Georgian Cabochon Amethyst & Diamond Memorial Cluster Ring stacking Natural Pearls & Emerald

Natural Pearls & Emerald

It's elaborately embellished all over with a combination of applied floral and beaded three-tone goldwork

set with an oval shaped onyx panel with a gorgeous Old European cut diamond "floating" in the centre

an in a bizarre parallel with Beethoven

and dates from the turn of the 20th Century

Georgian Cabochon Amethyst & Diamond Memorial Cluster Ring stacking Natural Pearls & EmeraldDATE: Georgian, c. 1830 Most people are familiar with Victorian mourning with it's strict rules, however mourning in the Georgian era also had rules. Grief is automatically triggered by loss and mourning, in its most pure form, is a period of transition for a loved one to understand the loss and accept the memory of a person. Stages of mourning in fashion and identity were separated into deepest mourning, ordinary and half stage. Each of these stages