I mean Valentine's Day is coming up, so
Feb. 5th, 2019 09:13 amY'all I have to go to work, but: just discovered Georgian "eye minature" jewelry while poking around for fiction research, and needed to share the weirdness in case you were not aware:
Disembodied body parts sadly spying on you, SO ROMANTIC! I thought for SURE this would be a Victorian trend due to the extreme creepiness factor, but no, apparently it's earlier. Yikesy, guys.
Edit: Here's a fascinating Atlas Obscura article about these trinkets: apparently the fad caught on in England due to the future George IV exchanging them with his illegitimate mistress/bride, Maria Fitzherbert. And although the height of the trend was earlier, Victoria (predictably) did apparently commission some of these. Thanks![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
chestnut_pod for the tip!
Disembodied body parts sadly spying on you, SO ROMANTIC! I thought for SURE this would be a Victorian trend due to the extreme creepiness factor, but no, apparently it's earlier. Yikesy, guys.
Edit: Here's a fascinating Atlas Obscura article about these trinkets: apparently the fad caught on in England due to the future George IV exchanging them with his illegitimate mistress/bride, Maria Fitzherbert. And although the height of the trend was earlier, Victoria (predictably) did apparently commission some of these. Thanks
chestnut_pod for the tip!
