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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9801797, member: 2844&quot;]Beautiful tyg, K. And agree with the maker and date, of course.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They don&#039;t look like blackfaced sheep, or any other sheep imo.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>At the time the blackfaced sheep were not very popular in Scotland because the devastating Highland Clearances were still fresh in everyone&#039;s memory.</p><p>Blackfaced sheep are not of Scottish origin, they were introduced from south of the border by rich landowners who thought sheep more profitable than people. That led to the Highland Clearances: Many crofters (tenant farmers) in the Highlands were evicted and forced to migrate, and the English blackfaced sheep came in their place.</p><p>The Highlands and Islands are still riddled with ruins of crofts.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/history/clearances.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/history/clearances.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/history/clearances.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t the faces have tusks of some sort? Probably mythical animals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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