Sigh... love, love, always love
Love in flower symbolism: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a revival in the use of symbolic meanings of plants and flowers. Nature seemed to be a forest of symbols, and flowers were saturated with deeper meanings. This is evident in the late 19th-century French elegant necklace we show here. We clearly recognize an ivy. But what is so romantic about ivy, you might ask? The romantic aspect of ivy is based on its tendrils, which attach to a wall in a way that can be explained as affectionate. In France, one would give a piece of jewellery with ivy depicted on it while saying "Je m'attache ou je meurs," which (freely) translates to "I will cling to you or I will die."
This hidden meaning is what we cherish about our antique jewellery; it gives the piece an extra depth. The added emotional value that is not necessarily obvious to all, but just between the donor and the receiver.