Sun - Moon Carved Crystal and Stone Box

A mango wood box carved on the lid with the sun and the moon, 22.5cm long, 11cm wide and 4cm deep, made for crystals, tumble stones, pendulums, jewellery and the small tools of an altar. The carving is the detail that lifts it: the sun and moon faces cut into the wood in the old almanac style, so the box is a decoration on a shelf as well as storage, and it is the one bought by people who keep their stones in a drawer and want them somewhere better. Inside it is a plain, shallow compartment, long enough for a wand or a pendulum laid flat and deep enough for a layer of tumbles. Mango wood is dense and warm, cut sustainably from orchard trees past fruiting, and every box carries its own grain. Handmade in India, 400g. It is also the box that holds a tarot deck and a cloth together, and the usual present for someone whose collection has outgrown the windowsill.

Mango wood, carved sun and moon lid. 22.5 x 11 x 4cm. Weighs 400g. From India.