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Sterling
Silver Pendants
Engraved
with Artwork, Symbols, Quoatations, & more
In
the 16th and 17th centuries in England, France and throughout Europe,
a wedding band would be inscribed with words of love, faith and
hope. The popularity of these "poesy" rings (from
the latin word for "Poetry") is attested to by their frequent
mention in Shakespeare's plays. The tradition is much older than
Shakespeare's time, but its was during the Renaissance that the
custom reached the height of its popularity. It was common to give
a sterling silver ring as a gift or engagement ring.
Now
we offer these messages engraved on sterling silver pendants as
a unique romantic gift or token of friendship.
ti
amo, sei mia
I
Iove you, you're mine now
in Italian
Gift boxed sterling silver pendant with an 18" [46cm] sterling
silver for $44.50 In Stock
l'amour
est un oiseau rebelle
Love is a Rebellious Bird
In French
Saying
is taken from the french opera Carmen by Georges
Bizet. Gift boxed sterling silver pendant with an 18"
[46cm] sterling silver for $44.50 In Stock
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Mizpah
Genesis 31:49
'Mizpah'
is the Hebrew word for an emotional bond between people
who are seperated by distance. Pendant features Hebrew script
for the word on the front and the full text in english on
the back - "The Lord watch between me and thee when
we are absent one from another" Sterling Silver on
18" chain $44.50 In Stock
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I
love the & dare not shew it...
"I
love thee and dare not shew it, if thou love me then let me know
it." 17th century spelling of the phrase taken from a piece
in the Museum of London. 18" [46cm] sterling silver for $44.50
In Stock
If
only you knew how I sigh to see you.
This pendant
is formed like a Möbius strip where the text on the front
side twists into becoming text on the backside and then back to
the front seamlessly without end. Quote is by the Marquis de Lafayette,
who served in both the American and French Revolutionary Wars,
and is taken from a love letter to his wife. "O! If only
you knew how I sigh to see you." 18" [46cm] sterling
silver for $44.50 In Stock
Wishes
Do Come True
Inspirational
saying on a gift boxed sterling silver pendant with 18" [46cm]
sterling silver for $44.50 In Stock
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I
Meet You In Every Dream
Alexander
Hamilton
Quote
is taken from a love letter to his future wife Elizabeth
in 1780. Saying on front with initials 'A.H.' on back. Sterling
silver gift boxed pendant with 18" [46cm] sterling
silver for $44.50 In Stock
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Edgar
Degas
study of a young ballerina
Degas'
signature on the reverse. Gift boxed with an 18" [46cm]
sterling silver chain. Gift boxed sterling silver pendant
and chain for $44.50 In Stock
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| "And
this above all: to thine own self be true"
Shakespeare from Hamlet. Möbius strip sterling
silver pendant
on 18" [46cm] sterling chain. Gift boxed for $44.50 In
Stock
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| Ralph
Waldo Emerson
"What
lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared
to what lies within us." Gift boxed with an 20"
sterling silver chain for $44.50 Special Order 2-3
weeks extra
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Vincent van Gogh
Starry Night
Signed
on the reverse. Includes 18" [46cm] sterling silver chain.
Gift boxed sterling silver pendant and chain for $44.50 In
Stock
Vincent van Gogh
Sunflower
Adapted
from the prolific sunflower paintings of van Gogh this model captures
the impasto style of one of the great Impressionists in three dimensional
sterling silver. Signed on the reverse. Includes 18" [46cm]
sterling silver chain. Gift boxed sterling silver pendant and chain
for $44.50 In Stock
Chinese
XIN "Heart"
The
Chinese character for the word "heart", a symbol
in many cultures of the innermost self, energy, devotion,
health,and
the essence of life.
Engraved
"xin", with freshwater pearl and 18" [46cm]
sterling silver chain. Gift boxed sterling silver pendant
and chain for $44.50 In Stock
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in
Gaelic
"Good Luck"
Inscribed
on the reverse of a four leaf clover. The shamrock is traditionally
associated with Ireland, though the symbolism of the four
leaf clover as a good luck charm also originated in the Emerald
Isle. Includes 18" [46cm] sterling silver chain. Gift
boxed sterling silver pendant and chain for $44.50 In Stock
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| Raphael's
Cherub
Raphael's
signature on the back. Gift boxed sterling silver pendant
with an 18" [46cm] sterling silver for $44.50 In Stock
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Literary
Quotes Pendants
"The
love we give away is the only love we keep"
Includes
18" [46cm] sterling silver chain.Gift boxed sterling
silver pendant and chain for $44.50 In Stock
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From
Romeo & Juliet
"With love's light wings..."
From
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Romeo tells Juliet
"With love's light wings did I o'er perch these walls;
For stony limits cannot hold love out." Sterling Silver
Pendant and chain $44.50 Special Order 2-3 weeks extra
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Pendants
Cast from Medieval Poesy Rings
| De m'amour
soiez sure
"Of
my love be sure"
15th
century English poesy in French. Includes 18" [46cm]
sterling silver chain. Gift boxed with a card explaining the
translation. Sterling Silver - $44.50 Special Order 2-3
weeks extra
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| a ma
vie de coer entier
"You
have my whole heart for my whole life"
15th
century English poesy in French. Includes 18" [46cm]
sterling silver chain. Gift boxed with a card explaining the
translation. Sterling Silver - $44.50 Special Order
2-3 weeks extra
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"Soul
Friend"
The
Irish have special words for a special friend, "anam
cara". Engraved in gaelic in an uncial script. Sterling
Silver Pendant and chain $44.50
In
Stock
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amor
vincit omnia
"Love conquers all"
The
Latin amor vincit omnia translates as love conquers all,
a motto known to all students of English literature as the one engraved
on the brooch worn by the Prioress in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Includes 18" [46cm] sterling silver chain. Gift boxed with
a card explaining the translation. Sterling Silver - $44.50 Special
order 2-3 weeks extra
in Hebrew
"I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine"
The
elegant Italian Hebrew script is of the 16th century, the inscription
ani l'dodi from Solomon's Song of Songs. Includes
18" [46cm] sterling silver chain. Gift boxed with a card explaining
the translation. Sterling Silver - $44.50 In Stock
j'aime et
j'espere
"I love and I hope"
When
Thomas Jefferson traveled to France in 1784 to serve as a trade
minister to the Court of Louis XVI, he took his twelve-year-old
daughter Martha with him and placed her in a convent school, the
Abbaye Royale de Panthemont. According to family tradition, the
gold and enamel ring from which this bracelet is derived, bearing
the phrase j'aime et j'espere was given to Martha by the British
ambassador to France, John Frederick Sackville, Duke of Dorset,
uncle to two of Martha's best school friends.
Includes
18" [46cm] sterling silver chain. Gift boxed with a card explaining
the translation. Sterling Silver - $44.50 In Stock
pencez de
moy
"Think of me"
The
original ring is inscribed pencez de moy, "think of
me", in Lombardic script with period French spelling, the modern
French would be pensez de moi. French was still very much
the language of the aristocracy in 15th century England. Poesy rings
were tokens of friendship or regard as well as lover's mementos.
Includes
18" [46cm] sterling silver chain. Gift boxed with a card explaining
the translation. Sterling Silver - $44.50 In Stock
in Gaelic
"Pulse of My Heart"
The
original ring is now lost or in an uncatalogued private collection,
only the beautiful sentiment survives, and has been here engraved
onto a simple elegant pendant. Includes 18" [46cm] sterling
silver chain. Gift boxed with a card explaining the translation.
Sterling Silver - $44.50 In Stock
vous et
nul autre
"You and no other"
The
original poesy ring was in gold, engraved vous et nul autre, you
and no other. The ring was probably English though engraved in French,
in a Gothic script with foliate decorations. Includes 18" [46cm]
sterling silver chain. Gift boxed with a card explaining the translation.
Sterling Silver - $44.50 In Stock
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