Lot #3: Portmeirion The Holly and The Ivy Lot Pagan Winter Solstice Christmas Botanical

A set of British-made Portmeirion for your Yuletide table - consisting of 5 mugs, 2 candle holders (candles included!), a sugar bowl, and salt and pepper shakers. They can mix and match with the botanic Garden series as they are the same form. Inspired by a traditional 17th-century English Christmas carol, featuring antique botanical illustrations of green foliage, red berries, and sweeping script lyrics from the song. "The holly and the ivy, When they are both full grown, Of all the trees that are in the wood, The holly bears the crown." Holly and ivy are pre-Christian winter solstice symbols that were later adapted into Christmas traditions. Holly was regarded in Celtic and Germanic folklore as a masculine, protective evergreen representing life, strength, and immortality during the dark of winter. Ivy is associated with the feminine principle, loyalty, binding friendship, and everlasting persistence because of its clinging growth habit. Pickup category timeslot {A}