Vintage French + Qu'Hier - Que Demain Pendant figa flowing engraving that has helped

flowing engraving that has helped the surfaces develop a beautiful rich patina over the decades

and especially loved were tiny figural pieces like this wee watering can

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nearly everything about this ring is period-specific

Beautifully engraved along the top and bottom and with a milgrain-like detail on the edges

Vintage French + Qu'Hier - Que Demain Pendant figa flowing engraving that has helpedBeautiful vintage French love token, in a simple, minimalist version. 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 yesterday and less than