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Scottish agate and bloodstone brooch set in silver, The tail of the arrow is beautifully carved as is the head. The agates are carefully chosen to complement each other.

Historically traditional Scottish jewellery was often based on jewels with a practical purpose - to fasten or hold a kilt or cloak. The jewels commonly featured readily available and inexpensive agates, bloodstones and other hard stones and gems from the agate family-amethysts and citrines. The jewels were most commonly set in silver. The more valuable gold was only occasionally used, and then for superior or more valuable jewellery, or jewellery of the wealthy. Queen Victoria’s love of all things Scottish helped popularise this jewellery- sometimes referred to as Scottish Pebble Jewellery. During part of the nineteenth century the jewellery became popular with the French court and more elegant versions were set in gold.