Heart of Gold

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Introduction
This painting was issued in 2009 at a time when the value of gold is soaring due to the global recession. Car boot sales are scoured for old jewellery and for the first time “cash4gold” web sites are advertised on TV.

 Hazle’s two Pateley Bridge models are from the Victorian High Street in this small town, set in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. The rounded and bay windows are above, with the shop fronts partly obscured by awnings.

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Hazle Ceramics
Heart of Gold
Limited Painting of 30
on Pateley Bridge 2

 One of over 55 shops in Hatton Garden, the UK’s most concentrated jewellery area.

 Sparkles, the only jewellers shop in Pateley Bridge. Independent ones like this are sadly now a dying breed.

UK/Europe £71.50
Rest of World £62.17

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London’s Hatton Garden
In the old City some trades settled in specific regions. Hatton Garden in EC1 has been the jewellery centre since medieval times. Today there are nearly 300 related businesses and more than 55 shops. The name is from Sir Christopher Hatton, who was given the land by Queen Elizabeth I in 1581. Reputed to be her lover, she made him Lord Chancellor in 1587.

 Jason and the Golden Fleece on a Greek vase c340 BC, in Paris Louvre. This legend’s meaning is lost, but the association of gold with myth and mysticism is common to many different cultures.

 Sir Christopher Hatton 1540-91, a politician patronised greatly by Elizabeth I.