Black ink crown with fleur-de-lis points and small dots on the upper chest near the shoulder, shown on a woman wearing a black top.

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Crown with fleur-de-lis on the upper chest

Chest · Black and grey · Photo

A solid black crown with five points, each topped by a fleur-de-lis or a small dot, sits on the upper chest just below the collarbone. The band of the crown uses a bold outline with dense black fill, and the base has a tapered shadow stroke. The image is a close crop in a single ink tone against warm skin and a black top, with the shoulder curving across the top of the frame.

Chest Crown Fleur-de-lis Dot

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A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Dear Nell, the pawnshop on Ferensway took the silver coronation spoon off me this morning, and the man behind the counter turned it over three times before he said a word. He had the look you get when you're trying not to be impressed. Mr Adeyemi offered four pounds, I said I'd take five, and he laughed and gave me five, which I think was the real compliment.

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I'm writing from the back of the bus, so forgive the wobble. I know what you'll say about the spoon. Dad bought it for Mum the summer of the Jubilee, and she never once used it, only polished it on Sundays and set it out with the good cups. The crown on the handle has five points, each one finished with a little fleur-de-lis, which Dad said meant the French had a hand in making it, though nobody ever proved it. Five points for five children, Mum used to say, and then she'd count us on her fingers and get it wrong.

Here's the part I haven't told anyone. I went back at dinnertime with the money and asked for it again, and Mr Adeyemi had already sold it to a woman who wanted it for a christening. I stood on the step with my five pounds and felt, for once, like the spoon had gone where it was meant to. You can keep the crown in your head. I'll keep the five pounds for the bus fare to yours on Sunday, and you can tell me I got robbed.