$120

Apple Necklace

18K Gold-plated Brass
Matte Antique Finish
Adjustable 28-30" long chain
2/3" Apple Charm
As Seen in Martha Stewart Magazine (October 2017)

The Story

Have you endlessly strived to be the teacher’s pet, or the boss’s or your mother’s? This apple necklace, thrown over an autumnal-hued sweater dress, guarantees you’ll be the apple of everyone’s eye.
The conical-shaped Pink Pearl variety certainly caught jewelry designer Janet Mavec’s eyes. She made the Big Apple Necklace a true heirloom by casting it in gold-plated brass (but, trust us, you’ll want this one custom made in gold). The Pink Pearl apple, first bred in 1945, ripens in late August and hangs like giant pearls from Malus pumila (in common parlance: the apple tree). At this point, we may have used up our quota of puns, but we can’t stop. The apple is so darn ripe for the picking. While you could certainly go the path of being a smart cookie, we recommend the orchard-to-table healthy approach of being a wise apple.
You'll want to check out our blog post where our dear apples from the orchard appear in October's Martha Stewart Living. We give you a behind-the-scenes peek. See the inspiration behind our apple pendant necklace.
How to Wear

A natural fit is a sweater in those vivid hues of fall, like burnt orange and crimson. The apple necklace glints against it, begging others to take a bite, or ask where you got it (truth be told, we like that).

To tempt your significant other, we recommend wearing it in your birthday suit.
Curiosities

The apple is no longer top of the class—it’s not the number one fruit consumed. That prize goes to the banana, even though bananas* are grown commercially in only two U.S. states (Hawaii and Florida). The apple is grown commercially in 36 states by approximately 7,500 producers.

Scientific experiments have shown that apples protect brain cells (possibly against Alzheimer’s) and strengthen bones. That’s only the tip of health benefits.

Apples stood still, acting as gentle muse for artists for centuries, among them Raphael, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, and René Magritte. Not exactly a group of slackers.

Hard cider, a choice beverage during America’s Colonial period, undid the apple tree. That tree became a public symbol in the mid 1800s targeted by the Temperance Movement, which were hell-bent on hacking many of them down. America lost many varieties.

It’s been reported that our second president, John Adams, drank a tankard of hard cider every morning. The question naturally arises, in our mind, how sober were the signers of the Declaration of Independence? According to a tavern bill preserved from the evening of the Constitutional Convention, not very. They put away 8 bottles of hard cider. Oh, and, 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 8 bottles of whiskey, 22 of porter, 12 of beer and 7 bowls of alcoholic punch. Ouch.

*Given jewelry designer Janet Mavec’s predisposition to avoid phallic fruit, she will never ever make a banana necklace.
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