Description
Pencil case with brass inlay of the regenerated palm tree from the clock of I. Kapodistrias
Features
Memorabilia inspired by the Greek Revolution of 1821.
Greek manufacture. Handmade!
Material: brass, aluminium.
Dimensions: 10,0 x 6,0 x 6,5 cm
Weight: 0,310 Kg
Information:
The mythical bird is the symbol of the rebirth of the Nation from its ashes, as the Turkish yoke had flattened everything in Greece after so many years of slavery. The cross above it symbolizes that the faith is the main weapon and the power that will justify the honest struggle for freedom. The same representation is depicted on one side of the first coin of the Greek State minted by Kapodistrias and named Phoenix.
Kapodistrias gave this clock as a gift to Theodoros Kolokotronis, in honour of his contribution to the Struggle.