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Cremation Jewelry is widely believed to have begun in England after Queen Victoria's husband died of typhoid in 1861. During the next forty years, the Queen mourned and it was in this period when the beginnings of cremation jewelry began. It was called mourning jewelry and since it did not hold ashes, it was more symbolic than today’s cremation jewelry. 

Much of the first mourning jewelry was made of intricately woven hair of the deceased and called Hair art--the ancient practice of creating wreaths, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, bonnets and other decorative accessories entirely from human hair. 

The options to keep the remains of our cremated loved ones are certainly different today than centuries ago. Today’s cremation jewelry is as unique as the people it memorializes and comes in attractive, pendants, bracelets and other items that have a small container in which a portion of the cremated ashes can be kept. There’s also hand blown glass pieces that incorporate ashes during the molten process which turns ash into beautiful white sparkles, into glass sculpted designs and keepsakes. 

Whichever you choose for the ashes, cremation jewelry is a unique keepsake for those who would like to keep part of their loved ones close in a physical way. 

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