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Elquvani

Lovespoon symbols in 18K gold-plated steel

Say it the old way.

For centuries in Wales, a carved lovespoon said what was hard to say out loud: a heart for love, a key for home, a horseshoe for luck. We cut those symbols in 18K gold-plated stainless steel, and every piece comes with a card that explains what it means.

Build your spoon Shop by meaning

Point at a symbol on the spoonTap a symbol on the spoon

01 Love

Heart

On Welsh lovespoons, a heart has traditionally stood for love. Two hearts side by side: the love is returned.

Two Hearts Drop Earrings worn, shown to scale Two Hearts Drop Earrings $32

Five meanings

Choose what you want to say, then the piece.

The shop is sorted the way a lovespoon is read: by meaning. Every symbol belongs to one of five, and every piece lists the traditional meaning of the symbols it carries.

Two hands held together, one wrist wrapped in the Two Hearts Pendant chain Love Hearts and the endless knot Key to Home Pendant hanging on a hook by a wine-red front door, beside a bunch of house keys Home The key and the wheel A hand wearing the Lucky Shoe Signet Ring holding a daisy Luck The upturned horseshoe Three generations of wrists wearing oval link bracelets Together Chain links and the bell A hand on an old suitcase handle, the Safe Harbour Anchor Pendant wrapped around the wrist Journey The anchor and two birds

Five to start with

One piece for each meaning.

Turn a card over to read what comes written inside the box.

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Key to Home Pendant

Key to Home Pendant

$42

Link by Link Bracelet

Link by Link Bracelet

From $34

Build-a-Spoon

Carve your own handle, one symbol at a time.

On a lovespoon the symbols run down the handle, one below the other, and the order is part of the message. Pick two, three or four, set the order, and we link them into a drop that ends in a tiny spoon bowl. You see the line-up and the price change as you choose.

  1. 1Choose symbols from those in stock
  2. 2Set their order, top to bottom
  3. 3Pick a chain length: 16, 18 or 20 inches
Start building

Or start from a line-up

The Homecoming Spoon on a pale oak board The Homecoming Spoon $55 The Traveller Spoon on a pale oak board The Traveller Spoon $45 The Wedding Spoon on a pale oak board The Wedding Spoon $66

In every box

The card does the talking.

Each piece is packed with a small cream card for every symbol it carries: the symbol on the front, its traditional meaning on the back, and room to write your own words. Product pages show exactly what each card says.

Pocket lovespoons

Laser-engraved, and we say so.

Traditional lovespoons were carved by hand over many evenings. Ours are not: they are small wooden spoons about 12 cm long, with the symbols laser-engraved down the handle, finished with oil and packed with their cards. A keepsake for a pocket, a drawer or a frame, not for the kitchen.

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Five laser-engraved pocket lovespoons fanned out on cream linen

The dictionary

Nine symbols, nine old meanings.

Read every meaning in full