Lake Isle of Innisfree Sterling Silver Pendant
Lake Isle of Innisfree Sterling Silver Pendant
Hallmarked Sterling Silver Pendant inspired by Sligo and the Poetry of W B Yeats
The Lake Isle of Innisfree is a tiny little unassuming Island, literally little more than a stone throw from the shores Lough Gill near Slish Wood. Densely covered in trees and scrub, and completely uninhabited this speck of land nonetheless gave rise to one of literatures greatest poems of displacement and longing for home.
W B Yeats wrote the Lake Isle of Innisfree while living on “the pavements grey” of London. The poem speaks of his longing to return to Sligo where he had spent so much of his early childhood, the county that inspired so much of his poetry.
That such an insignificant island could inspire such timeless art inspired Martina to create this Lake Isle of Innisfree collection. The liquid like contours etched into the face of each piece follows the outline shape of Lough Gill. The tiny green stone is placed where the Lake Isle of Innisfree is located.
This beautiful pendant is a stunning gift for all lovers of poetry and literature around the world, for anyone who looks to home from far away.
Solid Hallmarked Sterling Silver and findings. Pieces 1.6cm (D).
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core. - W B Yeats
DESIGNER JEWELLERY ONLINE BY MARTINA HAMILTON
Each piece of Martina Hamilton bespoke sterling silver and gold jewellery is designed handcrafted in our Goldsmiths studio in Sligo and hallmarked under the stringent quality conditions of the Assay Office of Ireland. An Irish hallmark is recognised around the world as a guarantee of the highest quality precious metal
