A silver pendant of a weeping angel. The angel\u2019s right hand is set on an hourglass symbolising the brevity of life. As for his left elbow, it rests on the skull of a skeleton, a symbol of death. The statue of the weeping angel adorns the funerary monument of canon Guilain Lucas of Amiens, who died in 1628.
\nIn the 17th century, before advances in medicine and hygiene, children often died at an early age. Youth and death were therefore closely linked, the two being at all times the opposite sides of the same coin. Dead children are still called \u201clittle angels.\u201d Blasset himself executed the funerary monument of his eight-year-old son. It is on a silver chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A silver pendant of a weeping angel. The angel\u2019s right hand is set on an hourglass symbolising the brevity of life. As for his left elbow, it rests on the skull of a skeleton, a symbol of death. The statue of the weeping angel adorns the funerary monument of canon Guilain Lucas of Amiens, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":100000037310,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5308],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"1":"product","6":"product_cat-uncategorised","7":"type-vintage-pendants","8":"period-edwardian","9":"material-metals","10":"material-silver","11":"collection-christmas-gifts","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"