Silver Darling Bracelet
Artist
Elizabeth M Cameron
Date1992
Object NameBracelet
Mediumsilver
ClassificationsJewellery
DimensionsOverall: Length: 18.7 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1992.
Copyright© Elizabeth Cameron original designs in Silver (2005)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG008792
About Me'Silver Darling' fish bracelet comprising six links chased with herring fish. The bracelet was made in 1991 by Elizabeth Cameron, who lives near the Moray Coast. The herring were called the 'silver darlings' by the fishermen who followed their shimmering shoals around the coast. Neil Gunn also used this for the title of his classic account of growing up in a fishing village.More About Me
Herring, which contributed so much to the economy of the coastal communities of northern Scotland until the middle of the 20th century were known as silver darlings
1900 - 1949
1850 - 1900
Abbott & Ellwood
