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On display at V&A South Kensington

Jewellery, Rooms 91 to 93 mezzanine, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (made)

The Victorians continued the custom of using hair jewellery in gifts of love and remembrance. Queen Victoria both wore and gave jewellery set with hair. Hair curls were set in more modest mounts than before.

Object details

Categories	Jewellery Metalwork Death
Object type	Locket
Materials and techniques	Enamelled gold set with plaited hair Gold Human Hair Enamel
Brief description	Inscribed gold locket, the frame edged with a serpent enclosing a drooping rose bush and a butterfly in enamelled gold on a background of hair, surrounded by the inscription, England, ca.1810.
Physical description	Gold locket, the frame edged with a serpent enclosing a drooping rose bush and a butterfly in enamelled gold on a background of plaited hair, surrounded by the inscription La Rose Flétrie le Papillon s'Envole ( translated as The rose withers, the butterfly flies away and I snapped it, it fell to the ground. Engraved on the backAnd such I exclaim'd is the pitiless part, some art by the delicate Mind, Regardless of Wringing and Breaking a Heart, already to sorrow resigned.
Dimensions	Height: 4.8cm Width: 3.7cm Depth: 0.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	La Rose Flétrie le Papillon s'Envole (inscription around the edge) I snapped it, it fell to the ground (inscription around the edge) And such I exclaim'd is the pitiless part, some art by the delicate Mind, Regardless of Wringing and Breaking a Heart, already to sorrow resigned (engraved on the back)
Credit line	Given by Dame Joan Evans
Subjects depicted	Butterfly Rose Bush Serpents (Animal)
Summary	The Victorians continued the custom of using hair jewellery in gifts of love and remembrance. Queen Victoria both wore and gave jewellery set with hair. Hair curls were set in more modest mounts than before.
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	M.123-1962

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Record created	April 6, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O122822/locket-unknown/

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