The Tudor Rose and the thimble

In The Tudor Rose, Kerrie Creighton paints directly onto an intricately carved vintage wooden heraldic shield, celebrating one of British history’s most iconic symbols of unity and lineage. Rendered in rich, bold tones against a warm ochre field, the Tudor rose is framed by stylized leafy tendrils that harmonize with the shield’s deeply carved floral border.
Displayed alongside the artwork is the physical artifact that inspired it: an authentic metal-detected thimble recovered from local soil. Presented together, the painted shield and the surviving domestic object explore how national symbolism and humble everyday life coexisted in Tudor England, offering collectors a unique multi-sensory link to the past.