VICTORIAN Jewellery | 1837-1901

Sentiment, kept in metal. Spanning six decades of a single reign, 1837 - 1901, Victorian jewellery moved through distinct phases of feeling: the Romantic period's delicate motifs of love and nature, the Grand period's darker mourning jewellery in jet and black enamel, and the Aesthetic period's turn toward symbolism and ornament. Rose-cut diamonds, seed pearls, and detailed gold and silver work carried sentiment in its most literal form, often inscribed with hidden meaning. Keshett sources its Victorian pieces from estate sales, private collections, and specialist dealers, selecting only what still carries the weight of its history. To hold one is to hold a sentiment someone else once meant forever.