Hand-Sculpted Italian Leather Persimmon Bag Charm | Hand-Stitched Fruit Keepsake

Some objects don't need a reason. They exist because someone made them with care, and that is enough.
The Persimmon is a hand-sculpted leather bag charm — a small, considered object shaped after one of the world's oldest cultivated fruits. Rounded, warm, and quietly joyful. It carries no grand meaning unless you give it one. It asks only to be noticed.
Sculpted entirely by hand in Born, Netherlands. Each piece takes over an hour to make.

The object
The fruit body is cut, shaped, stuffed, and hand stitched from Italian Napa leather — sourced through Zerow, a specialist supplier, connecting artisans with surplus leather from Italian tanneries. Nothing wasted. Everything considered.
The calyx — the distinctive four-pointed leaf crown at the top — is cut from Italian full-grain vegetable-tanned leather and shaped by hand. It is the detail that makes it unmistakably a persimmon.
The charm hangs from a black leather loop, ready to attach to a bag handle, a zipper pull, or anywhere it feels right.

On scale
Approximately 6 cm wide · 5 cm tall. Small enough to sit quietly. Distinctive enough to be noticed.

Please note
The bags shown in the product photographs are not included and are sold separately. The Persimmon charm is the only item for sale in this listing.

Construction
Italian Napa leather fruit body — sourced via Zerow from Italian tanneries
Italian full-grain vegetable-tanned leather calyx
Synthetic filling — shaped and sculpted by hand
Black leather loop attachment
Hand-cross-stitched
Handmade in Born, Netherlands

Gifting
The Persimmon arrives in Atelier de Rys packaging, ready to give. A small, unexpected gift for someone who appreciates things made by hand — a friend, a partner, yourself.

Each piece is made individually. Small variations in leather tone and form are part of what makes it yours.