![]() ‘We want you to come and sit with us for an hour or two, hear our story, and become an Abingdonian, as we call them.’ ‘We don’t want to be an anonymous bottle on a shelf,’ Jane says. The resulting wine is something of a compromise between them. ‘He says, “Right, my gut says this” and she’ll respond with “Don’t be ridiculous, science says this.” They have an amazing synergy.’ ‘Ian is completely self-taught, and Laurie studied wine more formally,’ Jane explained. ![]() I immediately loved this winery because Abingdon embraces us, the amateur wine lovers. The following year, their tasting room was the recipient of the American Express Dining Awards South Africa’s Best Kept Secret. Popular design motifs found on Jewelry, that are a spin-off of the Greek Key Pattern, for a male who identifies as a man, include the Celtic knot patterns, Greek key designs, Arabic geometric patterns, and abstract designs.Brought up among the gloomy grapevines of Lion’s River, Laurie Cooper (daughter to Jane and Ian) is now the assistant winemaker at Abingdon and was named the Moët & Chandon best young sommelier of South Africa for 2019. If it floats your boat - all gender identities can wear Jewelry. Genders continue to expand and at the time of writing (2020) there are now 33 recognized terms, Australians use to ifentify themselves. But times are changing and changing fast. Women’s jewelry has been generally worn to enhance a woman's beauty while in Jewelry History, men have worn jewelry as a status symbol, badge of rank, or for recognition of achievement. Jewelry art historians will know, that throughout the History of Jewelry men have been wearing jewelry for just as long as women, but for slightly different motives. Men's Jewelry may also include the key pattern. The connection with water persisted into Roman times when the motif was frequently used on mosaic floors in bathhouses. Being very ancient motifs they occur in the earliest farming communities in Anatolia in the six millennium BC and were a major feature design in pottery decoration throughout Neolithic Europe.ĭesigns based on spiral scrolls, circles, and meandering bands are typical of the art of the Mycenaean civilization on the Greek mainland in the middle of the second millennium BC.ĭuring the Georgian neoclassical movement when Europe was having a revival in classical Greece, the Greek key pattern above all others signified Greek style and taste. In the photograph below is a pavement in the streets of Rhodes, made from beach stones, featuring the "meander" Greek key pattern!Ĭurved or angular variations of the same key patterns are also in existence. The Greek Key design isn't only found on jewelry. The style of architecture also influenced and was reflected in the jewelry of the time. In Europe, this pattern was included in the dominant style of architecture during the 18th century. If the decoration forms interlaced patterns it is known as Guilloche and is also found in Classical Greek and Roman architecture including Georgian Revival, Greek revival, Neoclassicism and Second Empire. The Meander motif, when used in architecture in Anatolia in Turkey, is referring to the river "Meander." The Spiral Meander motif has a long history in the Mediterranean. ![]() The pattern is also known as a running ornament or 'meander' when the design is continuous or intertwined as foliage meanders. Georgian jewelry featuring a Greek key pattern is highly desirable, and you will pay more for Antique Jewelry where the ancient Greek design appears. The pattern is often incorporated as a border design around a ring, bracelet or Cameo surround forming a running ornamental design of repeated symmetrical figures.Īntique Jewelry with the Greek Key Motif is becoming increasingly harder to find, due to the fact, that Antique Jewelry collectors do not like parting with these amazing meandering patterns. In a time when most people couldn'tread or write, myths were the most effective way to pass knowledge and teach people about moral virtues, cosmology, love, death, forgiveness, and everything that is present in our daily lives. In Greek mythology the Centaur had the torso of a person combined with the body of a horse. The pattern originated from Greek mythology and was symbolic of the labyrinth that imprisoned the Minotaur. This ancient design can also be seen in later historical periods, such as the Art Deco Period, right up to the present. Greek Key patterns were incorporated into Georgian jewels of the late Georgian period. Investors in Georgian Jewelry enjoy having authentic examples of the Greek Key, commemorative of the late Georgian period.
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