A category unique to this period and positively appropriate to the philosophy of romanticism was mourning jewelry. It originated in England, where Queen Victoria was often seen wearing jet jewelry after the death of Prince Albert; and allowed the wearer to continue wearing jewelry while expressing a state of mourning at the destruction of a loved one.
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This period also saw the Silver Jewelry first chief collaboration between East and West; collaboration in Pforzheim between German and Japanese artists model to Shakudo plaques entrenched into Filigree frames being created by the Stoeffler firm in 1885). Perhaps the elevated finalé â and an appropriate transition to the following period â were the masterful creations of the Russian artist Peter Carl Fabergé, working for the Imperial Russian court, whose Fabergé eggs and jewelry pieces are still considered as the epitome of the goldsmithâÂÂs art.
