April 16, 2024
Antique SCOTTISH LUCKENBOOTH Silver Brooch Pin Crown
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Antique Sterling Silver Scottish Luckenbooth Brooch c. 1919 A wonderful old Luckenbooth brooch hallmarked in Edinborough, Scotland from the year, 1919. Hallmarks are very worn, but I can read the Edinborough assay mark as well as the sterling silver lion passant. The letter mark does seem to match up to 1919. The pin at the rear seems to confirm this. Has a makers mark of what looks like MG in a circle. Has great silver patina and a wonderful faceted central smoky topaz cairngorm at its center. Measures 1.5" (L) x 1" (W). Some Luckenbooth info for you... During the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries t were two main styles of brooches in Scotland; one was the ring brooch, often with incised decoration, and used to fasten plaids by both men and women. The other brooch was a heart shaped one, often given at weddings and engagements as tokens of love. From the eighteenth century onwards small plain heart shaped brooches were worn to protect against evil spirits, the evil eye or the attention of the fairies. These are the famous "Luckenbooth Brooches". Their names come from "The Luckenbooth or Locking Booths". These small shops which were in fact very tiny and could be securely locked at night, were a feature of Edinburgh's Royal Mile. These brooches were heart shaped ones surmounted by a crown and usually made of silver. The first Luckenbooth
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