Boxwood pendant

In England there used to be a tradition of removing your Christmas decorations after the holiday and replacing the mistletoe and holly with boughs of boxwood (also just called "box"). The boxwood branches would remain until Easter. It's an evergreen shrub, associated with resilience in the winter months. 

"The holly hitherto did sway; let box now domineer.

...

Thus times do shift; each thing his turn does hold;

New things succeed, as former things grow old."

-Poem from the 1640s, by Robert Herrick

This pendant is a casting of a real sprig of boxwood. It comes on a long, sparkly 24" chain. 

Pendant size: 20 wide, 38mm long

 Materials

This necklace is made entirely of sterling silver. Sterling silver is an alloy of 92.5% silver with 7.5% copper, which is added to make the metal more durable. There is no outer plating- the metal can be polished over and over for a lifetime. 

Shipping

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