Click on image for a larger size.Ring French, 1830-1860 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
Made between 1830 and 1860, this gold ring enameled with sprigs boasts a series of hinged top panels which conceal mottos of love including “Je T’aime.”
This sort of French love token was popular from the 1830s until the end of the Nineteenth Century. Many were made for export to Britain.
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