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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 315331, member: 2844&quot;]Not really, Jacobite jewellery is nothing like Confederate symbols. And the Jacobite cause can in no way be compared to the Confederate cause.</p><p>Jacobite jewellery dates from a specific period. No Jacobite jewellery was produced after that period, it was simply not relevant. Even during the recent Scottish independence aspirations, no Jacobite jewellery was made, just the usual Celtic and Scottish jewellery that has been made ever since the early 19th century, when the ban on Highland symbols was lifted.</p><p>Some Scottish people will occasionally toast to &#039;the king across the water&#039; (Stewart pretender to the throne, who lived in France), a Jacobite toast. But that is about as far as it goes. The current Stewart pretender to the throne, the duke of Bavaria, has no interest in claiming the throne, so the house of Hannover/Windsor can relax.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>There is no Jacobite symbol on this brooch. Here is a list of Jacobite symbols:</p><p><a href="https://cullodenbattlefield.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/the-secret-symbols-of-the-jacobites/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cullodenbattlefield.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/the-secret-symbols-of-the-jacobites/" rel="nofollow">https://cullodenbattlefield.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/the-secret-symbols-of-the-jacobites/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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