Reliquary Hand Kilt Pin

An adornment for your autumn jacket, a chunky knit, a winter coat or even a bag…

I hand-sculpted this little Reliquary Hand amulet from jewellers wax & had it cast into raw brass by fire. Reliquaries are essentially containers for holy relics and I discovered a series of ornate reliquaries of arms and hands, which in fact house the bones and remains of sacred peoples’ arms and hands. My miniature version is empty – don’t worry! It’s an amuletic sculpture inspired by the ornate reliquary hands made medieval craftspeople. It's jewellery wearing jewellery and that’s a bit boujie.

I’ve soldered a little jump ring onto the miniature hand, so that I can adorn a finger with a drippy globule of deep red garnet. Then I have suspended the Hand from a vintage dead-stock kilt pin which has been made from raw golden brass. I’ve carefully selected 3 juicy reclaimed gemstones to keep accompany the hand - a glossy garnet, a slab of rich red carnelian agate & a cross-shaped pearl.

Details:

• Kilt pin measures 62 mm in length. About 2.5 inches.

• Vintage dead stock pin made from raw brass.

• Features a cast brass Reliquary Hand amulet hand-sculpted & cast in the UK.

• Featuring a shiny slab of carnelian agate, a garnet & an abstract cross-shaped pearl.

• The metal wire wrappings & jump rings are 14ct filled gold.

• Polishing cloth supplied.

• Please don’t wear in water - pearls don’t like getting wet once they’re born! Try to not fall into any bodies of water on your winter walks hehe.

• I can make about 3 of these but the pearls and carnelian chunks will slightly differ as they’re natural forms.

Please allow up to 10 days for me to prepare and post this out to you. Email roo@museeroo.co.uk if you need to.