with curled hair in three shades accented with tiny seed pearls against a pale pink background, 2-1/4" by 1-7/8".  View   #V31345 

VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold knot brooch with garnets, hair compartment on back of lower dangle, 1-3/4" by 3". This is a lovely high-relief piece and a very unusual type of hair jewelry. The knot is a symbol for unending love. The top garnet has a very tight and hard-to-see crack, but the stone is secure and it is not detrimental to the overall look of the piece as it is visible only under magnification. The center dangle has a fox tail end, and the overall design is detailed, three-dimensional and elegant. See Bell's "Collecting Victorian Jewelry" page 149.   View   View   View   #V30099  

GEORGIAN hair sepia neoclassical art mourning ring, sepia hair painting on ivory under crystal showing a woman crying into her handkerchief under a weeping willow tree and beside a tomb, engraved "Jas. Liddell, Jan.1784 Ae 42", typical Georgian navette shape surrounded by amethysts, size 8 and 1-1/4" along the finger, no marks, total weight .32. One tiny amethyst is chipped, visible only under magnification. Rings similar to this can be seen in "Sentimental Jewelry" by Ann Louise Luthi page 8-9; and in "Georgian Jewellery" by Davidov and Collins page 160.   View   View   View   View   #V34828

VICTORIAN gold and black enamel palette worked hair plumes, seed pearls and golden wire work memorial brooch with engraving on back, "Alex McDonald, obt. 23rd Dec, 1850, Agnes Sanderson, 14th Nov. 1871. Note that each side of the curled hair is a different color, one for each of the people memorialized in the engraving on the back.   View   View   View   #V31130

VICTORIAN lady wearing a lovely hair brooch with woven and braided hair.  View   #Vpho1

VICTORIAN sentimental triple knot hair brooch in yellow gold settinng, circa 1880, 1-5/8". Hair jewelry was a popular sentimental item throughout the 1800s. This is an unusual design, and may have been done by siblings in a family. A very similar brooch can be seen in this Victorian-era photograph View.   View   #V28119 

VICTORIAN Whitby jet with plaited hair locket, 1-1/2" by 1-1/3" locket with 1/3" loop, fittings and plaited hair inside.   View   View   #V32221

GEORGIAN early 1800's 14k yellow gold, garnet and pearl lace pin with hair enclosure, 3/4" by 5/8".   View   #V32198

VICTORIAN puffy heart padlock charm with hair enclosure, 1". A similar piece can be seen on page 36 of Bell's "Collecting Victorian Jewelry".    View   #V31587

       VICTORIAN hair brooch, ornate silver setting with pastes, palette work hair curls and seed pearls, 1-1/2".  This is an unusual setting for a hair piece.  View   #V27578

  VICTORIAN jet and seed pearl hair brooch with plaited blonde and brown hair under glass, 1-3/4". Seed pearls in Victorian mourning jewelry often represented tears.  View   #V29447

 GEORGIAN memorial hair ring with pearl surround and blonde hair. Size 7-1/4 and engraved, " Joseph Dixon died 16th Jan.y 1815 aged 50".  Engraving   #V15165

VICTORIAN 14 karat yellow gold brooch with brown, blonde and red hair. The setting has lovely branches, leaves and tendrils and the hair is held in place by tiny seed pearls and golden threads interspersed with golden thread wheat stalks, symbol of prosperity and abundance, circa 1880, 2" by 2-1/4". This would have been a sentimental friendship brooch, not a memorial piece, and it has a compartment on the back as well. Total weight .82 ounces.    View   View   View   #V32449 

    CAMEO swivel brooch with hair compartment on the back, circa 1880, 2".   View   #Q28120

   VICTORIAN 18k hair brooch/pendant, oval with braided hair in two shades of blonde and brown hair, basket woven hair back, 2" wide.  View   #V18982       

    VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold and black enameled "In Memory Of Eliza" hair brooch, 7/8".   View   #V27614  

  GEORGIAN/VICTORIAN "In Memory Of" hair brooch with the name "Sarah" in hair compartment, 7/8".   View   #V27608      

  GEORGIAN man's lace brooch with hair insert, engraved "Susanna Bush, obt 12 Aug 1807 alt 30", an unusually early date, 1".   View   View   #V29477     

   VICTORIAN gold pierced hair ring with shield front, size 9-1/4.   #V21550

 VICTORIAN 14k hair ring engraved "SB", woven hair on sides.  See Bell's "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry" page 187.  View   #V23358   

   VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold etched design ring with woven hair inside, circa 1880, size 7-1/4. This can be seen in an 1870 A. Bernhard catalogue of Victorian Hair Jewelry. and Bell's "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry" page 185.  View   #V15458

VICTORIAN hair set in pierced gold ring with etched design and initials "MPH" on the front, size 6-1/2.   View   #V31359

VICTORIAN hair double dangle earrings of table work and gold fittings, screw back fittings probably replaced the original pierced ones in the early 1920s, slight unraveling at tops of one earring, 2-1/4".   View   View   View    View   #V31360

VICTORIAN hair woven on gold cross pendant, 1-1/4" cross on 1/3" loop. See Bell's "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry" page 124.  View   View   #V31361

  VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold hair purse pocketbook charm, circa 1880, 7/8". See one like this in Bell's "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry" page 197. This is shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 159. A similar design can be see in the A. Bernard & Co 1870 Catalogue on page 7 and PAGE 13.   View   #V31399

VICTORIAN hair plume palette work brooch with seed pearls and curled wire work, table work hair frame and gold fittings, circa 1870, 1-5/8" by 1-1/4". Similar brooch seen in the 1870 Edition of A Bernhard & Co. Catalogue.   View   View   #V31354

VICTORIAN black and white enameled Classical urn motif brooch with glass covered hair compartment, circa 1840, some enamel missing, 3/4" by 1". Bell's "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry" page 94.   View   #V31385 

 VICTORIAN hair bracelet in an open weave with gold stations and clasp, beautifully made, two hair portions unraveling on back, circa 1870, 7-1/4" by 3/4". This bracelet can be seen on page 28 of the A. Bernhard & Co 1870 catalogue of hair jewelry. Similar to one shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 285.   View   View   View   Catalogue Page    #V31353 

VICTORIAN hair bow pin with acorn drops with the :knot" of the bow of gold tone inscribed with the name "Lizzie", some unraveling at bottoms of acorns. This is shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 144.   View   View   View   View      #V31362

VICTORIAN braided hair watch chain with gold fittings, unraveling about 2" on one side, 10-1/3".   View   View   View   #V31355

 VICTORIAN hair large hoop earrings, gold filled fittings, 1-7/8" long and 1-5/8" wide. Bell's "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry" page 141. These earrings are shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 160.  #V31386

VICTORIAN hair brooch with cross pendant and gold filled fittings. This is shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 145.   

VICTORIAN hair earrings with open weave table work and gold fittings.

VICTORIAN hair pin with orange cabochons center stone framed with plaited hair and set in gold, monogrammed "MBF", a small but extremely unusual piece, 1".   View   View   #V31356

VICTORIAN hair bow bracelet of "plain open braid" weave table work with engraved initials "AVP" on clasp, delicate at point where it joins the center fitting. This pattern is shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 110.   View   View   View   #V31357

VICTORIAN table worked hair in two tones with gold tone leaves and berries dangle pierced earrings, kidney wire findings, circa 1870, 1-1/4". These earrings are shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 160.    View   View   #V31358

VICTORIAN hair brooch with table worked open frame and palette worked woven hair center set in yellow gold filled, 1-1/8". This is shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 159.    View   #V31468

 VICTORIAN hair bracelet with etched design locket front, 6-5/8" by 7/8".   View   View   View   #V31408

VICTORIAN hair and wire work flowers with artificial pearls.   View   View   

A. Bernhard & Co. Catalogue, 1870
PAGE 9 of Victorian hair jewelry: brooches in fancy designs, including florals and initials.

VICTORIAN blond hair bow brooch of open table work with drops, 2" by 1-3/4". This brooch, sadly, has major damage, but I am sure it was treasured and worn by someone many years ago.  This is shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 144.   View   View   View   #V31395

A. Bernhard & Co. Catalogue, 1870
 PAGE 16 of Victorian hair jewelry: bracelets and brooches.

      VICTORIAN hair set in etched and enameled gold pierced earrings with three pendants, kidney wire findings, 1-3/4" top to bottom. Earrings like these, circa 1870, can be seen on page 45 of Romero's Warman's Jewelry, Ed. 3. Similar earrings are on page 143 of Davidov & Dawes "Victorian Jewelry".   View   #V27335 

  VICTORIAN hair brooch, basket weave hair enclosed in golden glass covered compartment with Greek key motif around the edge, 1-3/4".   View   #V27353

       VICTORIAN brown hollow acorn braid woven hair acorn earrings, 1-1/8". Earrings like these, circa 1870, can be seen on page 45 of Romero's Warman's Jewelry, Ed. 3. This pattern is shown in the reprint of "The Art of Hair Work, 1875" by Mark Campbell, page 121.   View   #V27607

    VICTORIAN  hair brooch with loop for pendant,  "In Memory Of" in gold tone around the edge on black enameled 1-1/2" x 2".   View   #V21552

   VICTORIAN hair brooch with black enamel sentimentally engraved "In Memory of Wee Jeanie", 1-5/16".   View   #V17492

   VICTORIAN hair brooch with "In Memory Of" in gold tone around the edge on black enameled 1-1/2" x 2".  View   #V17215

     VICTORIAN hair brooch, black enameled frame with scrolled design, 2".    View   #V27574

VICTORIAN 10k yellow gold and black enamel with seed pearls forget-me-not front, hair compartment back, gray-blond hair, engraved "John Sweeting died 24 March 1845 aged 85".   View   #V27605      

   VICTORIAN basket weave hair brooch, black enameled frame "In Memory Of" scrolled design, dents on back, 2".   View    #V27575

VICTORIAN 14k yellow gold and chalcedony ( a kind of white quartz) small Persian turquoise cabochons brooch with forget-me-not motif in an aqua enameled, 2". Circa 1840-50.  Seen in "Warman's Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 41.  It also was featured in Southeastern Antiquing & Collecting Magazine, August 2003.   View    #V14952       

   VICTORIAN chalcedony hair brooch with two colors of hair, 1-5/8".   View   #V27336  

VICTORIAN hair brooch, glass covered hair compartment set in chalcedony, 1-3/4".    View    #V27355 

VICTORIAN chalcedony brooch with plaited hair in compartment, 1-3/4".   View   #V29258

 VICTORIAN braided hair bracelet, engraved inside "CLVR", 6" by 1/2". View #V25845

 GEORGIAN hair 1/2" pendant engraved on the back "Benj'n Hawkins, b. 19th Jan 18__, AE {age} '59", framed with seed pearls which are symbolic of tears, on a newer 20" chain marked "585". This was probably once a ring or a lace pin.   View   #V27361  

  VICTORIAN HAIR RING   14k with seed pearls surrounding woven hair under a crystal, size 4, circa 1880.  View    View    View   #V17771

     VICTORIAN swivel brooch, lady wearing locket photo on front and woven hair on back, 2-1/4".   View   #V27783

   VICTORIAN gold filled brooch with hair compartment on back, 1".   View   #V28857 

  VICTORIAN hair brooch, carved and pierced bone deer insert, hair compartment on back, engraved hoops frame, carving shows some breaks, 2-1/8". This type of carving was done in Erbach, Germany. See Bell's "Collecting Victorian Jewelry" page 21.    View   #V27360

VICTORIAN hair locket brooch with etched flowers and embossed scrolls, engraved on back "FHN".   View   View   #V27368 

   VICTORIAN hair brooch, black enameled frame "In Memory Of", engraved on the reverse, "FR obt Nov 13, 1856".   View   #V27579 

   VICTORIAN locket brooch with scrolled edging, engraved castle front, 1-5/8".   View   #V27580   

        VICTORIAN locket with hair compartment inside.  View   #V18646

     VICTORIAN yellow gold oval swivel brooch with substantial setting, 2-1/2".   View   #V28804   

  VICTORIAN jet brooch with hair compartment, etched design, 1".   #V27603  

   VICTORIAN 375 (9 ct) hair 14" watch chain with fob engraved with initials and marked "WA .375".  View   #V21554

    VICTORIAN  gold filled hair 3/4" pendant on 17-1/2" chain.    #V15460

 VICTORIAN octagonal hair pendant on chain, redone from a brooch long ago.   View   #V15461

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Small pins like the ones below are often referred to as "lace pins". They were worn not only by women, using them to fasten lace around the collar, but also by men of the Regency/Georgian era... those who wore velvet jackets, lace-trimmed shirts with ruffles, make-up, wigs and high heels. Examples of this style of dress can be seen HERE.
 

     GEORGIAN hair brooch, tiny rectangular with black faceted stone frame, curved shape, 1".   View   #V27357

   GEORGIAN dainty blonde hair brooch with seed pearls, 3/4". View #V25998  

   GEORGIAN handkerchief pin with plaited brunette hair, gold frame, 1".   #V27585 

    VICTORIAN hair brooch,  engraved on back "R.M., Mother", oval 7/8".   View   #V27359

  VICTORIAN hair brooch, tiny two-sided glass covered compartments, snake frame, 1". In Victorian times, the snake was the symbol of eternal love.   View   #V27356

  VICTORIAN hair brooch, oval with glass hair compartment, tiny 1".    View   #V27358 

VICTORIAN 14k enameled hair brooch engraved  "HRK", 1-1/8".   View   #V18608

   VICTORIAN  hair brooch 1-7/8".  View   #V16359

VICTORIAN  tiny hair brooch, 3/4" oval engraved on the back "MG".  View   #V17217

        VICTORIAN gold rectangular brooch with blond hair compartment, 1".   View   #V27606

    VICTORIAN rectangular entwined hair brooch with double etched gold frame, engraved on reverse "Solomon Howe Ae 53, died July 29th 1830; Sarah Howe Ae 48 died Sept 2 1837. View #V27613

      VICTORIAN hair brooch with black enamel frame, engraved on reverse "Walter Carley died 14 Feb 1886 aged 13 months", 1-1/8".   View   #V27609