I’ve been steadily adding to my Victorian/Edwardian brooch collection for some time now. This is how my collection of sweetheart brooches with names is progressing:
It’s one of those collections that just started with my liking a small brooch with the name Edith on it. The rest is history (if you pardon the pun). I like to wonder what the ladies in question were actually like…
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So are these brooches the ladies themselves would wear, or did they give them to their sweethearts?
The ladies would wear them, often given to them by their sweethearts. Though, I have seen them with men’s names on too, also ‘Best Wishes’ and that sort of thing.
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Coke was legal back in Victorian times. So, I think the name tags started as an aid to help them remember who they were. Perhaps. Not definitive.
Very pretty, and what a good idea.