The Luckenbooth is one of Scotland's most distinctive and enduring jewellery forms, its origins rooted in the goldsmiths' booths that lined the High Street of Edinburgh's Royal Mile from the fifteenth century onwards. Traditionally exchanged as a token of love and betrothal, the Luckenbooth's characteristic form of two intertwined hearts surmounted by a crown carried associations of loyalty, protection and devotion. Its symbolism remained strong across centuries of Scottish social and cultural life, the form appearing consistently in Scottish silverwork as one of the country's most recognisable love tokens. This version integrates the Scottish thistle more fully into the composition, the plant's spiky leaf forms becoming structural elements of the design rather than a separate decorative accent.
This pendant presents two broad intertwined hearts whose stems and lower curves are formed in part by the spiky, angular leaves of the thistle, the boundary between the heart outline and the plant's foliage deliberately blurred to create a unified composition. At the centre, a naturalistic thistle head sits prominently, its crosshatched globe and short feathered crown clearly defined and occupying the central field of the pendant. The crown above is detailed with a beaded lower band and pointed projections tipped with small finials, sitting squarely above the heart forms. The silver throughout carries a high mirror polish, with the textured thistle globe providing contrast against the smoother surrounding surfaces. A smooth bail connects the pendant above.
At 20mm x 20mm and approximately 2.7g, it is a fuller, more substantial piece than the smaller Luckenbooth variant in the range. 925 sterling silver. Bail fitting.
Product Code: SC1028
The Luckenbooth is one of Scotland's most distinctive and enduring jewellery forms, its origins rooted in the goldsmiths' booths that lined the High Street of Edinburgh's Royal Mile from the fifteenth century onwards. Traditionally exchanged as a token of love and betrothal, the Luckenbooth's characteristic form of two intertwined hearts surmounted by a crown carried associations of loyalty, protection and devotion. Its symbolism remained strong across centuries of Scottish social and cultural life, the form appearing consistently in Scottish silverwork as one of the country's most recognisable love tokens. This version integrates the Scottish thistle more fully into the composition, the plant's spiky leaf forms becoming structural elements of the design rather than a separate decorative accent.
This pendant presents two broad intertwined hearts whose stems and lower curves are formed in part by the spiky, angular leaves of the thistle, the boundary between the heart outline and the plant's foliage deliberately blurred to create a unified composition. At the centre, a naturalistic thistle head sits prominently, its crosshatched globe and short feathered crown clearly defined and occupying the central field of the pendant. The crown above is detailed with a beaded lower band and pointed projections tipped with small finials, sitting squarely above the heart forms. The silver throughout carries a high mirror polish, with the textured thistle globe providing contrast against the smoother surrounding surfaces. A smooth bail connects the pendant above.
At 20mm x 20mm and approximately 2.7g, it is a fuller, more substantial piece than the smaller Luckenbooth variant in the range. 925 sterling silver. Bail fitting.
Product Code: SC1028
