BLACK DOG OF WELLS

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Celtic Blessing

Inscription: A BLESSING ON THE HEARTH, A BLESSING ON THE HOME

One of our most popular designs. Although it sells in shops specialising in Celtic goods it sells very well in most outlets.
This decorative plaque is based on a carving from the Glamis Stone in Angus, North Scotland. It shows interlaced knot work typical of early Celtic stone carving. With no end or beginning to the knot, it has an almost magic quality and the pattern has come to represent the eternity of the soul.

Dimensions: 10.4cm x 10.4cm

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Dear House

Inscription: KIND AND DEAR IS THE OLD HOUSE HERE

A very popular William Morris design which sells in many outlets.
This quote comes from a piece intended for his new house at Kelmscot in Gloucestershire which was embroidered by his wife Jane into the hangings in their bedroom. The design is based on Morris’s “Bird” woven wool fabric of 1878.

Dimensions: 10.2cm x 10.2cm

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Fortuna Domus

Inscription: STAT FORTUNA DOMUS

An ideal design for shop associated with Roman sites although it sells very well anywhere.
This hare is based on a mosaic found by archaeologists in the floor of a Romano-Celtic villa in Cirencester.
Inscribed into the tile are the words, attributed to the classical poet Virgil, ‘Stat Fortuna Domus’ which can be translated as ‘Good Fortune to this House’.

Dimensions: 10cm x 10cm

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Parva Domus

Inscription: PARVA DOMUS MAGNA QUIES

Our longest selling design and very popular house blessing.
Translated as "Small House, Great Peace". The phrase is engraved into the tile and surrounded with a garland of juniper berries and leaves. We first saw it carved into stone outside the Organist’s House near Exeter Cathedral.

Dimensions: 10.2cm x 8.8cm

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Plenty & Grace

Inscription: PLENTY & GRACE BE TO THIS PLACE

One of our most popular designs and sells well everywhere.
We saw this phrase painted on a Tudor house beam in Shrewsbury Museum – “Plentie and Grace bi to this Place”. It had originally been found in a 17th century manor house in the Midlands. The text is set into a richly detailed frame surmounted by a little angel’s head, based on a 17th century cartouche.

Dimensions: 10.2cm x 10.5cm

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Somerset Blessing

Inscription: PEACE TO THIS PLACE

Our most popular house blessing. It sells absolutely everywhere despite the title, 'Somerset Blessing'.
Stylised vine leaves comes from a carved 16th century bench end in Crowcombe Church in the Quantock Hills, Somerset.
The Latin phrase ‘Pax Huic Domini’ – ‘Peace of the Lord be to this place’ is carved in stone into a farmhouse high in the Mendip Hills also in Somerset.

Dimensions: 10cm x 10cm

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Tudor Rose

Inscription: GRACE BE TO THIS PLACE

A popular design that sells in many Tudor based outlets.
The Tudor Rose, combining as it does the white rose of Yorkshire and the red rose of Lancaster, symbolised the unification of England after the Wars of the Roses finished in 1485. Written into the petals is a lovely traditional house blessing ‘Grace to this Place.’

Dimensions: 10.7cm