Shimmering Heart Médaille d’Amour sevan with a snug fit due

with a snug fit due to the width

a relatively thin (but solid) shank and a rich patina add to the character and depth

nearly everything about this ring is period-specific

thinnest section is 2mm

The ring at one end easily slides on a chain

Shimmering Heart Médaille d’Amour sevan with a snug fit dueA beautiful vintage French love token, in a dazzling radiant heart version. Originally created by Alphonse Augis c. 1916, and inspired by a letter poet Rosemonde Grard wrote to her husband, the writer Edmond Rostand, the pendant features a rebus reading "+ qu'hier que demain" for the lines,"Car, vois tu, chaque jour je t'aime davantage,Aujourd'hui plus qu'hier et bien moins que demain."(For, you see, each day I love you more,Today more than yesterday