Idril's Device - reserved for Richard

This beautiful elven device "...was held by the the descendants of Idril, preserved from Gondolin & descending from Eärendil to Númenor, whence It was saved by Elendil, and taken to Gondor."

Idril was the daughter of the King of Gondolin, Turgon, and mother of Eärendil, one of Middle-earth's greatest heroes, and forefather of both Elrond and Aragorn. It's studded with cornflowers, the blue jewels of the golden corn fields.

We were fascinated by the back history that Tolkien wrote for this specific piece of artwork, which appears in the story not just as a design but as a physical artifact that survives some of the greatest calamities in Middle-earth's history. We gave it a dark carnauba wax finish for that feeling of antiquity, though surely the original must have been marked by both fire and salt water!

Hand carved and painted from a heavy upcycled hardwood plate with an intriguing diamond pattern on the edge that complements the serrated edge of the cornflowers motif. 

ø 30 cm