Scottish Clan Badge in Alderwood Framed Tile
A Full color Badge of your Clan Chief includes the Clan name and motto, now displayed on a 6" ceramic tile and mounted on a fine alderwood
frame. Frame is made with solid wood back, with keyhole for mounting on wall.
The crest of your Clan Chief, encircled within the traditional
strap and buckle bearing the chief’s motto or slogan. These items have been carefully researched using the most recognized historical
sources. The images have been computer drawn according to heraldic standards, and the final product is placed on the ceramic tile
with the latest subliminal technique in parch-tone background -or the optional Tartan belonging to the Clan for only $3.00 more.
Scottish clansmen
would traditionally wear a badge depicting the crest of their chief, in order to show their loyalty to the Clan. Clansmen consisted
of both "native men," who had a direct blood relationship with their chief, as well as any others who had sought the protection of
the clan. Today, a chief can accept or deny whom he wants to into the Clan. Most Clans will accept anyone who will offer their allegiance,
in addition to the the traditional Septs and affliliations.
Today's meaning of Tartans as the plaid cloth which color and design despicts
a Scottish Clan comes from the 1800s. Highlanders loved tartans so much that they were identified with it, and upon the visit from
King George IV in 1822, the clans were invited to greet their King in "their proper clan tartan." Most did not have a clan tartan,
and many were created or renamed for that occasion. From this point on, the idea was established that in order to even be a proper
tartan, it had to be a named tartan, a clan tartan.
