Huge Antique Georgian to Early Victorian Hair Art Mourning Brooch, Seed Pearls French Sterling Silver so for his time quite

so for his time quite an old gentleman who would show some aging as we see here in this personal item he's had done as a personal gift

and is a remarkable work of anatomical artistry representative of the very best of the Animalier movement that dominated mid-1800s and expressed itself in many forms

expanding to include similar made items for foreign locations

He is the father of ill-fated King Louis XVI

Huge Antique Georgian to Early Victorian Hair Art Mourning Brooch, Seed Pearls French Sterling Silver so for his time quiteAcid tested at 10k gold on the frame and 16k on the pinback, it's in great condition for the age of it. This larger locket style brooch is remarkable for size alone it is 2. 5" x 2. 25" slightly oval. Cover glass is perfectly preserved, slightly convex and the arranged hair within is a work of art, clasped by gold and seed pearls, a feathering curl. Seed pearls represent the tears of the person left behind to mourn the loss. The custom of saving locks