Whitby Jet Jewels in the Victorian Age

Luís Mendonça de Carvalho; Francisca Maria Fernandes; Maria de Fátima Nunes; João Brigola

doi:10.3100/025.018.0206

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Luís Mendonça de Carvalho,^1,* Francisca Maria Fernandes,² Maria de Fátima Nunes,² João Brigola²

¹2Author for correspondence: museu@ipbeja.pt
²3Centro de Estudos de Historia e Filosofía da Ciência, Universidade de Evora, Largo do Marquês de Ma

^*Museu Botânico, Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Rua Pedro Soares, 7800-295 Beja, Portugal

Abstract

During the middle nineteenth century, jet obtained from Whitby (England) was sought after due to its dark black color and hardness. This fossilized plant material was used in mourning jewelry, and Whitby hard jet was regarded among the best for carving and bead making. Jet fashion was connected with Queen Victoria, whose long mourning period lasted for almost forty years.

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Luís Mendonça de Carvalho, Francisca Maria Fernandes, Maria de Fátima Nunes, and João Brigola "Whitby Jet Jewels in the Victorian Age," Harvard Papers in Botany 18(2), 133-136, (1 December 2013). https://doi.org/10.3100/025.018.0206

Published: 1 December 2013

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