A collection of 6 ceramic ornaments of richly colored prints of original watercolor paintings (3").

The Georgian Lover's Eye miniatures depicted come from museums such as the Met and the V&A, as well as from private collections, and they date from the late 1700s to the early 1800s. 

The snakes and ouroboros represent love without end, the pearls signify innocence and sometimes tears, the hawthorn, oak, and holly signify strength, hope, and constancy, and the coral has special protective powers.

THE HISTORY: Lover's Eyes were a jewelry trend c.1785-1830 of brooches set with tiny watercolor portraits on ivory. Since they were cropped to eyes, they were in many ways more direct and intimate than traditional miniature portraits; but also because they were just eyes, they were often used as daring public testimonies of clandestine love affairs with mystery lovers.