Square Mother of Pearl Jewellery Box — Ivory Shell Mosaic with Dark Floral Arabesque Lid

A jewellery box of luminous simplicity and refined contrast, formed as a wide square vessel with softly rounded corners, the sides entirely clad in a seamless mosaic of square mother of pearl tiles in pure ivory and champagne white — a surface of quiet, continuous iridescence that catches light from every angle and shifts between white, gold, and pale rose as it moves. The tile work is immaculate, each piece cut to the same size and laid in a precise grid that wraps the body of the box in an unbroken field of shell.

The lid introduces a deliberate and striking counterpoint — a central medallion of dark wood and mother of pearl floral arabesque inlay, the dark ground setting off the ivory shell motifs with a graphic clarity that draws the eye immediately. Trailing vine scrolls, stylised flowers, and leaf forms radiate from a central rosette in a composition of classical restraint, framed by the same ivory shell mosaic that covers the sides. A red grosgrain ribbon pull is set discreetly into the lid seam, a practical finish that completes the piece without interrupting its surface.

A box of this clarity and surface quality belongs on a dressing table, a writing desk, or a bedside surface — an object whose restraint makes it the more elegant, and whose iridescent exterior rewards every glance.

Dimensions: Width: 27 cm Height: 13 cm Depth: 27 cm
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