The Lunar Guild Banner | One of a Kind Necklace | Labradorite | Nox ex Libris

Will release on 10-10 to all visitors of the Romantasy Fair in Rotterdam. Worldwide website release 12-10-26.

Handcrafted Medieval Banner Necklace in Recycled Sterling Silver with Labradorite | One of a Kind

A medieval banner in recycled sterling silver, hanging from a bar and swinging freely the way a real one does, hand engraved with a scattered star field and a crescent moon, set with a labradorite cabochon that changes colour as you move. The sterling silver necklace is included and fixed to the piece, 45 cm and complete. There is one of her, and she will not be made again this way.

The Essence

A star field and a crescent moon.
A stone that only lights from certain angles.
Whose colours are you wearing.

Inspiration & Story

The Lunar Guild Banner belongs to the Nox Ex Libris collection, a realm built from books, medieval revival, knightcore and the kind of fantasy you disappear into on purpose.

Her arms are a night sky. Engraved dots scatter across the field like stars, with a crescent moon at the base holding a star inside its curve, and above them a labradorite set as the moon itself. Where her sister banners carry swords, this house carries the sky, which suggests an order of navigators, night watchers, astronomers, or the sort of guild that meets after dark and does not explain itself.

She is a banner, built properly. The silver field hangs from a horizontal bar and swings on it, which is the whole reason she works: a banner that cannot move is a plate. She turns as you walk and catches light differently every time.

The labradorite is the reason to own her. Labradorite does something almost nothing else does. Held one way it is a plain grey-brown stone, unremarkable and easy to walk past. Tilt it a few degrees and it lights up in blue, green and gold, from inside, as though something switched on. The effect is called labradorescence, and it is not a colour in the stone at all. Labradorite forms in microscopic layers, and light entering the stone bounces between those internal surfaces and interferes with itself, cancelling some wavelengths and reinforcing others. What you see is light behaving strangely, not pigment. It is the same physics that makes an oil film on a puddle turn rainbow.

Which means she is a moon that only shows itself from certain angles, on a banner about the night sky. Nobody standing across a room will see it. You will, when you move.

Heraldry was never decoration. A banner told you, from a distance and often before anyone spoke, whose side someone was on. In a period when most people could not read, a field with a mark on it was a functioning identity. Wearing one is a small declaration of allegiance, which is why it belongs in a bookish collection. Everyone who reads deeply has a house, an order, a guild they would have joined.

All of the engraving is done by hand, cut into the metal with a graver, and it carries the variation of a hand rather than a machine. That is deliberate and historically correct: a real medieval banner was painted or stitched by a person, so no two lines matched and no two banners from the same house were identical. A perfectly uniform line would be the anachronism. Hand engraving is also the one process on our bench with no second attempt, because a graver removes metal and metal does not come back. Scattering a star field by hand means every dot is placed once and stays where it lands.

Everything is made in our own atelier in the Netherlands, in real recycled 925 sterling silver. No plating, no filled, no vermeil, explained honestly in solid gold vs gold filled vs vermeil vs gold plated. If you want the wider case for why readers wear their books, bookish jewelry, why romantasy readers wear their stories is the one, and how to spot genuinely ethically made handcrafted jewelry will make you better at reading listings.

Perfect for lovers of heraldry and medieval banners, labradorite, celestial and moon phase jewelry, knightcore and medieval revival, romantasy and bookish jewelry, hand engraved work, LARP and RPG aesthetics, renfaire and castle festivals, and one of a kind sterling silver jewelry.

Creation Details

Jewelry Type: Necklace
Availability: One of a Kind
Collection: Nox Ex Libris
Brand: Atelier Wolfstone
Material: Recycled 925 Sterling Silver
Gemstone(s): One round labradorite cabochon, natural. 
Detailing: Hand engraved throughout.

Weight: 7.7 g
Size: Banner 22 x 24 mm. Necklace circumference 45 cm.
Sizing: Fixed. This is a finished creation and cannot be made in other dimensions or chain lengths.
Necklace: Included. Unlike our pendants, the sterling silver necklace is part of this creation and is fixed to the piece. Nothing further to buy.
Personalisation: None. She is finished as shown.

Shipping Time: Ships within [X] working days

This is a One of a Kind creation. There is one of her and she will not be made again in this form. Her sister banners are The Midnight Guild Banner, with a sapphire, and The Bloodletter Guild Banner, with a garnet. Three houses.

Crafted using in-house digital and traditional techniques: 3D designing, 3D printing, casting, sawing, shaping, soldering, hand engraving, bezel forming, stone setting, blackening and polishing.

Every engraved line and every star was cut into the metal by hand with a graver, with no way to correct a cut once made. The bezel was formed around this particular stone, the banner is built to hang and swing on its bar rather than being fixed flat, and the blackening was worked into the engraved lines and polished back off the surface so the star field and moon read clearly.

Style & Wear

A heraldic statement for medieval revival, romantasy and celestial baddies.

At 22 x 24 mm on a 45 cm chain she sits high on the chest, roughly at the collarbone, which is where a banner should be: visible, and reading like something worn on a tabard rather than hanging low as an ornament.

Because she swings on her bar, she wants a bit of open neckline rather than being flattened under a high collar. And she wants moving light, more than any other piece in this collection. Candlelight, low sun, a lamp, anywhere the labradorite has something to catch. Under flat overhead lighting she is beautiful and grey and completely asleep.

Labradorite's blue-green flash sits happily with silver, gold and mixed metals, and looks especially good against black, deep blue and forest green.

She is also one of the easiest pieces on our site to give, because there is nothing else to buy. The chain is on her.

Perfect for renfaires and castle festivals, romantasy fairs, LARP weekends, a book release you queued for, and every day you want your allegiances visible.

Practical Notes

• Sterling silver necklace included and fixed to this creation.
• Images are unedited and photographed in a light box and only lightly enhanced to adjust the lighting.
• Model pictures can be edited.
• Colors may vary slightly in real life.
• 6 months warranty starting from the day of delivery.
• Warranty covers defects in workmanship.
• This warranty is in addition to your statutory rights under EU consumer law.
• Always check gemstone hardness and physical properties to see if this gemstone suits you.
• Prices include 21 percent VAT.

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Questions & Answers

Is the necklace included?
Yes. Unlike our pendants, the sterling silver necklace is part of this creation and is fixed to the piece. It arrives complete at 45 cm, with nothing further to buy.

Can I use my own chain instead?
Not with this one. The chain is fixed to the banner rather than hanging from a bail, which is part of how the piece is built.

Does the banner really move?
Yes. It hangs from its bar and swings freely, so it turns as you walk and catches light differently each time. A banner that cannot move is a plate.

Why does the labradorite change colour?
Because the colour is not in the stone. Labradorite forms in microscopic internal layers, and light entering it bounces between those layers and interferes with itself, cancelling some wavelengths and reinforcing others. The effect is called labradorescence, and it is the same physics that makes an oil film on a puddle turn rainbow.

Why does it look grey sometimes?
Because the flash only appears from certain angles. Turn it a few degrees and it lights up. Under flat overhead lighting labradorite is at its dullest, and under moving directional light it is at its best.

Is labradorite a real gemstone?
Yes. Labradorite is a natural feldspar mineral, first identified in Labrador in Canada, which is where the name comes from. It sits at 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs scale.

How do I look after labradorite?
It is softer than most of the stones we set, so treat it gently. Warm water, mild soap, a soft cloth. Avoid ultrasonic cleaners, steam and household chemicals. It has a natural cleavage direction, so a hard direct knock is the thing to avoid rather than everyday wear.

What is heraldry actually for?
Identification. A banner told people from a distance whose side someone was on, which mattered enormously in a period when most people could not read. A field with a mark on it functioned as an identity.

Is the engraving machine made?
No. Every line and every star is cut into the metal by hand with a graver, which is why they carry the variation of a hand rather than the uniformity of a machine. That is deliberate and historically right, since a real medieval banner was painted or stitched by a person and no two were identical. Engraving also has no second attempt: a graver removes metal and metal does not come back.

Is there a matching piece?
Yes, two. The Midnight Guild Banner carries a sapphire and the Bloodletter Guild Banner carries a garnet. Three banners, three houses, all built the same way.

Will sterling silver tarnish?
Yes, all sterling silver does. Normal reaction to air and skin, not a fault. On an engraved piece it helps, since tarnish in the cut lines is what makes the stars read. Your upkeep document explains how to clean her without lifting the blackening out of the lines, and a soft brush is better than a cloth here.

Can you make me one of these?
Not this one. If you want a banner with your own arms or engraving on it, that is exactly the sort of thing our Custom Realm exists for.