Costume Jewelry Piece of the Day


"Mourning" Necklace and Married Earrings

This resembles "mourning jewelry." The necklace is composed of five strands of twisted seed beads. The clasp is distinctive and has two leaves with rhinestone flower accents on each section. There is no signature on the necklace.

The earrings are a pair of dangling seed bead hoops with seed beads on the cab. They're screwbacks.

I also have a white set that is similar, and a matching pair of white seed bead earrings. The white necklace is just a woven single strand of seed beads.

I think this may have been worn to a funeral, but cannot locate any pictures of a family member wearing the necklace. It could have been worn to my biological grandfather's funeral, but this would date the necklace to the mid-1930s. I do not believe it is that old.