Celtic Plate

The Celtic Plate is highly polished traditional 17th Century style 11″ pewter dinner plate, with the added detailed motif of Celtic Engraving. The Celtic Plate is hand made in England from fine English BS. 179828 quality pewter.

Celtic art appeared as an identifiable tradition in about 600 BC and flourished until the mid-1st century AD, when the expansion of the Roman Empire and the Roman conquest of the Celts of Britain, Gaul, and Germany largely extinguished Celtic culture. Celtic art is ornamental, avoiding straight lines and only occasionally using symmetry. Celtic art often involves complex symbolism. It includes a variety of styles and often includes slightly modified elements from other cultures.

There are three traditions of Celtic art, the first being the continental Iron age, which draws on native, classical and oriental sources; the second is the Iron Age art in Britain and Ireland which draws on the continental tradition while adding distinctive regional styles; and the third is the Celtic renaissance of the early Middle Ages in Ireland that borrows heavily from Roman motifs. This third tradition formed the basis for the relatively recent Celtic Revival art.