{"product_id":"the-persephone-pawn","title":"The Persephone Penny Pawn","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePersephone Penny Pawn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a small Étui created to hold a single Hastings Penny. Each comes with the exclusive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePersephone Penny\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a design available only with the Pawn and not offered separately.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe two sides of the Penny tell the story of Persephone through the two worlds she inhabits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn one side is the world above: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003edaffodils and a butterfly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, symbols of spring, emergence and return. It is the realm of Demeter, flowers and the earth coming back to life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurn the Penny over and we descend. A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003esnake coils around a pomegranate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an image of the Underworld, transformation and the knowledge acquired through descent. The composition is somewhat reminiscent of the ancient Orphic Egg, but reimagined for Persephone: not a serpent encircling the cosmic egg from which life emerges, but a serpent embracing the fruit that binds her to the world below.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, the two sides hold the essential tension of Persephone's myth: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003edescent and return, darkness and bloom, innocence and knowledge, the world above and the riches beneath it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pawn itself becomes a tiny vessel for that duality. Open it to reveal the Penny within. Turn the Penny over and the world changes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeither side tells the whole story without the other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Persephone Penny Pawn holds one Hastings Penny and includes the exclusive two-sided Persephone Penny. The Persephone Penny is available \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eonly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as part of the Persephone Penny Pawn and will not be offered individually.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathryn Hastings \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51414596026535,"sku":null,"price":777.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/2921\/8983\/files\/DSC05098_1.jpg?v=1790266394","url":"https:\/\/kathrynhastingsco.com\/products\/the-persephone-pawn","provider":"KATHRYN HASTINGS \u0026 CO.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}