Sketches of the loved one or tranquil scenes…

.. were put on the lockets, fobs, and pictures alongside hair or separate from it.   Designs specific to the Victorian eras surrounded the sketch; usually highly ornamented with scrolls and symbols taken from ancient societies like Greek and Roman gods, or religious institutions.

Often the cemetery was depicted, with the loved one “haunting” their own grave, or like this 1790 brooch, the loved one’s dog sits crying.  Brooches of the 18th century and 19th century were much similar in depiction, but different in materials, as new synthetics, resins, and imports became available at the approach of 1900.

(Mourning brooches: left, 1790; right 1860’s)