Banchory Bangle

Award winning jewellery designer and royal engraver Malcolm Appleby designs a stunning new Banchory Bangle each year to celebrate the Touch of Tartan Ball.

The exclusive item, which has become a much sought after accessory across the North-east of Scotland, is created from donations of gold.

Malcolm Appleby has designed a new bangle every year since the late l970s for the Touch of Tartan Ball – in previous years the designs have been ‘inspired by nature, including themes such as wild flowers, birds and leaping salmon’.

The 2008 ‘Beloved Peacocks’ Bangle won a Gold Award for engraving and a silver award for prototype production jewellery at the 2008 Goldsmiths Craft Design Council Awards.

Tickets for the beautiful Banchory Bangle are sold for just £1 across the North of Scotland in the weeks leading up to the Touch of Tartan Ball with the winning ticket drawn at the event.

2010 Banchory Bangle

Chairman of the 2010 Touch of Tartan Ball Joe Mackie reveals the Banchory Bangles and Pendant with Aleksandra Solovjova at the Wee Boorachie at Crathes	Aleksandra Solovjova models this year's Banchory Bangle and Pendant at the Wee Boorachie at Crathes

Tickets for the stunning Banchory Bangle masterpiece are available from;

• CHILDREN 1^ST, 36 Carden Place (01224 251151)
• CHILDREN 1^ST shop, 38 St. Andrew Street (01224 622814)
• The Wee Boorachie at Milton of Crathes (01330 844580)