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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aquitaine, post: 4407288, member: 602&quot;]<p style="text-align: center">Obviously I don&#039;t do out of US other than Canada and members must be Well Known Members of AT LEAST 6 Months! </p> <p style="text-align: center">I bought the Perpetual Calendar for my Mom when she opened her Aquitaine Antiques shop back in I think 1990, but I don&#039;t think it was &quot;her thing&quot;!!&nbsp; It&#039;s NOT older than that....has I think a silk (?) cord attached.&nbsp; She never looked 3 times at it!!&nbsp; I think it&#039;s made of Pewter with a Brass ring in the middle and it does also say <i>Carpe Diem</i> on the inside of it.&nbsp; But it does have a story about Eleanor of Aquitaine...</p> <p style="text-align: center"><u><b><span style="color: #5900b3">Aquitaine&#039;s Perpetual Calendar</span></b></u></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #5900b3">Engraved with an authentic Celtic knotted design.&nbsp; Eleanor of Aquitaine (Became Queen along with Henry of England in 1154) gave a similar sundial to King Henry II to remind him when it was time to leave the hunt and join her for one of their love trysts.&nbsp; Henry had a copy of the dial made for Eleanor and had it inlaid with diamonds and engraved with the words Carpe Diem, or &quot;Seize the Day&quot;.&nbsp; Henry&#039;s inspired words are there on the inside of the pendant.&nbsp; (Sorry...no diamonds here!)</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #5900b3">How it works...</span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">On sunny days, suspend the dial by its black satin cord and aim the hole toward the sun.&nbsp; A ray of sunlight will shine through to illuminate a number on the inside of the dial, showing the time of day.</span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="color: #000000">There is also in the give away 1 &amp; 1/2 cuff links....you can see the red ones are marked &quot;Swank&quot;...no other marking.&nbsp; The single with the violin &amp; music on it says &quot;pat.2472958&quot; on the shank and on the cuff link back itself &#039;MADE IN FRANCE&#039;&nbsp; <u><b>Pictures below!</b></u>&nbsp; I&#039;ll use my Random Wheel Generator if anyone is interested....let&#039;s give it until this Friday?&nbsp; Feel free if you have any questions.....usual procedure with the private Convo section!!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]373606[/ATTACH]</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="color: #000000"> [ATTACH=full]373607[/ATTACH] </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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