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Figure / saint / signaculum Figure / saint / signaculum

Jet figure of St James the Apostle dressed as a pilgrim, probably a signaculum, a pilgrim's sign obtained at the saint's shrine at Compostela in Spain: Spanish, Asturias, probably 1450 - 1500

Pendant Pendant

Pendant of jet, cross-shaped with six dot-and-circles inscribed on one face, from Lauder, Berwickshire, 900 - 1100 AD

Chain Chain

Chain, with a pendant drop in the form of an articulated anchor, of jet, the chain links alternately oval and oblong, worn by Mrs Craig of Edinburgh

Hair comb Hair comb

Hair comb in the form of a coronet, on three strawberry leaves between four balls of jet on a gilt metal frame, worn by Mrs Craig of Edinburgh

Bracelet Bracelet

One of a pair of jet bracelets consisting of a centre piece in the form of a double open knot and seven graded connecting sections, worn by Mrs Craig of Edinburgh

Bracelet Bracelet

One of a pair of jet bracelets consisting of a centre piece in the form of a double open knot and eight graded connecting sections, worn by Mrs Craig of Edinburgh

Necklace Necklace

Jet necklace consisting of 25 pointed oval faceted elements graded in size from the largest in the centre to the smallest at the outside, worn by Mrs Craig of Edinburgh

Bead Bead

Small bead of jet or lignite, from the horned, chambered cairn at Yarhouse (the northern cairn of a pair also known as South Yarrows), Thrumster, Caithness, Highland, Early Bronze Age

Plaque Plaque

Triangular plaque of jet, from lower chamber of lower cairn, Dunan Beag chambered cairn, Blairmore, Arran, North Ayrshire, Bronze Age

Bead Bead

Bead of jet, from Achnacreebeag chambered cairn, Benderloch, Argyll and Bute, Bronze Age

Ring / portion Ring / portion

Nearly half of a ring of jet, from a stone circle near Balgarthno Farm, Invergowrie, Angus

Necklace Necklace

Necklace of jet, with ninety-nine fusiform beads, four spacer plates, two end plates and a toggle, from a Bronze Age cist burial at Mount Stuart, Bute, Argyll and Bute, Early Bronze Age, 2050 - 1700 BC

Bead Bead

Small bead of jet, from Gartly, Aberdeenshire

Bead Bead

Large bead of jet, from Gartly, Aberdeenshire

Button Button

Three V-perforated buttons of jet, found inside a cinerary urn, from Keith Marischal, East Lothian

Bracelet Bracelet

Spacer plate bracelet of jet, from a cist at Pitreuchie, Angus, Early Bronze Age, 2050 - 1700 BC

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