There are some companions one ought not be obliged to leave at home.
One’s neck is, after all, private jurisdiction.
In the eighteenth century, the portrait miniature became an especially intimate form of remembrance. Small painted likenesses were worn close to the body, exchanged between lovers, carried on journeys, and kept by families long before photography made a face easy to preserve.
With this collection, Ab Aeterno™ means to resurrect the portrait-miniature trade for the present day—and return the choice of excellent company entirely to the wearer.
Send us a photograph of the companion animal you wish to preserve: a dog, cat, horse, hermit crab, bird, or other faithful cohabitant of your affections. We will prepare the image specifically for its miniature setting, transforming your photograph into either a painted portrait-style likeness or a black profile silhouette.
Each image is individually adapted to the oval format, with attention given to cropping, composition, facial prominence, and the unusual proportions required at such a small scale. The result possesses the character of an eighteenth-century keepsake rather than that of a standard printed photograph.
No two are quite alike.
The finished portrait is reproduced upon an oval pendant measuring ¾ × 1 inch, fashioned from gold-plated stainless steel and supplied with an 18-inch gold-plated stainless-steel box chain.
Unlike the delicate painted miniatures of the eighteenth century, however, these modern descendants need not be guarded quite so anxiously from the elements. The pendant is scratch- and water-resistant and may safely encounter the occasional rainstorm, splash, or other indignity of modern life.
Each piece is printed in New Jersey and is presented in an Ab Aeterno™ powder-blue keepsake folio pouch finished with the house seal, ready for giving—or, very reasonably, keeping for oneself.
As every miniature is made individually, slight variations and small imperfections may occur from piece to piece. These are natural characteristics of its manufacture and ensure that no two finished portraits will be precisely identical.
Please allow 7 to 14 days for manufacture before shipment. This production period does not include shipping time.
Thus may one carry excellent company upon one’s person without requiring the original to sit still, answer correspondence, or suspend any prior objections to being represented in miniature.
Your neck. Your archive. Your jurisdiction.
Details
Custom oval portrait-miniature pendant
Your photograph transformed into a painted portrait-style likeness or black profile silhouette
Each image individually composed for the miniature oval format
Suitable for dogs, cats, horses, birds, and other companion animals
Inspired by eighteenth-century portrait miniatures and personal keepsakes
Pendant size: 0.75 × 1 in. / 1.9 × 2.54 cm
Chain length: 18 in. / 45.72 cm
Gold-plated stainless-steel pendant
Gold-plated stainless-steel box chain
Sterling silver available upon request
Scratch- and water-resistant
Printed in New Jersey
Presented in an Ab Aeterno™ powder-blue keepsake folio pouch finished with the house seal
Made individually; slight variations may occur
Please allow 7–14 days for manufacture before shipment
There are some companions one ought not be obliged to leave at home.
One’s neck is, after all, private jurisdiction.
In the eighteenth century, the portrait miniature became an especially intimate form of remembrance. Small painted likenesses were worn close to the body, exchanged between lovers, carried on journeys, and kept by families long before photography made a face easy to preserve.
With this collection, Ab Aeterno™ means to resurrect the portrait-miniature trade for the present day—and return the choice of excellent company entirely to the wearer.
Send us a photograph of the companion animal you wish to preserve: a dog, cat, horse, hermit crab, bird, or other faithful cohabitant of your affections. We will prepare the image specifically for its miniature setting, transforming your photograph into either a painted portrait-style likeness or a black profile silhouette.
Each image is individually adapted to the oval format, with attention given to cropping, composition, facial prominence, and the unusual proportions required at such a small scale. The result possesses the character of an eighteenth-century keepsake rather than that of a standard printed photograph.
No two are quite alike.
The finished portrait is reproduced upon an oval pendant measuring ¾ × 1 inch, fashioned from gold-plated stainless steel and supplied with an 18-inch gold-plated stainless-steel box chain.
Unlike the delicate painted miniatures of the eighteenth century, however, these modern descendants need not be guarded quite so anxiously from the elements. The pendant is scratch- and water-resistant and may safely encounter the occasional rainstorm, splash, or other indignity of modern life.
Each piece is printed in New Jersey and is presented in an Ab Aeterno™ powder-blue keepsake folio pouch finished with the house seal, ready for giving—or, very reasonably, keeping for oneself.
As every miniature is made individually, slight variations and small imperfections may occur from piece to piece. These are natural characteristics of its manufacture and ensure that no two finished portraits will be precisely identical.
Please allow 7 to 14 days for manufacture before shipment. This production period does not include shipping time.
Thus may one carry excellent company upon one’s person without requiring the original to sit still, answer correspondence, or suspend any prior objections to being represented in miniature.
Your neck. Your archive. Your jurisdiction.
Details
Custom oval portrait-miniature pendant
Your photograph transformed into a painted portrait-style likeness or black profile silhouette
Each image individually composed for the miniature oval format
Suitable for dogs, cats, horses, birds, and other companion animals
Inspired by eighteenth-century portrait miniatures and personal keepsakes
Pendant size: 0.75 × 1 in. / 1.9 × 2.54 cm
Chain length: 18 in. / 45.72 cm
Gold-plated stainless-steel pendant
Gold-plated stainless-steel box chain
Sterling silver available upon request
Scratch- and water-resistant
Printed in New Jersey
Presented in an Ab Aeterno™ powder-blue keepsake folio pouch finished with the house seal
Made individually; slight variations may occur
Please allow 7–14 days for manufacture before shipment
