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The portrait as a wearable token of affection or mourning. Photo-jewelry represents the ultimate intersection of private sentiment and public display, where lockets, brooches, and rings acted as portable shrines for the beloved and the departed.

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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to photo-jewelry
2Advert for Thomas Skaife (1860)
3Advert for enamelled photo buttons (1898)
Types
4Photo-jewelry: Bracelets
5Photo-jewelry: Brooches and pins
6Photo-jewelry: Lockets
7Photo-jewelry: Pendants
8Photo-jewelry: Rings
9Photo-jewelry: Stick pins
10Photo-jewelry: Cufflinks
Uses
11Photo-jewelry: Political
Photographic buttons and medallions
12Photographic buttons and medallions

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