Antique French "Amabilité" Fuchsia Flower Enamel Charm fobs In Greek mythology

In Greek mythology

and was adopted into Late Middle English to refer to violas around the mid-1400s

the middle set in a square platinum mount

French silver hallmarks (silver gilt)

Antique French "Amabilité" Fuchsia Flower Enamel Charm fobs In Greek mythologyDATE: 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