Good things come in small boxes. And sometimes with small price tags too. Today, we're looking at little treasures.
Are you familiar with the lover's eye?
It all began in the late 1700s, when King George IV (then the rakish Prince of Wales) went to the opera and that evening fell madly in love with Maria Fitzherbert. She was a Catholic, a widow and a commoner; he was heir to the throne. Marriage was thrice forbidden. While this deterred Mrs. Fitzherbert, George was relentless in his pursuit of passion, and in a gesture as secret as it was romantic, he sent her a tiny portrait of his own eye, painted in watercolor on ivory. READ MORE
