Gold clasp of a Georgian mourning bracelet, woven hair under glass ringed with seed pearls, close view, IM-0001 IM-0001
IM-0001Acquired 2026

Georgian Hair Mourning Bracelet, Engraved 1792

England, probably, ca. 1792

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Georgian Hair Mourning Bracelet, Engraved 1792

Date made ca. 1792
Origin England, probably
Materials Human hair, Gold, unmarked, Seed pearls, Glass
Context

A bracelet of plaited brown hair with gold terminals and a clasp set with seed pearls around a panel of woven hair under glass, the reverse engraved for a woman named May who died in September 1792 at seventy-seven.

Bracelets like this were made from the hair of the person mourned and worn by someone who had lost her, and this one still carries her name.

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