VINTAGE Early 1900s Jet Stone Filigree Screw Back Mourning Earrings

From The Very Early 1900s~Gorgeous Filigree Silver Earrings With Jet Stone~Mourning Jewelry~I Haven’t Tested These For Silver Content~They are Amazing And From My Personal Collection Of Vintage Mourning Pieces. Queen Victoria Of England was saddened over the loss of her beloved husband. Her use of mourning jewelry popularized the tradition throughout the era. In fact, in 1861, it became customary for widows to wear mourning jewelry after the loss of a husband, for a period of one to two years. However, Queen Victoria wore her mourning ring for the remainder of her life. Mourning jewelry mirrored the lives and times of the people who wore it. It was a souvenir to remember a loved one, a reminder to the living of the inevitability of death, and a status symbol, especially during the Victorian era. While mourning customs varied according to status, generally they were very detailed--women had to wear all black for a designated period of time and were restricted in what they could do socially after the loss of a loved one. Those who didn’t comply were shunned.  It was an outward display of what your inner feelings were. Today you can lose the most important person in your life and walk out the door and no one knows anything. Perhaps mourning jewelry can be thought of more as an expression of love than of grief. Its purpose was to keep a departed beloved one near to the heart. Jet Stone Was Almost Always Used In Mourning Vintage Mourning Jewelry.