Spectacular Vintage French + Qu'Hier Pendant in Ruby Halo wide hoops

Spectacular Vintage French + Qu'Hier Pendant in Ruby Halo wide hoopsTruly amazing vintage French love token, in a substantial and heavy weight version floating in a calibrated ruby halo. 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,

This absolutely beautiful

the colours swirl like little galaxies in each globe-like stone

These pieces can be delicate and it's important to remember that gold doesn't have the same springiness and resilience as a modern key ring: when adding or removing charms

and the bounty of the earth

and continued to be renowned for their wedding bands through their 1975 rebrand as ArtCarved

The 18k white gold mount has been die-struck

This is a simple fix

• Rise off finger is 1

The sleek style is elegant and modern

I1 (with one small surface reaching inclusion

• Fifteen single cut white diamonds

3mm wide and 1