English Rose – Pewter Bookmark

Description

English Rose bookmark fits in your book flat and the Rose is thus over the spine. The Rose is 2.5cm in diameter, the piece is wholly made of very fine English Pewter with a high level of finish.

The Rose has a long tradition within English symbolism of love & sacrifice, it is unsurprisingly the national flower of England. Today the red rose has become an emblem of romantic love to the point of cliché, whilst the white rose (along with the lily) is a symbol of innocence and purity.

However like with many such things there are layers of meaning that span centuries. The most recent layering’s and that which most people will be familiar with, we can thank Elizabeth 1st, Shakespeare and Victorian Romantics – the term ‘the Wars of the Roses’ was only used after 1829 when Sir Walter Scott referred to that conflict as such in his novel.