“Rowan-tree, and red thread” — a line from a Scottish rhyme listing the things people kept against witches.
Robert Chambers printed the rhyme in Popular Rhymes of Scotland (first edition 1826; the exact edition is To verify): “Black luggie, lammer bead, / Rowan-tree, and red thread, / Put the witches to their speed!”
From the first pencil line to the piece we make today. Narrated in English, with subtitles.
Every tier keeps the symbol whole and true to its source.
925 sterling rowan sprig, satin finish: one leaf and a cluster of berries, on a red silk thread.
Gold-plated 925 sterling silver (vermeil) — rowan leaf; each berry a lab-created red stone. On red silk thread.
Handmade gold-plated 925 sterling silver sprig; berries set with lab-created red stones; red silk thread. Made to order.