Featured Mourning piece?

As I continue to slowly look through my acquisitions from over my lifetime, I am finding some of my grandma's things that I inherited along the way. She was born in 1901. I found this little "item" and thought it looked like a mourning piece. I am not sure how it was exactly worn or used, by it is sterling and the ribbon looks (somewhat obviously) handsewn. Can anyone provide me with some more insight? Thank you, as always.

 

In my experience, pieces of material from a shirt are torn and then possibly worn by family at Jewish funerals. I still have the shirt that was cut from my fathers funeral.
Not sure if that is what you have.

 

My grandma was not Jewish, however. Thank you for the input.
I was wondering how or what is was attached to?

 

Ribbon choker I suspect.

 

Perhaps
Is there any way to narrow down the age of this piece?

 

Not all black jewellery is a mourning piece
The black ribbon is an old transformation
This one (rhodium plated?) is an Edwardian/Art Deco transitionnal style, and was previously worn as a necklace with two chains attached to the sides of the triangular piece, like this one:

https://preadored.com/edwardian-filigree-sterling-silver-lavalier-necklace/

 

I suspect that's a 1920s piece, from the metalwork, and so not mourning per se. The center stone is glass. There's definitely a mark in one corner but the pix are too blurry to read it. It looks like Sterling, so that's no help locating who/wheredunnit.

 

The metalwork does not suggest the age,this type of die stamped design was still being made in the 1980's.

 

I'm the first to argue that not all black jewellery is mourning jewellery, but in this case I think the bit of black grosgrain indicates it is. Looks Edwardian to me, but ribbon bit looks maybe added by hand, replacing some other drop there originally?

 

I circled the word Sterling for that very reason.

 

The fact that there is black enameling on the piece and the black grosgrain ribbon, makes it look to me that it was indeed, a mourning piece. Edwardian era works for me. A pretty piece, really...


Leslie

 

I have a pendant exactly like that with a yellow stone. It's on a chain like the one Kyra showed. It was my cousin's grandmother's. That ribbon was sewn on where the chain would go on yours. I do think it was intended as a mourning piece, but it was hand made into one and wasn't intended that way. The black enamel is coincidental. It's a very messy sewing job as well. Perhaps there was a pin of some type attached to the ribbon and it was cut off.