Scallop shell bowl and spoon set, handmade pewter by Glover and Smith

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£37.50 Code: scalbowl Scallop Shell bowl with shell spoon Lead free pewter handmade in the Uk by Glover and Smith. Ideal salt bowl or mustard bowl etc. or even for bath salts or soap. Great present for beach combers, shell lovers, symbol of pilgrims Perfect 10th wedding anniversary gifts, (It's 92% tin)  The bowl is 92mm wide and comes in a presentation box   Gift Wrapping Service   £3.00 per item.  (tick to select) Type your Gift Wrapping Message below: Qty: Print this page Email these details to a friend

The scallop shell is the traditional emblem of Saint James.

Medieval Christian pilgrims often wore a scallop shell symbol on their hat or clothes. They also carried a scallop shell, and would present themselves at churches, castles, abbeys etc, where they could expect to be given as much sustenance as they could pick up with one scoop.

The German word for scallop is Jakobsmuschel, in Swedish it literally translates to pilgrim mussel and in France the scallop is called a coquille St. Jacques, literally a St James shellfish.  

Many paintings of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and fertility, included a scallop shell in the painting to identify her. This is most evident in Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, nicknamed "Venus on the half-shell".

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