Queen Victoria's tooth jewelry collection

[Ladybug09]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-Queen-Victoria--blasting-animals-death.html

 

[Designer_Love]

that's creepy that someone would wear the tooth of someone...even if it is family.

 

[bfali]

ewwwww but interesting! thanks for sharing!!!

 

[dell]

^ Agreed! Ick.

 

[yeliab]

It didn't even look like teeth... more like baroque pearls or fresh water pearls They must have shaped and polished those teeth!! They were so white and similar shaped!

 

[Ladybug09]

Yeah, I thought they could be made out of some kind of pearl until they said it teeth.

 

[shoulderache]

FASCINATING!!!

I would have never guessed that Queen V went around while in private dressed in the teeth of animals her husband shot. I guess you never know what people do in private!

 

[Rubyz]

They look beautiful!
At least they're all polished and shaped into something beautiful, not left au naturale to wear xD

 

[girliceclimber]

Hmm.. animal teeth--not as weird. To me, that's just like using bone.
Her daughter's tooth: now that's a little disturbing! Especially how they shaped it into a thistle! I wonder what the design discussion for that piece was like...

 

[caitlin1214]

I saw the picturs. If you don't think about it, it kind of looks like mother-of-pearl.


I guess in those days they didn't do the whole tooth fairy thing.


And as for the animal teeth, it's a bit odd to see so many of them at one time, but nowadays they're still selling shark tooth neckaces. (Granted, they've been fossilized, but it's still a tooth from a shark.)

And, um, you don't kill a shark to get the tooth. Sharks have several rows of teeth that are constantly being replaced.