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2 madeOctagonal Inlaid BoxOctagonal Inlaid Box — brass and mother-of-pearl, in daylightOctagonal Inlaid Box — a wire-rosette lidOctagonal Inlaid Box — hinged lid, openOctagonal Inlaid Box — closed, on slate

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Thuya BurlEssaouiraSKU RW-F

Octagonal Inlaid Box

$60.00Duty and tax included

2 of this size exist.Each has its own grain — the one you receive is the one you own.

An eight-sided thuya burl box under an inlaid lid, in two sizes. No two lids are worked alike — brass wire drawn into spirals around mother-of-pearl, a field of pale dots, a blue-and-white rosette. Six in this batch.

Choose a size6 across 2 sizes
  • Ships from the USA Arrives in 3–7 business days, tracked and insured.
  • 30-day returns Return it for any reason. We pay return shipping on anything damaged.
  • Made by hand in Essaouira Cut, turned, inlaid and finished in one workshop.

Everything worth looking at happens underground.

A thuya tree spends decades putting down a root far larger than the trunk above it. Stress, drought and injury make that root grow in knots and whorls instead of straight grain — which is the whole reason burl is prized, and the reason it cannot be farmed to order.

Essaouira has worked this wood for four centuries. What you're looking at is one afternoon of that, on one piece of root that grew exactly once.

Others from batch 01

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Carved Openwork Box

Carved Openwork Box

A rectangular thuya burl box whose lid carries a pierced arabesque panel, cut through by hand and framed by two fine inlaid lines. The most labour-intensive piece in the batch, and there are three.
3 available ·  18 cm

$105.00View piece
Dice Holder

Dice Holder

A narrow thuya burl case with a sliding lid, sized to hold dice in a row. The smallest piece in the batch at $20, and the easiest way to try the wood. Five in this batch.
5 available ·  6 cm

$20.00View piece
Photography pending

Small Box

A rectangular thuya burl box with a plain lid. No inlay and no carving — only the burl, which is the point. Sized for rings, cufflinks or a folded note.
5 available ·  9 cm

$60.00View piece