Comments on: Olympic Metals from Delaware History: Gold http://history.blogs.delaware.gov/2012/08/12/olympic-metals-from-delaware-history-gold/ The official blog for Delaware's Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Delaware Historical and Cultural Affairs Bloghttp://history.blogs.delaware.gov/files/2012/02/HCABlog50px.jpghttp://history.blogs.delaware.gov By: traviskirspel http://history.blogs.delaware.gov/2012/08/12/olympic-metals-from-delaware-history-gold/#comment-121045 traviskirspel Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:50:12 +0000 http://history.blogs.delaware.gov/?p=974#comment-121045 Good guess, but this is actually a Victorian mourning fob. Today, the loss of a loved one is a very personal experience that we all handle in our own way, but mourning was more public and regimented process in the 19th century. This <a href="http://artofmourning.com/2010/07/20/textiles-tuesday-19th-century-part-1/" rel="nofollow">article</a> from The Art of Mourning gives some good insight on the practice: http://artofmourning.com/2010/07/20/textiles-tuesday-19th-century-part-1/ Thanks for participating! Good guess, but this is actually a Victorian mourning fob. Today, the loss of a loved one is a very personal experience that we all handle in our own way, but mourning was more public and regimented process in the 19th century. This article from The Art of Mourning gives some good insight on the practice: http://artofmourning.com/2010/07/20/textiles-tuesday-19th-century-part-1/

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