Antique French "Amabilité" Fuchsia Flower Enamel Charm fobs French silver hallmarks (silver gilt)

French silver hallmarks (silver gilt)

Comes with original Cartier box and it dates from the 1980's

The wings (and arguably the garnets) really set it aside from your usual bug charms - crafted in 15 karat gold

The links are lightly graduated towards the middle

Antique French "Amabilité" Fuchsia Flower Enamel Charm fobs French silver hallmarks (silver gilt)DATE: Antique, c. 1900 Antique jewellery often includes floral motifs, as part of the "Language of Flowers", whereby each flower or plant represents some romantic or emotional sentiment In this case, (hybrid) fuchsia, with its hanging blossoms that almost seem to whisper secrets, was a beautiful way to represent confiding love and trust This matches perfectly with the word finely displayed across the charm "Amabilit" the French word for friendliness