Celtic Ivy Trellis Cuff Bracelet

Celtic Ivy Trellis
Cuff Bracelet

Mother said, after years of studying religion, “I am a Druid. I believe in nature.” And she meant it, at least the nature part. Out on the farm, she had a love of trees, grasses, and vines and delighted in nature’s beauty. She loved the subtlety and flow of the seasons, their colors, the smells, the emergence and new growth in the spring, and the fulfillment of summer with its hot days, blue sky, and puffy white clouds with shadows sailing across the fields and hills. She settled comfortably into the coming of fall, burnt umber, tawny yellows, and the golds and rust colors of harvest. Then winter would come with its ice and snow and winter would allow a rest and the eventual restart of a new season. In Mother’s love of nature and her Druid declaration are the echoes of a deep Celtic heritage.

For many of us of European descent, our great-great-grandmothers and many great grandfathers of long ago were fierce warriors, skilled craftsmen, artisans of exquisite sensitivity, and the weavers of eternal knot patterns of great beauty and complexity.

Celtic Ivy Trellis
Cuff Bracelet

If the whispers of your Celtic heritage call out to you from the mists of time, you should consider our Celtic Ivy Trellis Cuff Bracelet. This is a great bracelet, so popular we make them fifty at a time. It wears well, and fits almost everyone. Looks smart with a navy blue blazer.

Sterling Silver, high-polished finish,
antiqued recessed background.

One size fits most everyone.

Celtic Ivy Trellis
Cuff Bracelet

A memory from 1955: three-story cream-colored house on Sargent Street, Westbrook, Maine. October lawn, grass needs mowing, obvious to a 6-year-old. The air is filled with the haze and the smell of burning leaves. I remember the long green grass. I remember the smoking piles of leaves and the curious feature in the middle of the side lawn, a white painted lattice trellis, an arched structure with two built-in seats.

To a 6-year-old, this rare, exotic architectural structure was an object of fascination. Not having been close to one before, I studied it closely. I tried sitting on the built-in seats. I looked at the curious structure of lacework wood painted white and wondered about it. I never asked about the trellis; I just marveled at all the details.

Who the Trellis
Was Made For

Many years later, I became the family historian. It was part of having a big house with attics and a business with storage shelves with room to put a hundred years of family photo albums. The albums answered some of the questions the 6-year-old could have asked about this trellis, whose it was, and why it was built.

The house on Sargent Street was built by my great-great-grandfather in the 1890s. He owned a livery stable in the City of Westbrook. He and his wife lived on the first floor of Sargent Street. One of his sons lived on the second floor, another son lived in the house next door. We have various photos of my great-grandfather Walter and his wife Katherine sitting at the trellis. This was the early history of the architectural artifact the 6-year-old found in the side yard in 1955, and later found in the old photo albums. Why a trellis? In the 1890s, it was the fashion, a must-have decorative detail that went with many fine homes.

The Celtic Trellis
Bracelet

It’s solid and satisfyingly heavy. Not overly done, it’s what we call a “Goldilocks perfect” weight and size. Looks great on, feels nice. I could easily see a lady sitting on one of those antique lawn trellises wearing this bracelet.