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Pheasant Box

29.7 x 13.5 cm

This large jewellery box, a bespoke wedding gift, was engraved with the bride and groom’s names in the black Belgian marble. Their love of shooting provided ideal subject matter. The pheasant being startled by the fox brings a nice sense of humour to what was a special gift that will last many generations.

White chalcedony and ocean jasper, both extremely hard stones, were an ideal choice to depict this snowy landscape. A delicate piece of mother of pearl was cut and inlaid for the star. Speckled dentrite stone was used for the hen pheasant’s body. Precious tiger’s eye was used in the tail of the cock pheasant to bring out the colours along with iron stone for the body.

Materials

Image of Tiger's Eye stone sliced through. Dark vertical lines on a brown orange colour.
Image of Ocean Jasper stone sliced through. Dark and light green veins with some grey and white too.

Ocean Jasper

Tiger’s Eye

Image of Mother of Pearl sliced through. luminescent surface with grey, pink, green colour tones .
Image of White Chalcedony stone sliced through. Mostly white in colour with some darker tones making a marbled surface.

Mother of Pearl

Calcedonio Bianco

Close up of box lid. There are two pheasants and a fox made in the stone technique "Pietra Dura"
Open wooden box
Jewellery box made of wood and stone. There are two pheasants and a fox made in the stone technique "Pietra Dura"