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The
hip flask includes
the famous words
(printed on a small card, as well
as part of the flask design)...
Quoted from the Declaration of Arbroath
1320:
"for,
as long as but a hundred of us remain
alive, never will we on any conditions
be brought under English rule. It
is in truth not for glory, nor riches,
nor honours that we are fighting,
but for freedom – for that alone,
which no honest man gives up but with
life itself."
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The inspiration behind the tartan:
THE DECLARATION OF SCOTTISH
INDEPENDENCE
Sixth day of April in
the year of grace thirteen hundred & twenty
The tartan was created to commemorate the
most treasured document in Scottish history,
the Declaration of Arbroath, a declaration
of Scottish Independence dated 6th April 1320.
Written in the form of a letter to Pope John
XXII on behalf of the Earls, Barons and Community
of the Kingdom of Scotland. This eloquent
letter, in support of King Robert the Bruce
and an independent Scotland, is still regarded
as a resolute and impassioned statement of
a nation's claim to freedom.
The tartan celebrates Scotland's past ...present
...and in time, its future, and it acknowledges
the nation's modern day democratic right to
freedom of choice. The Declaration tartan
was created for all Scots at home and overseas
who wish to wear an iconic tartan to celebrate
their Scottish heritage.
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THE
RATIONALE
BEHIND THE CREATION OF THE TARTAN
Included
with the hip flask
THE
PAST...
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13
red threads ...and 20 yellow
threads ...represent the year
1320 the year the Declaration
of Arbroath was sealed. The
colours and geometry also
portraying the Royal Standard
of Scotland historically known
as the Banner of King Robert
the Bruce ...the King
of Scots. The red pivot thus
represent the courageous Lion
Rampant and Scotland's
ongoing fight for freedom.
7 yellow threads and 7 black
threads represents the famous
legend of Bruce and the Spider,
an ancient tale of triumph
over adversity through self
belief and perseverance. “If
at first you don’t succeed,
try and try again".
The size of the sett (329
threads) acts as a memorial
for the life and death of
King Robert the Bruce 'Scotland's
Hero King', who died in 1329.
The green and purple shades
in the tartan (with the red
stripe) represent the ancient
battlefields and blood stained
heather moorlands of Scotland
...the free land that the
Scots of old fought for, and
paid for with their lives.
The green khaki shades also
alluding to the Declaration
of Arbroath parchment itself.
AN ANCIENT SALTIRE...
The white pivot in the tartan
as combined with the azure
blue creates a visual representation
of the ancient Scottish Saltire.
The official flag of Scotland,
thought to be the oldest continuously
used sovereign flag in the
world having been in use since
832 AD. Also known as Saint
Andrew's Cross the Saltire,
as represented in the tartan,
also pays tribute to the ancient
legend of a white cloud miraculously
appearing in the shape of
a cross in a bright blue sky
...which became a hopeful
symbol of a bright future
for Scotland.
The white and blue together
are designed to accurately
represent the proportions
of the Saltire, the white
bar being one-fifth of the
width of the blue field.
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THE PRESENT...
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20
dark red threads ...with 14,
6 and 4 dark blue threads
represent the date 2014 6th
April, the date the tartan
was first inspired. This date
also being significant as
Tartan Day in the year of
Homecoming Scotland 2014.
The tartan's year of creation
and registration also marks
a pivotal moment in Scotland's
history, the date of the Scottish
Referendum on Independence
2014. The tartan acknowledges
this historic moment in time
...and notes the nation's
democratic right to choose
independence, or remain united
with the Kingdom of Great
Britain. The tartan also pays
tribute to the 700th anniversary
year of the Battle of Bannockburn
in 1314.
The dark red then acts as
a present day remembrance
for the thousands of Scots
who died in their fight for
freedom during the ancient
Wars of Scottish Independence,
the colour representing their
shed blood.
The Declaration tartan was
ratified as an official tartan,
with consent given from the
Scottish Government, on the
1st December 2014 ...the Observance
of St. Andrew's Day.
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THE FUTURE...
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4
and 6 blue threads ...with
20 dark red and 20 white threads
represents the future date
of April 6th 2020. The tartan
then contemplates Scotland's
future, anticipating the forthcoming
700th anniversary of the sealing
of the Declaration of Arbroath,
taking place on April 6th
2020.
The seven colour Declaration
tartan will thus then in time
celebrate 7 centuries of Scotland's
ongoing evolution towards
greater freedoms and independence.
THE MYTHICAL UNICORN...
The solid white square becomes
the balancing point within
the weave, paying tribute
to the powerful & mythical
Unicorn of Scotland ...our
nation's national animal.
Chained (as being a fierce
and dangerous beast if ever
freed) the heraldic unicorn
represents everything that
is noble, innocent, joyful
and pure.
The Declaration Tartan
...Celebrating Scotland's
past, present ...and future.
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The
Declaration tartan is a protected patented
design, IPO Registration No. 4036938
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The Declaration 1320 ®
Full registered name of the tartan:
The Declaration Of Scottish Independence, Arbroath 1320
Ratified
(with permission granted by the Scottish Government) on 1st December 2014
- The Observance of St. Andrew's Day.
REGISTERED TARTAN NUMBER
11182
by
Steven Patrick Sim
the TARTAN ARTISAN ® ... Arbroath
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COPYRIGHT STEVEN PATRICK SIM © 2014 - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
UK Registered Trademark – UK00003138756
UK00003138756
UK Registered design number – 4036938
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