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COLEM:1957.6

Colchester Collections

ring, finger ring, mourning ring

Ring of plaited hair (possibly human) with a brass clasp inscribed with the initials H.W. In the Victorian period people wore jewellery containing or made from the hair of a deceased loved one as a way of remembering them.

Victorian

hair, brass

diameter: 32.00 mm
depth: 5.00 mm

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