Shieldmaiden, Ready to Ship

"'For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And yet I know not how I should speak of her. When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely as a lily, and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel. Or was it, maybe, a frost that had turned its sap to ice, and so it stood, bitter-sweet, still fair to see, but stricken, soon to fall and die?"

- Aragorn about Eowyn, The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien

Don the finery of Eowyn, shieldmaiden and White Lady of Rohan! I begin with stainless steel chainmail diamonds, which I attach to a zinc knotwork pendant. The diamonds and pendant are attached to 20 inches of stainless steel chain, which closes with a lobster claw clasp for maximum adjustability.

Tolkien drew heavily on the mythology and poems of the Anglo-Saxons when he created the land of Rohan in Middle-Earth. The Anglo-Saxons were a bold and heroic people composed of mingled Ancient Britons and the Norse and Germanic invaders from over the sea. I designed the Eowyn while researching Anglo-Saxon jewelry. A simple design with the complexity of knotwork and the strength of steel, for Eowyn, fair maiden and daughter of kings.

The stainless steel construction makes it durable enough for riding into battle (or the playground), while still being elegant enough to wear to a victory feast.