The tear bottles that you see on this page range in price from $26.00 to $49.00.  About the same price as a flower arrangement but this is a timeless gift.

The history of the tear bottle is captivating and poignanat.  Legends of tear bottles or lachrymatories abound in stories of Egypt and middle eastern societies.  Tear bottles were prevalent in ancient Roman times, when mourners filled small glass vials with tears and placed them in burial tombs as symbols of love and respect.

In the Old Testament of the Bible, the notion of collecting tears in a bottle appears in Psalm 56:8 when David prays to G-d, "Thous tellest my wonderings, put thou my tears in Thy bottle; are they not in Thy Book?"  David's words remind us that G-d keeps a record of human pain and suffering and always remembers our sorrows.

Tear bottles reappeared during the Victorian period of the 19th century, when those mourning the loss of loved ones would collect their tears in bottles ornately decorated with silver and pewter.  The mourning period would end when the tears evaporated from the bottle.

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