An American husband owns the largest collection of "Lovers' Eyes"...pieces that contain unknown love stories

David and Nan Squire discovered a different piece at the Cyclorama Antiques Show in Boston: a finely traced gray iris set inside a luxurious oval ring. Four decades later, the couple owns a collection of 158 pieces of "Lovers' Eyes." These pieces first appeared in England during the Georgian era, where they were transformed into small symbols of love, infatuation or mourning. This collection is considered the largest of its kind in the world, and they displayed it as part of a traveling museum exhibition and published a book about it. The Skyers believe their collection is the world's largest of its kind, and have put it on display in a traveling museum exhibition and published a book about it, with a new edition expected next year. The collection includes rings, brooches, necklaces, bracelets, velvet-lined boxes, wallets, and teacups. Some pieces bear inscriptions or commemorative phrases, while others contain strands of hair, giving them additional personal and sentimental value. These pieces have been considered symbols of unknown love for more than two centuries, being used in weddings and engagements or as messages bearing the meaning of “remember me.” News indicates that finding original pieces has become very rare, with the couple only adding one or two pieces to their collection per year. They also point out that many of the pieces in circulation today are counterfeit or have been damaged.