The Mayur Casket

Some things are worth keeping, and what you keep them in says how much. Two peacocks face each other across the lid of this silver plated box, worked in fine repousse against a warm peach enamel ground and crowned with a small domed finial. The same procession of birds and foliage runs around the sides, and it rests on four low feet. Twenty-two centimetres long, it takes jewellery, keepsakes, or dry fruits. A Diwali gift that outlives the occasion.

So You. So Nyu.