# Silver Acorn Charm

> A single acorn, cap and all, cast in recycled sterling silver from a mold of a real acorn: strength held in reserve, small enough to close in your fist, on a fine silver chain.

Price: 18.00 USD · in stock

## About
The whole future shape of an oak, folded into something that fits in a coat pocket: that is the old idea behind the acorn, strength held in reserve. This one is small enough to close inside your fist and light enough to forget, until the silver catches the light.It is cast in recycled sterling silver from a mold pulled from an actual acorn, gathered and cast in the same season rather than sculpted from imagination, so the fine overlapping scales of the cap are faintly irregular, like the real thing. The nut below is smooth and slightly domed, and the charm hangs on a fine silver chain.English folk custom held that an acorn carried in a pocket or kept on a windowsill warded a house against lightning, oaks being sacred to Thor and Jupiter in older traditions and thought unlikely to be struck twice. Sailors are said to have carried acorn charms for much the same reason: a small insurance against a large sky.DetailsMaterial: recycled sterling silverCast from a mold of a real acornComes on a fine silver chainHow to useWear it, carry it, or set it on a windowsill in the old way. It is small enough to give without ceremony, tucked into a card or dropped into a palm, and sturdy enough to outlast the occasion.Patience, mostly, in a shape you can carry.