A Luckenbooth brooch is a Scottish heart-shaped brooch. These brooches often have a crown above one heart, or two intertwined hearts. They are typically made of silver and may be engraved or set with stones. The name comes from the Luckenbooths of Edinburgh, where jewellery and trinkets used to be sold, including this type of brooch. [1] .

5 天之前 · Luckenbooth brooches are Scottish styles featuring one or two hearts, often underneath crowns. They were given as tokens of love and used as talismans for women and children. While they originated during the Middle Ages, most examples held in collections date to the 18th and 19th centuries or later.

2021年3月14日 · The Luckenbooth brooch or Scottish Love Brooch is a heart-shaped brooch, either a single or double intertwined heart with a crown. Historians believe the original design was created as a betrothal brooch for Mary Queen of Scots from the teenage Dauphin of France, whom she married in 1558, hence the two hearts and the crown.

2018年11月30日 · In the late 1800s, heart brooches made in Edinburgh began to be called luckenbooths, from the Gaelic word for the small stalls near St. Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile, which led from Edinburgh...

2020年4月24日 · The Luckenbooth Brooch is an enduring Scottish symbol of love, friendship and good luck, strongly associated with Edinburgh. Traditionally made of silver and sometimes set with a Cairngorm or gemstones, the Luckenbooth design is typically heart-shaped, or two hearts intertwined, surmounted by a crown.

2023年4月26日 · One of the most popular ways to incorporate the Luckenbooth into your jewelry is on a brooch. Known as the “Love Brooch,” the Luckenbooth brooch was - and still is - given as a betrothal gift. The Luckenbooth brooch was worn as kilt pins and to fasten plaids, and were often passed down from generation to generation.

2017年3月10日 · The Luckenbooth brooch has been a self-consciously Scottish form of jewellery since the 19 th century. The form was adapted to pebble jewellery in Victorian times, as well as being a regular feature in the ranges of most Scottish manufacturing jewellers who worked for the Highland outfitter and tourist trades.

Our beautifully crafted Luckenbooth broach takes the form of two Celtic intertwined hearts surmounted by a crown. The Luckenbooth brooch has been used as a romantic gift in Scotland for at least four hundred years and was commonly given to a bride along with her wedding ring.

2021年3月14日 · The Luckenbooth brooch or Scottish Love Brooch is a heart-shaped brooch, either a single or double intertwined heart with a crown. Historians believe the original design was created as a betrothal brooch for Mary Queen of Scots from the teenage Dauphin of France, whom she married in 1558, hence the two hearts and the crown.