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Symbolic Love jewellery in The Garden of Adin

Adin, a wealth of jewellery and information

One of the most peculiar and widespread Flemish pieces of regional jewellery is a diamond heart pendant, the so-called "Vlaams hart" (Dutch for “Flemish heart"). These hearts were fashionable in the 19th century and mostly made in gold-backed silver (see also the silver on gold technique). A Flemish heart is a heart-shaped field set with rose-cut diamonds and/or senelles hanging under a crowning.

There are two types of crownings possible:

  1. The crowning is a crown, built up from horizontal, diamond-embellished tendrils that rest on a smooth-surfaced ajour-cut band with flattened little rhombic bars. The tendrils from the top incline slightly over this ajour-cut band towards the actual cross, emphasizing the unity of the jewel.
  2. The crowning as a love trophy. A collection of four elements: a torch and quiver that are crossing each other, a bow that is horizontally mingled with them, all held together by a laurel. The slightly upwards direction of both ends of the bow refers to the St. Andrew's cross. Torch, quiver, and bow are typical attributes of Amor (Eros), and the laurel refers to the triumph of love. This combination was already in use by the ancient Greeks and Romans and later, of course, in the Renaissance, and had enormous success in France during the Louis XVI period (1774-1793).

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Click here to see this magnificent Flemish Heart pendant.