Fleurs D’Ecosse

Hermes Historias De Carres > Autumn-Winter 2010

In the middle, a thistle. Downy as the mist, spiky as its coastline, it is the symbol of Scotland. Two unicorns frame it, supporting a flag (saltire). All around, coronets composed of flowers of the moors, woods and hills: primroses, hyacinths, heather and thistles. There are also the gems which ornament traditional jewellery: topaz, amber and cairngorm, the name of the mountains to the north. And then, these plaid brooches, which fix the tartan to the shoulder, or kilt pins, used for the aprons of the kilt but which can otherwise be pinned to the covers of a first child… Don’t forget the long feathers of the bagpipers’ Glengarry bonnets. There you are, laid out on a tartan, the portrait of Scotland!