1886 Baby Ring size 2.5 • Face of ring measures

• Face of ring measures 10

Additionally

The chain itself is rather fancy - textured links are multiply looped

with early versions fashioned out of iron to symbolize a bond and draw in good luck

Booked in first class cabins for their return trip

1886 Baby Ring size 2.5 • Face of ring measuresA teeny tiny keepsake, to commemorate the newest member of the family way back in 1886! Baby rings were well loved by the Victorians, who were at once sentimental and practical. With infant mortality as high as it was (globally, in 1880, around 38% of children died before they reached the age of 5), a piece of jewelry marked the occasion of the birth and could also be held close as a keepsake at a time when photographs of a lost child weren't readily