Medium All-Gold + Qu'hier Pendant old european cut both rings stamped 750

both rings stamped 750

• Just under 15

makers mark B&L

A delicately chased swirling pattern is offset by a swath of smooth metal down the centre of the shoulders

Medium All-Gold + Qu'hier Pendant old european cut both rings stamped 750Beautiful vintage French love token, in a simple, minimalist version that is thick and sturdy. Created by Alphonse Augis 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