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The Luckenbooth design is probably the most romantic in the history of Silver-smithing in Scotland. Said to have been designed as the betrothal brooch (brooches were given on engagements instead of rings in those days) for Mary Queen of Scots from the Dauphin of France, whom she married in 1558, hence the two hearts surmounted by the Crown. (The gold version can be viewed in the larger picture).
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