Scrying Mirror Necklace

This Victorian Gothic necklace was inspired by Dr. Dee's Scrying Mirror.  

• A disc of black agate hints of the hidden depths of Dr. Dee's Magic Mirror  
• It hangs from a Victorian filigree connector 
• flanked by hand wrapped chains of faceted jet glass
• The necklace shown measures 18" or 46cm, but can be made in 16"/41cm long or 20"/51cm
• It closes with a rustic, antiqued pewter clasp

Whenever I visit the British Museum I'm drawn to the Magical Speculum of Doctor Dee, Queen Elizabeth's court magician.  The obsidian disc is inclosed in a wooden case, labeled with the handwriting of Horace Walpole: "The Black Stone into which Dr Dee used to call his Spirits/ his bookThis Stone was mentioned in the Catalogue of the Collection of the Earls of Peterborough from whom it came to Lady Elizabeth Germaine.  H.W."

A Samuel Butler poem is inscribed in a different hand, mentioning Kelly, Dee's associate: 

"Kelly did all his feats upon

The Devil's Looking Glass, a stone;

Where playing with him at Bo-peep, He solv'd all problems ne'er so deep."

All pieces are made by hand or sourced with care from our home studio in Kirkwall, Orkney. Ally's designs are inspired by the wild, ancient Orkney landscape with its unique blend of Scottish and Norse culture and history.