A class unique to this era and fairly appropriate to the philosophy of romanticism was mourning jewelry. Gemstones and related materials corresponding to amber and coral, treasured metals, beads, and shells have been widely used, and enamel has often been necessary. In most cultures jewellery may be understood as a standing image, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols. Jewellery has been made to adorn practically every body half, from hairpins to toe rings, and even genital jewellery. More lately, the show of body jewellery, corresponding to piercings, has turn out to be a mark of acceptance…