A pebble with a natural hole through it, nailed to cottage doors and hung in stables and over beds in England.
Record, Folk and Modern are kept apart, and each one carries its source. Spotted a better source? Tell us.
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford holds a hag stone “found fixed on a nail to the cottage-door” in Dorset, acquired in 1880–81 (1884.56.3). The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic holds a string of hag stones from Bridestowe, Devon (object 269).
People nailed holed pebbles to doors, hung them in stables or over beds “to keep away witches” and nightmares. That is what they believed; we report it as belief.
We cast the pendant from a holed pebble bought from a supplier — never taken from a beach, where collecting may be restricted (To verify). One natural hole, nothing added.
It opens with the pencil construction, then follows the record, how people used it, and the piece we make today. Every fact in it comes from the sources on this page.
Sterling, gold plated silver, and a fully handmade atelier piece; none carries stones, because a hag stone has no point for one. Every tier keeps the symbol whole and true to its source.
925 sterling cast from a sea-worn pebble, satin finish. One natural hole; the chain runs through it.
Gold-plated 925 sterling silver (vermeil) — high-polish pebble with one natural hole. No stones: the shape has no point for one.
Hand-hammered gold-plated 925 sterling silver pebble with one natural hole and no stones. Shown on the bench with the stone it was modelled on. Made to order.