CALLING ALL ROMANTIC SOULS !! ANTIQUE MIZPHA DOUBLE HEART BROOCH PIN

                             ANTIQUE MIZPHA BROOCH

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MIZPAH, LATE VICTORIAN BROOCH MADE FROM GILT METAL WITH A C SHAPE CLASP IN GOOD CONDITION. LENGTH 4.5cm, WIDTH 2cm. 

MIZPAH SYMBOLIZES THE UNBREAKABLE BOND BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE SEPERATED, EVEN IF THEY ARE SEPERATED BY DEATH. THE SYMBOLISM IS FROM GENESES 31;49  " AND MIZPAH, FOR HE SAID THE LORD WATCH BETWEEN ME AND THEE, WHEN WE ARE ABSENT FROM ONE ANOTHER"

MIZPAH JEWELLERY FOUND POPULARITY DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA, AN ERA OF ROMANCE AND DESIRE, SINCE THIS WAS ALSO AN ERA OF GREAT EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL OVER VAST DISTANCES MANY PEOPLE  WORE THIS JEWELLERY MOST COMMONLY IN THE FORM OF RINGS AND BROOCHES.THIS JEWELLERY IS STEEPED IN TRADITION AND FOR ANYONE WHO IS A ROMANTIC WOULD WANT TO WEAR A PIECE OF THIS JEWELLERY.

DURING BOTH THE BOER WAR AND WORLD WAR 1 MEZPAH JEWELLERY FOUND A RESURGENCE FOR SOME OF THE MEN WHO WENT TO WAR, TO WISH THEM A SAFE PASSAGE BACK.