# Cimaruta Witch Charm

> A sprig of rue in sterling silver, branching into seven tiny charms, moon, key, heart, flower, dagger and serpent among them, each soldered on by hand in the old Neapolitan style.

Price: 58.00 USD · in stock

## About
Turn it in the light and seven small things catch it at once. The cimaruta is a sprig of rue rendered entirely in sterling silver, its stem branching into seven tiny charms the way the herb branches into leaves: among them a crescent moon, a key, a heart, a flower, a dagger and a small coiled serpent, each no larger than a fingernail. The charms swing on short links, so the whole piece moves a little as you wear it.Its name is Neapolitan dialect for sprig of rue, the bitter herb long held in Italian folk custom to turn aside ill will. Charms like this have been made in and around Naples for centuries, pinned above cradles for new mothers and worn by women through pregnancy, each symbol carrying its own old meaning.DetailsSterling silver, fabricated rather than cast: each branch and charm formed separately, then soldered and assembled by handClose to two inches from stem to lowest leafSeven charms on short linksHow to usePin it, hang it, or wear it as a pendant. Of everything in our collection, it asks the most of the silversmith, and it gives back a matching measure of quiet, old intricacy.A small silver sprig of Neapolitan folklore, made slowly, to keep close.