Cornish Tin St. Piran Flag T-Bar Cufflinks DCC09

Cornish tin mine cufflinks with nickel-plated T-bar findings.

These cufflinks have been cast, fettled and polished from ancient tin recovered from the seabed from the cargo of SS Liverpool which sank off Anglesey in 1863.

Width: 24mm Height: 13mm

Supplied in a satin and velvet-lined gift box.

Tin is associated with 10th wedding anniversary

St Piran is the patron saint of tin miners and also the national saint of Cornwall. St Piran rediscovered tin-smelting when his black hearthstone, which was evidently a slab of tin-bearing ore, had the tin smelt out of it and rise to the top to form a white cross. From this came the St Piran flag which is the white cross on the black background that you can see all over Cornwall today. St Piran's day is celebrated annually on 5 March.

Each individual piece of St Justin jewellery and giftware is crafted by hand and eye in Cornwall, the South West extremity of Britain. This wild and beautiful land was home to the many native Celts who were driven away from the temperate midlands of Britain by invading European warriors, such as the Angles of Northern Germany. It is in places such as Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland that the art of the Celts and ancient Britons has survived, carved into stone tombs and discovered on pottery fragments and ornaments. From this ancient past comes pewter jewellery, silver jewellery, bronze jewellery and Cornish tin jewellery, all defined by our quest to bring you quality at an affordable price.

Celtic art reverberates through the centuries, identified by the simple sophistication of form and an indefinable feeling for the rightness of things. St Justin Celtic jewellery is not only a re-creation of the past, but a continual evolving of living art, created by craftsmen for the people of today.