Tropical Pineapple Earrings, retail Hawaiian Pineapple Sterling Silver, Tropical Wedding, Fruit Earrings- Art Nouveau- 255-A

Two tropical pineapples adorn these sterling silver earrings.

For many years royalty maintained the strongest association with pineapple. The nobles of Europe called it a fruit chosen by God. The association with royalty was crucial in forming the early meaning of pineapple. If the pineapple was good enough for the King, it was certainly good enough for those beneath him. Once and for all the pineapple was established as a symbol of social status. To own an exotic pineapple at this time was to be privileged.

Eighteenth century poets and novelists used pineapple symbolism to evoke images of distant lands and divine benevolence. Pineapples were often used to represent fertility, abundance from abroad, and the bounty of Eden.

Pineapples are rare among food, especially natural ones, in that they readily symbolize divine proportions in the Fibonacci series, with florets occurring in the sequence of 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89. A pineapple's natural makeup to the human eye symbolizes beauty. In many ways, the retail taste of a pineapple was secondary to the way it looked for many early explorers. It represented the possibility that there might be Eden made real.

"Of this fruit, I do not suppose there is in the whole world anything so exquisite and lovely in appearance." Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés



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These earrings are cast in solid sterling silver. We can make these earrings with different finishes, but make them in the finish (polished with patina added) you see in the photo unless otherwise requested. We make each one of these designs ourselves from concept to creation. Each piece is made from scratch, and we hand finish and polish each one. All jewelry is made in the USA from recycled materials.