I'm interested in antique jewelry. I've seen a few antique lockets with this symbol on them http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140026058576&fromMakeTrack=true#ebayphotohosting . Do you know what it means?
I don't think it's a monogram, because I've seen the very same sign on a few of them.
In the olden days, people used mourning lockets, say, with a lock of hair in them, to remember the dead. Could this be something about alpha and Omega (a Biblical symbol for Christ, the beginning and the end, like the start and end of the Greek alphabet)?
2006-09-09 04:25:08 · 4 answers · asked by catintrepid 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
I have also seen some that look like an S with three Is superimposed -- I thought of IHS, but not sure.
Here's a photo of the latter-mentioned one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayisapi.dll?vie...
2006-09-09 07:44:40 · update #1
I just found this description of a piece -- maybe this is it??
VICTORIAN vulcanite oval locket with entwined initials "AEI" (Amity, Eternity & Infinity) on the front for eternal love
2006-09-09 09:26:05 · update #2
I wish I knew. I have a very old locket similar to the one on W-Bay.
2006-09-09 08:47:23 · answer #1 · answered by Oma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...i don't think so. It looks more like a letter "m" and "w". Maybe is the name of the locket designer.
2006-09-09 11:33:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Omega
2006-09-09 14:12:23 · answer #3 · answered by eugene65ca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it could be just some sort of design
2006-09-09 11:53:08 · answer #4 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋