Neighbor’s Fig Tree Charm

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An ode to summers, and summers in New York, where fig trees grow in backyards, planted by immigrants as a taste of home in their new homes, especially in Vito’s neighborhood in Brooklyn, where he moved from the Upper East Side. A charm to remind us to bloom where we are planted.
“Potted fig trees thriving on patios in Park Slope. Fig trees tucked in postage-stamp yards in Dyker Heights. Fig trees spreading out regally in gardens in Bay Ridge. They were especially abundant in Carroll Gardens, where everyone with a spare foot of soil grew a lush tree that bore enough fruit to share with friends and relatives.”- Italy to Brooklyn, Fig by Fig (New York Times)
In honor of our collaboration with Vito, the Catbird Giving Fund is proud to have made a donation of $40,000 to SAGE, a national advocacy and services organization in their mission to look out for LGBTQ+ elders.
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Details
100% recycled solid 14k yellow gold
7 mm purple faceted teardrop briolette amethyst (size and color may vary)
19.5 mm x 9 mm total charm size
Solid gold always,never platedHeirloom qualitymade to lastSustainablesince 2004Charitable giving year round
DesignerVito Giallo, artist, illustrator and antiques dealer, was Andy Warhol’s first apprentice and the first to give Warhol a show in 1954. Vito’s antiques shop across from the Carlyle at 966 Madison Avenue was a destination for Mark Rothko, André Leon Talley, Jackie Kennedy, and Andy – who visited every day. In 1969, Vito came into possession of a trunk full of gems, and other than selling a few to Andy, he saved them since then. 53 years later, we were so proud to present Catbird x Vito’s Gems.