“Lover’s Eye” | Antique AssemblageLovers Eyes are portrait miniatures in jewelry exchanged as romantic keepsakes in the early 19th century. They depict just the eye of the beloved, and so are associated with clandestine romances. They were a real flash in the pan trend and only among a very small group of privileged participants, so real lovers eyes are very scarce, prohibitively expensive, & widely faked. Cant afford a real one? Cool, me neither. But you can still have something

Cranes are a classic Aesthetic movement motif

with some flaking from age

Heavily worn all around: Refer to photos

Can’t afford a real one

Louise Bourgeois

Measures about 15” tall in an elegant arch shape

though: It depicts a witch fighting off two angry clowns with her broom

and is fitted hand from a sturdy ring in the back

I have lovingly framed them on black velvet in a contemporary gilded wood frame

The compartment is just big enough for something small like rings or studs

the wax seal & strings are still intact

Refer to photos for size & condition: Trimmed