BA1 $25  

The Tree of Life growing from a single pot is found on carvings on Pictish stones as well as in the illustrations in the Book of Kells. Our substantial Tree of Life bangle shows the leaves and berries of the mistletoe, a plant that was revered as sacred by the Celts.

BA2 $25  

A really substantial bangle cast in solid pewter and hand polished to a wonderful shine. The bangle is covered with an intricate design ofCeltic knotwork.

BA3 $25  

Isolde was an Irish princess promised in marriage to King Mark of Cornwall. Isolde and Mark's son Tristan fell in love when they drank a love potion intended for the bridal couple and their love brought tragedy. Tristan, banished to France, died from an infected wound and Isolde from a broken heart when she arrived too late to save him.

BA4 $25  

The running tendril and spiral design on this bangle is inspired by the engraving on a bronze scabbard found in a bog at Lisnacrogher, County Antrim in Ireland. Many richly ornamented objects have been found there, placed in the water as votive offerings.

BA5 $25  

The Book of Kells was lettered and illustrated by the monks of Kells in Ireland in the seventh century AD. Beautiful and inticate pages of ornament, known as "carpet" pages introduce the Gospels and in the detail entwined patterns of fabulous birds and animals can be seen.

BA6 $25  

This stylish hand polished pewter bangle is decorated with Celtic knotwork and entwined animals in the style of the Book of MacRegol. MacRegol was the Abbot of Birr in Ireland and his Gospel was lettered and illuminated in the eighth century, and is now in the Bodleian Library.

Double Knot Bangle

BA7 $25  

The unending knotwork was a symbol of the continuity between this world and the next or "Otherworld". Examples of knotwork are found on a variety of Celtic artefacts from the carvings on stones and crosses to the detailed illustrations of the Gospels of Lindisfarne and Kells lettered by monks in the seventh century.

Kells Beasts Bangle

BA8 $25  

The "carpet" pages that introduce the gospels in the Book of Kells are covered with intricate and detailed patterns of birds and animals, hand painted by Irish monks in the seventh century. This bangle shows the entwined beasts found therein.

BA9 $30  
Choice of: Garnet Amber Sodalite

The ancient Celts were a very spiritual people and their art and artefacts are rich in symbolism. The triscele was a very commonly used motif and was an important good luck token. It represented the number three, considered magical, combined with the cyclical movement of Nature. This combination made a particularly potent emblem. This bangle is set with a garnet cabochon.

BA10 $25  

The village of Lanivet is in mid Cornwall; its name, Lan Neved in Cornish means "The Church in the Sacred Grove". Outside the church door is a 'hog's back' shaped burial stone covered with Celtic key patterns. The Lanivet bangle shows the key patterns found there.