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The thistle has been Scotland's national emblem for centuries, its origins as a symbol of Scottish identity rooted in both history and legend. Its association with resilience and defiance, a plant that endures harsh conditions and resists easy handling, made it a natural emblem for a nation that placed great store in those qualities. The use of the thistle as a repeating motif around the full circumference of a ring band connects the piece to a long tradition of Scottish emblematic silverwork, the national symbol rendered in miniature with the same care and detail found in larger decorative forms.
This ring presents a broad, flat-profile band with a recessed central channel running its full circumference, within which a continuous sequence of naturalistically rendered thistle heads is embossed in relief. Each thistle presents a crosshatched globe below a broad feathered crown, flanked by deeply serrated leaves that extend outward and interlock with the foliage of the adjacent thistles, creating a flowing, uninterrupted decorative band around the ring. The channel is framed above and below by a smooth, raised border that contains the thistle detail cleanly and gives the band a strong, defined profile. The silver throughout carries a high mirror polish on the border surfaces, with the embossed thistle detail providing textural contrast within the recessed channel.
925 sterling silver.
Product Code: SSR8916
The thistle has been Scotland's national emblem for centuries, its origins as a symbol of Scottish identity rooted in both history and legend. Its association with resilience and defiance, a plant that endures harsh conditions and resists easy handling, made it a natural emblem for a nation that placed great store in those qualities. The use of the thistle as a repeating motif around the full circumference of a ring band connects the piece to a long tradition of Scottish emblematic silverwork, the national symbol rendered in miniature with the same care and detail found in larger decorative forms.
This ring presents a broad, flat-profile band with a recessed central channel running its full circumference, within which a continuous sequence of naturalistically rendered thistle heads is embossed in relief. Each thistle presents a crosshatched globe below a broad feathered crown, flanked by deeply serrated leaves that extend outward and interlock with the foliage of the adjacent thistles, creating a flowing, uninterrupted decorative band around the ring. The channel is framed above and below by a smooth, raised border that contains the thistle detail cleanly and gives the band a strong, defined profile. The silver throughout carries a high mirror polish on the border surfaces, with the embossed thistle detail providing textural contrast within the recessed channel.
925 sterling silver.
Product Code: SSR8916
