Victorian French Forget-Me-Not Charm modern with lightly tapered band

with lightly tapered band

Bryan Benson was appointed as Governor of the Bank of England by King George II

Length: 23 inches

and set over yellow and pink coloured foil that makes it appear to change colour as it moves in front of the eye

Victorian French Forget-Me-Not Charm modern with lightly tapered bandDATE: Victorian, c. 1880 Victorian jewellery often includes floral motifs, as part of their "Language of Flowers", whereby each flower or plant represented some romantic or emotional sentiment In this case, forget me not flowers. According to Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers book, this means "True love, forget me not". This piece, a lovely 18k gold charm of openwork design, with forget me not flowers in two tone gold and the words "ne m'oublie