St.Petroc Cross

MADE IN CORNWALL, ENGLAND

St Petroc cross

Bronze cross with embossed detail on trace gold-plated chain.  A cross with a circle incorporated into it's design (often called a Celtic Cross) pre-dates Christianity and is thought to a Pagan representation of the Sun. 

St Petroc was a Welsh nobleman who was educated in an Irish monastery and then sailed with a small band of followers to the Camel estuary. He built a church at Padstow with a Celtic monastery as a Centre for spreading the Christian faith. In his travels he also started churches in Bodmin and Little Petherick, as well as in many parts of Britain, Wales and Brittany. King Constantine ruled the area at this time and was said to have been converted to Christianity by St Petroc when he rescued the deer that the King was hunting. There are many legends about St Petroc's healing, miracles and banishing monsters. He was buried at Padstow. In the 12th Century St Petroc's Church in Bodmin obtained his relics and put them in a painted ivory casket, which can still be seen today.

Width: 18mm Height: 26mm | Chain length: 18 inch (45cm)  Below the makers tell us a little about the product and process.

 Cornish bronze

The Bronze Age in Great Britain and Western Europe began over 4,000 years ago in around 2,000 BC. Both copper and tin were discovered, mined and fused together to form the alloy bronze, renowned for its strength and longevity.

Bronze melts at a higher temperature than silver and also needs to be cast using the lost-wax process. Items can be made very fine due their strength.

We have re-created this ancient metal using recycled copper and Cornish tin to make a collection of bronze jewellery that is strong and very hard but  looks like gold.

Each piece of our 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.