The meaning behind the love-knot pendant

The love knot is one of the oldest symbols in Western jewelry. It appears on Celtic stones, in Renaissance portraits, in Victorian mourning lockets — always meaning the same thing: two souls so closely tied they cannot be separated.

Our version uses two interlocking knots in 14k gold-fill, set with a tiny brilliant at the center where the knots cross. The center stone is supposed to be the memory of when you met, the anchor that holds everything else in place.

It's the most-given piece in our collection, and we think we know why: in a world of fast trends and faster ones, a knot is the opposite. It just stays tied.