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What does it signify?
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Can someone please tell me what the following piece of jewellery signifies: a pair of hands (clasped together as in prayer) with a cross at the base.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.its called a claddah, quite famous in Ireland. I think. if its a ring it depends on which way round it's worn to signify if you are in a relationship or not.
Click on link. Tells you all about it.
http://www.galway1.ie/faq/claddagh.htm
Click on link. Tells you all about it.
http://www.galway1.ie/faq/claddagh.htm
If it's something like this : http://www.religious-items.com/browseproducts/ Pendant-Praying-Hands-With-Cross-Tt.html then it doesn't signify anything, except a piece of religious jewellery.
The praying hands are very common and are taken from the engraving by Durer.
The praying hands are very common and are taken from the engraving by Durer.