Vancroft & Co
Sakura
Sakura
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Sakura Pendant
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- Solid sterling, never plated. .925 sterling silver or bronze all the way through.
- Poured and finished in Vermont. By our family, one at a time, in small batches.
- Light enough for every day. Balanced on the ear, no pull, no plating to irritate.
- Made to pass down. No plating to wear off, no trend to outgrow.
The cherry blossom does not wilt. It does not brown on the branch and hang there. It opens all the way, holds for a week, and then lets go at the peak — whole, still perfect, on the wind. In Japan people gather under the trees to watch it happen. That is hanami. Not watching the flowers. Watching them fall.
The samurai took the blossom as his own for that reason. Not because it was pretty. Because it went out at full strength and did not cling.
Five petals, notched at the tip the way the real ones are. A ring of stamens raised in the center. Hammered so the light moves across it the way it moves across a tree in April.
Bloom all the way. Then let go.
Specifications
- Hand poured solid — .925 sterling silver or bronze
- Sold as a pair
- 0.79" tall × 0.71" wide
- Hammered surface, hand-oxidized recesses, polished high points
- Sterling French hook ear wires
- Ships in a gift box
- Signed Certificate of Authenticity
- Poured and finished in Vermont
