Newly listed to Metal Corset II is this rare Georgian (1790-1820) flaming hearts hair memorial mourning brooch.
Beneath the glazed compartment is a beautiful sepia painting which was painstakingly hand created using macerated hair.
Several loving symbolic icons are represented in this memorial piece as follows:
Cypress Tree: Symbolic for hope as the trees point towards the heavens
Dog: Symbolizes Fidelity (rare)
Column or plinth:
Unbroken-Symbolic for Strength of Life and Eternity
Broken-Symbolic for Life cut short
Flaming Hearts: Symbolic forTogetherness and Love
Crown/Wreath: Symbolic for Redemption
And a monogram/cypher made of hair, "CM" or "MC" which could stand for Charles and Mary, or Christine and Michael, etc.
So, my interpretation of this brooch memorializes two individuals in love, probably a husband and wife, that will continue to love one another for an eternity in fidelity that now reside in heaven and live in the glory of redemption.
(thank you to www.artofmourning.com for symbolism)
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