Handmade Jewellery

KH Designs Katharine Hardie BA Hons Broomwood Newe Strathdon Aberdeenshire AB36 8TG   +44 (0)19756 51230

Luckenbooth Brooch This heart-shaped brooch dates back to the Middle Ages when shopkeepers of Edinburgh were given a token to prove that they had purchased a 'locking booth' at the market. It became a tradition to give this to a loved one when trading had ended. In the time of Mary Queen of Scots the brooch appears with a crown, the original a gift to Lord Darnley

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