Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Mourning Jewelry and Memento MoriIt’s was a rough week at Diehl’s Jewelers last week. Last Monday, a young friend passed away and we had to put our hound, Aonghus, to sleep. Ninety-nine percent of our business is marking happy occasions, but every once in a while we have a sad one. This week has me thinking about Memento Mori, remembrance jewelry. Since at least ancient Greek times people have marked the passing of a loved one with jewelry. Early on this was usually in the form of a ring. Often there would be imagery like a cupid with an extinguished torch, ... VIEW FULL ENTRY AT: 09/19/2012 09:51:35 AM 0 COMMENTS TAGS: BLOG, DIEHL'S JEWELERS, JEWELRY, MOURNING JEWELRY, MEMENTO MORI, HAIR JEWELRY, , GEMSTONES, BERNARDSVILLE, NJ
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