Deco Lover's Knot Pendant

The History:

Found in Celtic designs, Egyptian sculptures and ancient Greek jewelry, the association of love and knots have appeared in many different cultures throughout history. In the 19^th century, sailors would wear a love knot bracelet woven out of rope as a reminder of their loved ones at home - which also acted as a talisman of safety while at sea. Another legend tells the story of young lovers tying two small tree branches together to form a lover’s knot: if the knot stayed tied for a year, they were destined to be together.

By the time the Victorian Era came around, the love knot was already well established as a symbol of love - one whose interwoven design "joined people together for eternity". The love knot, like the forget-me-not flower, the arrow and the swallow, became part of a language of love that found the perfect expression in jewels from this period.