Did you know?
The most commonly type of victorian jewelry used were brooches. Usually brooches were used to enhance the base of the neck-upper chest area and were usually used together with shawls to properly keep the "front area of proper ladies covered..."

Cameos were originally signature rings. They were used to sign letters and documents, each one representing the person who owned it.

Poison boxes were, at one point in history...used to carry real poison.

Cameo necklace and earring sets became popular in modern times around the 1900's.