大英博物館さんのインスタグラム動画 - (大英博物館Instagram)「💐 Can you speak the language of flowers? 💐 The enamelled pansies on this dazzling 17th century locket are more than just a beautiful bloom – they were a romantic symbol of love and longing 💕 During the Elizabethan era, pansies were better-known by the name ‘heartsease’ due to their popular romantic meaning. The name ‘pansies’ comes from the French ‘penseés’, meaning thoughts – so to court someone with pansies was a way of letting them know you were thinking of them, and hoping they were thinking of you too 💐 ♥ 💎✨ Set with glittering diamonds, emeralds, opals, rubies and pearls, this jewel opens to reveal a miniature portrait of Sir Bevill Grenville 🖼 Grenville was a Royalist general in the English Civil War. He gifted this locket – known as the Grenville jewel – to his wife when the political climate kept them apart ⚔ 🏛 Visit Room 2a – housing the beautiful Waddesdon Bequest – to see this glittering gem alongside nearly 300 Renaissance treasures. Plan your visit via the link in our bio. 🔎 ‘The Grenville Jewel’. Gold oval locket decorated with champlevé enamel, set with a sapphire, rubies, emeralds, diamonds, opals. Made in England, 1635–1640. #BritishMuseum #Renaissance #Jewel」10月22日 23時01分