Clogau Dwynwen Opal Pendant | Sterling Silver/Gold | Clogau Gold

The Welsh patron saint of friendship and love, Dwynwen fell in love with a young man named Maelon. She was unable to marry him due to her father's refusal and prayed to forget her love for him.<br><br>Three wishes were granted to Dwynwen by an Angel who visited her in a dream and are in turn represented in the interlocking rose gold elements in this beautiful collection.<br><br>The first wish restored her love, the second wish requested the hopes and dreams of true lovers to be met and the third wish was to devote the rest of her life in thanks for all she had been granted.<br><br>The Angel also gave Dwynwen a potion to forget past hurt, symbolised here by the shimmering opal at the centre of each beautifully handcrafted piece.<br><br>This beautiful silver and rose gold Dwynwen pendant measures 14mm wide. Contained within the pendant is rare Welsh gold, the very same gold as used by British Royalty since 1911. Available on a 22inch (55.8cm) chain that can also be worn at 20inch (50.8cm) and 18inch (46cm). | In 1989 a local man named William Roberts made a very unexpected and exciting discovery - an abandoned gold mine in the mountains of Snowdonia. This was the Clogau St. David's mine in Bontddu. Despite its disused state, he planned to transform it into a tourist attraction where visitors could pan for gold. But the idea was opposed due to its location within the Snowdonia National Park. So instead, he decided to gamble on the idea that there would be some undiscovered gold still buried within the mine.To make best-use of this precious gold, William used it exclusively to create jewellery of the very highest quality, beauty and originality, with Wales as his main design inspiration. But it wasn't until 1994 that the first range of jewellery emerged, which consisted of just five pieces that were sold through a handful of small gift shops near the Clogau St. David's gold mine. Luckily by this time they had already amassed a significant amount of high quality gold and it is from this stockpile that most of the Welsh gold that we use in our jewellery today comes from. | Clogau jewellery is guaranteed to contain rare Welsh gold. It carries a unique Welsh Dragon and “CG” mark, stamped during the creation of each Clogau item. Each piece is crafted using traditional jewellery-making techniques and painstakingly hand-finished to give the lasting pleasure which ensures the Clogau jewellery will remain as special as the day you received it, as it is passed down through generations.