Collection: Zodiac

Something about a zodiac plate feels like it was always meant to be personal. Alfred Meakin of Tunstall, Staffordshire began making these calendar plates in the mid-1960s, and for well over a decade they found their way into kitchens across England and North America as a small annual tradition. Each year brought a new colour, brown, blue, red, green, but the same design every time. A rural farmstead at the centre, ringed by "God Bless Our House Throughout" and the year. All twelve zodiac signs illustrated clearly around the border, each one named.

The pattern was hand engraved and applied under the glaze. That's why the figures are still so crisp. Alfred Meakin had been producing transferware in the Staffordshire potteries since 1875, and the quality holds up. These weren't decorative pieces people tucked in a cabinet. They hung in kitchens and got looked at every day.

Each pendant carries one sign only. The symbol, the illustration, the name beneath. Nothing else from the plate made it into the frame. Just that one figure, cut carefully and set in gold or silver, specific to the person wearing it.

They make quietly perfect birthday gifts. Or just the right thing for anyone who has always felt a little claimed by their sign.

Browse the Zodiac collection and find yours.