Serene Gingko Necklace

Solid Sterling Silver and golden bronze Gingko Pendant on an 18" chain length.

With realistic detailing and contrasting sterling silver and golden bronze, this pendant is versatile and beautiful.

3/4" x 3/4" pendant size on an 18" chain length. Hallmarked 925

**About Gingko Leaf Symbolism

The Gingko tree is ancient, in fact it is the oldest surviving tree known to exist with an agricultural history of more than 200 million years. Because of it’s ability to survive under the harshest conditions, the ginkgo tree is associated with longevity.

The Ginkgo stands for resilience, hope, peace, love, magic, timelessness, and long life.

Ginkgo is also associated with duality, a symbol of the feminine and masculine sides of all living things in balance, like the yin and yang symbol.

The gingko leaf carries the meaning of renewal as the tree puts on a brilliant color display every year as it sheds it’s leaves to grow new ones. The green leaves turn yellow during the fall. And as if on cue, shed all it’s leaves within a few days and sometimes within an autumn day. This is so that it can go about growing new leaves again. A beautiful symbol of transformation, beauty and renewal.

SYMBOL OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, AND HOPE
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe played a pivotal role in establishing the ginkgo leaf as a symbol of peace, friendship, and hope in Europe.

His poem initiated the triumphal rise of the Ginkgo in the region, particularly highlighting its leaf as a representation of friendship.

The typical shape of the ginkgo leaf became a prevalent element in Art Nouveau designs following Goethe’s influence, and this motif has endured through the years, maintaining its popularity in contemporary design.

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