Ms. Carson is among the growing number of people buying contemporary versions of mourning ... into brooches or rings. But today, “people now often want things that are modern and celebratory ...

Fred Leighton A selection of 18th century mourning rings at Fred Leighton ... from Georgian and Victorian examples to modern interpretations. They range from cameos and miniature portraits ...

“The mourning rings were probably commissioned by Bentham ... but it was fairly common practice at the time. “Our modern, western views of death come from the early 20th Century when World ...

The sight of someone wearing mourning jewelry made of jet can strike a modern observer as a touch macabre. We are not supposed to hang on so tightly to those who are, after all, gone. But ...