TRUE LOVER'S KNOT

In 18th and early 19th century America, popular amongst some Pennsylvania Quakers, this form of handmade love token included a penned message within mazelike linear bands enclosing English text. It is possible to follow the text along more than one path and still come out with a sensible message. To read the text from any entry point, one rotates the token.

Friday, November 19, 2010

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Hugh Pugh is descended from a line of the Welsh Quaker Pugh family which were originally in Montgomery Co. PA, and there is a genealogy via ...

Still in search of Hugh Pugh's Final Resting Place

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I'm still attempting, when time permits, to discover where and truly when Hugh Pugh left this mortal coil. He did indeed make it as far...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

BBC History of the World in Objects Screenshot

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A screenshot of the page containing the True Lover's Knot, which was accepted following review by the BBC A History of the World in 100...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

BBC History of the World Submission

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I submitted the True Lover's Knot to the UK's BBC Channel 4 Radio program "A History of the World in 100 Objects." The sh...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Quaker Schoolmasters

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Re Hugh Pugh (b. 1747-d. aft 1807) the pen artist who made the 1801 "True Lover's Knot" for my great great great grandmothe...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Fraktur Symposium

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Attended the Fraktur Symposium yesterday held at the main branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. A day long free (!) event featuring...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Appraisement Update

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The appraisement for Insurance purposes of this early 19th century Lover's Knot or Valentine is complete and I've received an Affad...
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