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Ladies Highland Brooches
Solid pewter highland brooches. Available in high quality
solid pewter or pewter with a gold
plate finish. Scotland may have a harsh climate but it yields some very
beautiful images. The flower of Scotland, the thistle , and the
heraldic symbol of Scotland the rampant lion. Mythical images such as the
unicorn have found their way into many of our jewelry pieces. The story of
the Luckenbooth is probably the most compelling.
Sold from "locked booths" (lukenbooths) on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, lovers
exchanged these brooches on betrothal in the 1700's, and pinned them on babies'
shawls for generations to protect them from "evil spirits".
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