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Petite, hand-carved poppy and belladonna flowers are conjoined and cast in sterling silver.

Atropa belladonna, whose genus is named after Atropos, the fate who cut the thread of life, is considered to be one of the most most poisonous plants in the Witch's Garden. Her delicate flowers, purple/lavender/mauve hang their bell shaped heads almost sadly, while her shiny black death berries beckon invitingly. And yet, these berries are a forbidden kind of fruit, eating them can cause madness and even death.

The opium poppy has been utilized as medicine, for pain, anesthesia and sleep since ancient times. Its medicinal properties are still utilized today in some of our most important medicines, namely Morphine. It's beauty adds to its lore, as it has been used throughout Greco-Roman mythological art, appearing alongside Demeter after her loss of Persephone as a grief aid, sacred to the god of sleep Hypnos, and Nyx, the goddess of Night for her likewise associations with sleep.

Much like the Poppy, Belladonna has been used as an ancient pain and sleep aid, "knocking out" those who've used her potent parts in wine and in ointments/salves. Due to its poisonous qualities, it has been linked to the infamous 'witches ointment' and appears in nearly all historical recipes for it. These ointments have been said to cause "flight", were used to curse, kill, and were also used for shape-shifting, divination, or for assistance in seeing spirits. Most likely these ointments were originally used for pain relief or for help with sleep, and utilized many of the same plants associated with the "witches garden," such as poppy, with the unexpected yet perhaps welcomed side effect of interesting dreams or altered consciousness.

Details :

- 21 mm from top to bottom

- 23 mm wide

- Sits 9 mm off of the finger

- Solid Sterling Silver

- Hand oxidized to achieve our favorite shade of stormy gray and then highlighted to reveal the bright luminous silver beneath

- Set with one 12 mm rose cut onyx

Onyx:

Onyx is best known for being a natural stone that acts as a kind of 'psychic armor' against the negativity of others. It is also used to soothe grief and heartbreak. It is a wonderful grounding stone and a stone of self mastery, enabling its wearers to have mental and spiritual focus.

This jewel is hand cut and therefore may have small signs of the carver's hands. As this has not been fabricated by a machine, it has been made by hand and therefore isn't uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stone.