Ashes to
Ashes
Jewelry, Urn and Keepsake Pendant COMPANY
PETS:
Ashes to
Ashes
Jewelry, Urn and Keepsake Pendant COMPANY
Ashes to
Ashes
Jewelry, Urn and Keepsake Pendant COMPANY
PETS:
Ashes to
Ashes
Jewelry, Urn and Keepsake Pendant COMPANY
OUR JEWELRY SELECTION FOR PEOPLE:
BUY DIRECT AND SAVE!
Shipping for all jewelry items are via USPS priority (3 to 5 days) with tracking and delivery verification.
SIMPLY THE BEST QUALITY FOR THE BEST SOULS....guaranteed forever!
These are designed to securely contain any type of memorial material including ashes or cremains. They are all of sterling silver or 24k gold over sterling. However we can not advertise these low prices for the human cremation industry. Buy at our wholesale discount prices and save!
(Always keep a small sample of ash in a safe place just in case a necklace is lost! Have a look at our keepsakes-a wonderful way to safely keep a small sample of cremains or other suitable memorial material)
NOTICE: YOU MIGHT NOTICE AN ABUNDANCE IN BACKORDERS - THESE ARE ALL VERY NEW DESIGNS THAT ARE MADE WITH CARE INDIVIDUALLY. WE HAVE HIRED TWO ADDITIONAL SILVERSMITHS, DARLENE AND LUCILLE, TO HELP INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION SO THAT ALL ITEMS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY... We are the manufacturer...
NEW EXAMPLES FOR MEN HERE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING The history of cremation jewelry
Heart Star
Lovely new design. Screw on back side for loading. 5/8" wide by 1/4" thick.
$43.00 Large Purchase Small Purchase
5/8" across 1/2"across
Polished sterling cross:
This polished sterling cross is 3/4 inches tall and has no jumper. Simple and elegant. High quality sterling silver polished to a high gloss. Perfectly suitable for a man or a woman to wear.
1" Tall, screw port access at base. Comes with funnel and instructions. Engraveable backside.
WE CAN NOW ENGRAVE THIS ITEM ON THE BACK SIDE - PLEASE MENTION ENGRAVING ON THE ORDER SHEET AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE ENGRAVED (EXAMPLE)
$49.99 Purchase Engraving $19.99: Purchase
CRESCENT HEARTS
5/8 Inches tall - a lovely hearts on crescent design. .925 Sterling with a gorgeous scalloped bail. Loads via a screw port at the bottom.
$39.99 Purchase
HEART TOWER
Our new cylinder design, a 3/4 inches tall, 1 inch with jumper. Small raised hearts surround the top border. Patent pending design.
Top screws off to reveal fill port. Funnel included. Sterling silver. CHAIN AVAILABLE HERE
$44.30 Purchase
Polished Sterling Tower
The polished sterling tower 3/4 inches tall, 1 inch with jumper. Perfectly suitable for a man or a woman to wear. An elegant and quite popular piece. Top quarter screws off to reveal fill port (patent pending design!). Funnel included. .925 Sterling silver.
$44.00 Purchase
Sterling Tear Drop
A captivating and elegant piece yet very discreet. Recessed thread fill at bottom. Recessed screw on bottom for loading. 9/16th inch tall" wide by 3/8" wide. Shown with the Sterling Starlight chain here.
New lower price! $39.25 Purchase
14K Gold version available now for $210.00 Purchase (no photo available yet - very limited)
The Tribute Series:
The triangle and the pyramid shapes are highly symbolic for so very many aspects of life and spirituality. The Egyptian pyramid is symbolic of life (both human and animals per statues combining human and animal forms) and of permanence and the afterlife (per records of ancient Egyptian funeral rituals). The taller Mesoamerican Pyramids symbolize in part the funeral rites of cremation and passage that served to release the spirit of the body high to the heavens above. Thus, the pyramidal design of this pendant is another meaningful expression of a forever memory - a lasting tribute to a very special life.
Shown
with the Gucciaforme Chain available
here
The Sterling Torch Tribute
A torch, like a candle, represents life. A torch seen ablaze represents immortality, the everlasting life, and wisdom. Conversely, an inverted torch symbolizes mourning--a life extinguished. Symbols include a Tree of life on the left side for what remains, and the extinguished torch on the right side for what has passed.
Includes funnel and instructions for simple loading with the threaded port for loading at the base - screwdriver included. 3/4" tall without jumper, 3/8" wide at base. Engraveable backside. (we do not engrave jewelry)
$43.99 Purchase
Now available in solid 14k gold:
Very Limited production... $244.00 Purchase
Sterling Rose
The rose pendant is symbolic for life, love, beauty and pain. One will always remember the beauty and the painful loss of a special life that has come and gone. Access port via a screw at base. Comes with a funnel and instructions to load with fine ashen remains. CHAIN AVAILABLE HERE
$49.00 Purchase
The Filigree Semper Memoria Cross
"Corisque praecordia lectiones has semper memoria teneant..." (and let the innermost parts of the heart hold ever in memory...)
Shown with the antiquities
chain available here
Our cross design is purposefully designed to resemble both a Latin cross and a
crucifix. For most ancient peoples the cross was a metaphor for the four
indestructible elements of creation (air, earth, fire, and water), thus
symbolizing permanence. The crucifix is a symbol of faith and remembrance. The
design of this pendant hence provides a symbolic gesture for the Latin: Semper
Memoria or "always a memory".
1" Tall, screw port access at base. Comes with a funnel and instructions. Engraveable backside. (we do not engrave jewelry)
$53.99 Purchase CHAIN AVAILABLE HERE
Sterling heart pendant vial urn
Shown with our "exclusive" chain available here
A beautiful and relatively petite pendant-type sterling cremation vial with a threaded top. High quality with a solid feel. Comes with a funnel to assist in loading finer ashen cremains. Engraving is possible by most jewelers. (we do not engrave jewelry).
1" high x 7/8" wide; bail 7mm x 4mm; 4.9 grams
$39.99 Purchase
Tree of Life Heart
A beloved symbol in cultures and faiths around the world, the Tree of Life links the heavens, the earth, and all that is hidden and growing beneath.
Top screws off to fill, comes with funnel kit. 1'' tall .925 Sterling High quality heavy solid feel!
Purchase $42.00
The Prière Pendant
Traditional Victorian influenced cylindrical pendant memorial jewelry in Sterling silver. These are 100% sterling and have no glass insert. The top is a locking clasp-type and can be permanently sealed with a spot of any suitable adhesive. Beautifully hand crafted. Solid feel. Funnel and instructions included.
Size: 1.5" (2 "with bail) x 0.47"x 0.47" (57x12x12 mm)
Weight: 15.5 grams
Floral $45.99 Purchase Filigree $45.99 Purchase Sorry - On Backorder
Scrolled $45.99 Purchase Edinburgh $45.99 Purchase
Dahlia $38.99 Purchase St.Peters $45.99 Purchase
This priere is more slender and a bit taller at 1.6" tall
Chapelle $38.99 Purchase
Le Petite Prière Pendant:
Petite Heart Purchase Petite Star Purchase
The Sterling Heart Forget-me-not NEW MORE PETITE SIZE!
The front and back of this lovely silver heart are both covered with a detailed pattern of ornate Victorian scrolls and tiny forget-me-nots. There is a jump ring attached for a chain of your selection. These measure 1 1/8" tall x 1" wide and are of nice weight. They are marked 925 for 925/1000 sterling. The gold is 24 k plated sterling silver. One of our more popular necklace urns as it is an elegant and very wearable memory keepsake. The threaded is used primarily for ashes whereas the locket is suitable for fur or hair with ash or other small keepsake. The locket comes with a small zip lock baggie and can be permanently sealed with a spot of super glue or other adhesive. CHAIN AVAILABLE HERE
Silver Locket: $46.70 Purchase
Silver thread-top $46.70 Purchase
NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN GOLD:
The Gold Heart Forget-me-not
Same as above but 24k gold over .925 Sterling:
Gold thread-top: $86.70 Purchase
Gold Locket: $86.70 Purchase
Jeweled heart locket
AMETHYST (Violet Jewel) $34.00 Purchase
GARNET (Red Jewel) $34.00 Purchase
A discreet urn necklace or ash pendant hand crafted of solid sterling silver, opens via secured hinge. A wonderful locket for a photo, lock of hair or an adhesed sample of cremains. Add a photo for the perfect heartfelt tribute to a wonderful being. Solid silver feel. Rich and intricately detailed.
Amethyst and Garnet stones available only
Size: 1.00"x0.75"x0.50" (25x19x13 mm)
Weight: 5.0 grams
Jewel pendant
Jeweled sterling silver necklace with lush red garnet at top. Perfect for fur or hair keepsakes due to the wider fill port and likewise suitable for a sample of ash. A very nice piece, we custom make these to be much more petite and finely detailed than what we had previously available. Very secure latch mechanism.
5/8 inch tall, 9/16" wide.
$33.79 SALE! Purchase
The Victorian influence and the history of the keepsake jewelry
THE VICTORIAN ELEMENT OF OUR STYLES :
Today the word “Victorian” refers to a certain highly ornate style of architecture, furnishings, and fashion. It is a style that most people of the Gothic persuasion look at with romantic longing. The 19th century cemeteries that cover most of America today are the most visible and recognizable symbol of this bygone era.
But the one element of Victorian style that continues to fascinate us is the mourning fashions of the day. The Victorian age was named for England’s Queen Victoria. She took the throne in 1837 and died on January 22, 1901. Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, died of typhoid in 1861.
During this period of forty years, the Queen was in mourning. She remained in full mourning for three years and dressed the entire court that way. The Victorian era reflected the Queen’s prudish ethics as well as, most visibly, her personal taste in mourning. Victorian mourning fashion was aimed mainly at women, widows in particular however it soon became more common amongst men via designs in watches, cufflinks and rings.
The fashion had a way of isolating a widow in her time of need just as the Queen had done. For the first year, a woman who was in mourning was not allowed to exit her home with out full black attire and a weeping veil. Her activities were initially restricted to church services.
But mourning attire was the perfect way to show the wealth and respectability of a woman. Some went so far as to dress their servants for mourning when the head of the household passed away. Middle and lower class women would go to great lengths to appear fashionable in times of mourning. Dying clothing black and then bleaching them out again was quite common.
The industry of mourning became so vital to tailors that rumors were spread concerning the bad luck of recycling funeral attire. Hair art also developed in the Victorian era to allow family members to keep mementos of their departed loved ones.
Mourning clothing was an unmistakable and intricate part of life in the 19th
century. The act of proper Victorian mourning seems an art today. Certain
lengths and stages of mourning as well as colors and fabrics all contributed to
this language.
Mourning Jewelry:
Although mourning jewelry has been produced for nearly two thousand years, it
reached its peak in Victorian England at the later half of the 19th Century. The
height in American popularity came during the Civil War.
The material most associated with Victorian mourning is Jet. Queen Victoria
popularized this “black amber” after the death of her beloved Prince Albert.
Jet is a variety of fossilized coal. The most prized and expensive is from
Whitby, England where it has been washing up on shore since prehistoric times.
Jet has an appearance similar to black glass which is used as a modern
substitute.
In first mourning Jet jewelry was the only ornamentation women were allowed.By second and half mourning jewelry made from gutta-percha, gold, pinchbeck, and human hair were incorporated into the wardrobe.
Gutta-percha is natural latex obtained from evergreen trees in East Asia. It
was the first plastic material used for costume jewelry. It is a Jet imitator
that was quite a bit less expensive. Today gutta-percha can be found, amongst
other uses, covering golf balls. Pinchbeck is a false gold used for inexpensive
jewelry during the 19th Century.
Hair art became popular in the Victorian age.
What started as a simple way to keep a loved one near became an elaborate art practiced by many. Taking a lock of hair and weaving it into knot designs for use in a broach was the most popular form of Victorian mourning jewelry.
Rings, bracelets, earrings, watch fobs and necklaces all became quite common
in the later portion of the century. Today this art is prized by collectors and
family historians alike.
Mourning jewelry mirrored the lives and times of the people who wore it. It
was a souvenir to remember a loved one, a reminder to the living of the
inevitability of death, and a status symbol, especially during the Victorian
era.
The earliest examples of mourning jewelry were found in Europe in the 15th
and 16th centuries. Black and white enameled heads or skulls were often set
into rings and brooches. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was a status
symbol to present mourning rings to friends and families of the bereaved.
Mourning jewelry reached its height of popularity in England after the death
of Prince Albert in December 1861. Queen Victoria went into deep mourning,
which was imitated by her subjects when faced with their own bereavements.
Following Albert's premature death, Queen Victoria ordered that his dressing
room at Windsor Castle remain exactly as he left it. His clothes were laid
out every night, and hot water prepared for nightly ablutions. The queen
slept with a photo of the head and shoulders of Albert taken as he lay dead.
All family photos included a life size marble bust of Albert in the center of
the group. Victoria required everyone at court to wear mourning attire on
social occasions for three years. She remained a semi-recluse and wore black
for the rest of her life.
In the United States the use of mourning jewelry increased with the outbreak
of the Civil War. This coincided with the black jewelry used in England in
sympathy with Queen Victoria's widowhood.
International rate calculator coming soon but for now:
International Shipping promotion for JEWELRY ITEMS to The UK :
about 4.00 to 9.00 additional. Larger items are more but if they fit in a flat rate box - about $10.00 US
- one must always consider customs fees as well.
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