Personalised 4 oz Acanthus Pattern Pewter Pocket Hip Flask

It is the bracts, common to all perennial acanthus, that give the plant its name; acanthus literally means thorn. There are 30 species worldwide, largely in southern Europe and Asia Minor. It is thought that the two most widely grown in Britain, A. spinosus and A. mollis, were bought here from the Mediterranean by the Romans, who boiled the roots for poultices to cure burns, sprains, gout and baldness. They also used the plants ornamentally to line paths.

Acanthus survived in monastery gardens after the Roman retreat and is listed in De Naturis Rerum (c 1190) by Alexander Neckham, who was Abbot of Cirencester and foster brother of Richard the Lionheart. Both plants were later lost to cultivation, then reintroduced – Acanthus mollis in 1548 and A. spinosus in 1629. These two species have produced natural hybrids, which are listed as A. spinosus Spinosissimus Group.

The Personalised 4 oz Acanthus Pattern Pewter Pocket Hip Flask was created to be given to those dear to you as a gift to be cherished and to be there to create new memories and happy times.

This hip flask is the perfect gift for men to bestow upon their brothers, fathers and best mates for it is a perfect and rare blend of masculine and sentimentality.

Have this pewter flask engraved and personalised with your own special words. Something heartfelt, something humorous or simply a special date, it’s completely up to you what you have engraved on this very special gift to make it something to be cherished for a lifetime.

The Personalised 4 oz Acanthus Pattern Pewter Pocket Hip Flask measures 9.5 cm in height by 8.5 cm in height and has a depth of 2 cm.

This wonderful gift can be kept in pristine condition by being polished with a silver cloth, widely available for little extra expense.