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=Hair Jewelry= During the Victorian Era hair jewelry was something that held its place among the Crown and the wealthy class. The two main types of hair jewelry that were commonly seen through the era were jewelry that was worn in the hair and jewelry that contained or was made of hair.

The pieces of hair jewelry that had become popular during the era were combs and head dresses. Combs were something that became popular among the rich and wealthy in the late 1800’s and was something that women were often seen wearing. Women often styled their hair with the use of a comb. As Margaret Flower states in her book Victorian Jewelry- Late Victorian Jewelry, “The hair is arranged in a top-knot, and the heading of a comb stuck into the topknot rises even higher. Most combs have a foundation of tortoiseshell with a gold or jeweled heading”(197). They were not only worn out of fashion, but also to help enhance the style and height of the hair. The most popular combs of the era were the two pronged tortoiseshell pins with a gold coil. Another type of hair jewelry that was popular during the era was the headdresses women wore during times of marriage. The most well known was the headdress worn by Queen Victoria when getting married to Prince Albert. The headdress she wore was a wreath made up of orange flowers. This became so popular that her headdress became the standard “uniform” of brides throughout the era and extended beyond the Victorian Era, per page 26 in Charlotte Gere’s book Jewellry in the Age of Queen Victoria: a Mirror to the World. Although these types of headdresses Victoria wore became the uniform look, they were also made with jewels that weaved through the hair, and can even be found displayed in some portraits of Victoria herself.