Anne Boleyn astrolabe and signature pendant, set with pearl
20mm disc, sterling silver or gold vermeil
For those who are entirely, unapologetically themselves.
The source:
This pendant carries two things from Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours, her personal symbol and her own signature.
On the front: the astrolabe — the same symbol Anne drew alongside her inscription Le temps viendra on that page of her Book of Hours, and which also appears in the Ecclesiastes manuscript associated with her, shown at Hever Castle for the first time this century. Scholars understand the astrolabe not as an astronomical reference but as Anne's most personal mark — an emblem of time, of self-knowledge, of the moral weight of living within finite days. It is the symbol she chose before she adopted the crowned falcon of her queenship. Before the world knew who she would become, this is the mark she made.
On the reverse: her signature, as she wrote it. Anne Boleyn.
Together: her private symbol and her name. I am this. I know what time it is.
The stone:
The pearl is historically exact. Anne Boleyn's documented jewellery collection was notable for its pearls — worn in ropes, sewn into hoods, and set into pendants. She appears in portraits with pearl necklaces at her throat. In the Tudor period, pearls were the stone of queens: rare, organic, formed through genuine process, lustrous without being showy. They were also, in English folk tradition, associated with emotional truth — things that form slowly, through real experience, from something that began as an intrusion and became something precious.
The talisman:
Wear this as a declaration of self-knowledge. Knowing who you are, and being willing to put your name to it.
Materials:
Double-sided engraved 20mm disc pendant, pearl, sterling silver or gold vermeil
Available in: Sterling silver / Gold Vermeil
All of our pieces are handmade in London to order. Current lead time is two weeks.
Anne Boleyn astrolabe and signature pendant, set with pearl
20mm disc, sterling silver or gold vermeil
For those who are entirely, unapologetically themselves.
The source:
This pendant carries two things from Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours, her personal symbol and her own signature.
On the front: the astrolabe — the same symbol Anne drew alongside her inscription Le temps viendra on that page of her Book of Hours, and which also appears in the Ecclesiastes manuscript associated with her, shown at Hever Castle for the first time this century. Scholars understand the astrolabe not as an astronomical reference but as Anne's most personal mark — an emblem of time, of self-knowledge, of the moral weight of living within finite days. It is the symbol she chose before she adopted the crowned falcon of her queenship. Before the world knew who she would become, this is the mark she made.
On the reverse: her signature, as she wrote it. Anne Boleyn.
Together: her private symbol and her name. I am this. I know what time it is.
The stone:
The pearl is historically exact. Anne Boleyn's documented jewellery collection was notable for its pearls — worn in ropes, sewn into hoods, and set into pendants. She appears in portraits with pearl necklaces at her throat. In the Tudor period, pearls were the stone of queens: rare, organic, formed through genuine process, lustrous without being showy. They were also, in English folk tradition, associated with emotional truth — things that form slowly, through real experience, from something that began as an intrusion and became something precious.
The talisman:
Wear this as a declaration of self-knowledge. Knowing who you are, and being willing to put your name to it.
Materials:
Double-sided engraved 20mm disc pendant, pearl, sterling silver or gold vermeil
Available in: Sterling silver / Gold Vermeil
All of our pieces are handmade in London to order. Current lead time is two weeks.
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