A beautiful treasure "Love" ring from 1830s France 🇫🇷
"Love tokens often took the shape of small denomination coins – like pennies or nickels – being engraved with initials, monograms, names or romantic scenes, and then slipped into a lover's pocket."
It had hidden compartments that included little love notes and endearments. It was often given while courting a loved one as a promise ring before the family was asked for permission to marry.
Part of the jewellery collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, we know that this gold ring was made in France between 1830-60, yet explanatory details are tantalisingly few. An object of exquisite beauty, it comes from the long tradition of the exchange of gifts and love tokens, which often took place between inamoratas who had to keep their affections secret from the world. A ring like this one would have been solely the province of the wealthy, yet love tokens proliferated in the lower orders too, often in the shape of small denomination coins – like pennies or nickels – being engraved with initials, monograms, names or romantic scenes, and then slipped into a lover's pocket.
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