Kells Kilt Pins - Gents Men's Jessie M King was one

Jessie M King was one of the great Scottish artists of the early 20th Century

the ladies’ ring reads ‘true love’ and the gents’ ‘eternal love

they passed three nights carving dozens of inscriptions in their twig-like runic alphabet: messages of love

This collection was inspired by decoration on Japanese Inro (miniature lacquered containers) in the Ivy Wu collection at the National Museum of Scotland

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Kells Kilt Pins - Gents Men's Jessie M King was oneAbout 800 AD, under Viking threat, a stunning illuminated manuscript of the gospels was carried from Iona to the Irish abbey of Kells. It remains in Ireland to this day, the supreme example of Celtic high art.