ruby love charm

A small love charm with a baguette cut ruby border, 18 carat gold, 1970.

weight: 3.5 grams.
dimensions: 3 x 2 cm.

The French poet Rosemonde Gérard (1871-1953) wrote this poem for her husband, Edmond Rostand (1868–1918 and author of Cyrano de Bergerac): Car, vois-tu, chaque jour je t’aime davantage, Aujourd’hui plus qu’hier et bien moins que demain, which translates as ‘For, you see, each day I love you more, Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow’.