{"id":7906,"date":"2016-11-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=7906"},"modified":"2016-11-06T20:47:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T01:47:52","slug":"mourning-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=7906","title":{"rendered":"Mourning Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.morninggloryantiques.com\/collectEngraved.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/picmia.com\/img\/1505477.jpg\" alt=\"1505477.jpg (432\u00d7481)\" width=\"432\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beginning in the 14th Century, mourning rings were a common way to memorialize the dead. They were often paid for by the deceased, and bequeathed in wills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collections.mohistory.org\/resource\/216584.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.historyhappenshere.org\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/mourning%20ring.jpg\" width=\"897\" height=\"629\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They came in many forms. The molded one above is a handclasp of farewell. Many used woven hair.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehairpin.com\/mourning-rings-8ed8fac7225#.cpf0g66n8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*a4jC6HS6uzzqG_0I.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rings usually included the details of the deceased, engraved on the inside or outside of the band.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.britishmuseum.org\/2013\/10\/31\/mourning-rings-portable-and-poignant-souvenirs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/britishmuseumblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/bst_3_ring_544x306.jpg?w=544&amp;h=306\" alt=\"Littleton mourning ring found in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. \u00a9 Birmingham City Council\" width=\"544\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unless the loved one was a child, or perhaps unmarried, the choice of stone was something black.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/475131584\/black-mourning-ring-portrait-ring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img0.etsystatic.com\/155\/0\/5571417\/il_fullxfull.1072211228_73yj.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"925\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though the original tradition died out at the end of the 19th Century, it was revived briefly in the 30s &amp; 40s, in the form of Bakelite portrait rings.<\/p>\n<p>If you want one, it&#8217;ll cost ya, but they sure are lovely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flintcottageproject.wordpress.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7907\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/flint-cottage-and-polesden-safe-148.jpg\" alt=\"flint-cottage-and-polesden-safe-148\" width=\"1000\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/flint-cottage-and-polesden-safe-148.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/flint-cottage-and-polesden-safe-148-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/flint-cottage-and-polesden-safe-148-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in the 14th Century, mourning rings were a common way to memorialize the dead. They were often paid for by the deceased, and bequeathed in wills. They came in many forms. The molded one above is a handclasp of farewell. Many used woven hair. The rings usually included the details of the deceased, engraved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bowerbird"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7908,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions\/7908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}