This unique bowl is made of sterling  silver and the polished shell of the Empress Abalone which comes from the cold waters of New Zealand.

The shell has been polished to show its luminous rainbow colors and has been lined with polished silver.

Made in Bali, nearly  20 years ago,  by an Italian Silversmith, it took extraordinary  skill to combine the abalone shell with silver. The silver  had to  be heated to be pliable  so that it could  be attached,  formed, smoothed. The challenge was  that if the shell became  too hot, it would shatter.

Dimensions                        5 inches long  x 3.75 wide  x 1.5 maximum depth.

                                        12.6 cm x 9.5 cm x  4 cm maximum depth.