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Pendants
Pendants
eltic Pendants such as these have been worn around the neck as a talisman, or simply an ornament, for more than three millennia. The Columba Pillow (28) is copied from a carved stone in Iona Abbey which, according to legend, Columba (AD 563) used as his pillow apparently disdaining the luxury of straw! In the tenth and eleventh centuries there was a veritable profusion of magnificent Celtic crosses in the West of Scotland, typical of which and probably the most famous is the St. John's of Iona (20). The Ritchie Cross (26), carved on a stone slab in the Burial Place of Kings, also in Iona, dates from the Middle Ages.
Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scots in 1543 at the tender age of nine months, and the gilt and pearl cross which graces the top of the Scottish Crown is here perfectly reproduced (HS6); as is her ruby and pearl pendant (SL4) depicted in the famous Dalmahoy portrait. The Maltese Cross (13P) and the Tudor Rose (104P) so beloved of Monarchs of the time are medieval in origin. Some styles are Victorian (116, 119, 118) and Celtic Interlacing symbolishing the hope of eternal life features in others (232, 171P); notforgetting the irrepressible Scots' Thistle (80)!
Each item is hand wrought in old fashioned pewter, polished and plated with palladium to give a silver appearance that resists tarnishing and scratching.
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Eilean Annraidh Pendant.
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Thistle Pendant.
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Thistle Pendant.
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Zoomorphic Pendant.
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St. John Pendant.
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Columba Pillow Pendant.
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St John of Iona Pendant.
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Ritchie Pendant.
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Interlace Pendant.
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