{"product_id":"mother-of-pearl-shell-number-two","title":"Polished Mother of Pearl Shell in Champagne and Gold","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Victorians were serious about shells. They collected them, catalogued them and displayed them under glass domes, and a polished specimen like this one shows what they were drawn to. Beneath the rough outer layer of many sea shells lies nacre, the same iridescent material that gives a pearl its glow, and once that surface is worked back the whole shell turns luminous. This one shifts through warm champagne and gold with soft pink and green lights that move as you turn it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe love the way it is built. The spiral tightens to a fine point at the centre and unwinds across a broad, generous body before opening into a wide aperture with a smooth curved lip. At 14 x 8.5 cm it has a satisfying weight in the hand and enough scale to be a proper object rather than a trinket, with room inside to hold a few rings or small treasures if you want it to be useful as well as beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCondition is very good, with a glossy surface and a clean, unbroken spiral, all shown closely in the photographs. The banding and colour shifts across the surface are natural to the shell, and no two are ever quite alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStyle it on a hall table where people can pick it up, on a bathroom shelf where the light suits it, or among books and vintage art for a collected, layered look. It sits beautifully with coral, glass and pale ceramics, and the warm gold tone means it works in a room full of brass and wood just as well as in a cooler, paler scheme. Sculptural, tactile and almost impossible to walk past without picking up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Blue Loft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54414174093639,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/3921\/9015\/files\/0CF5CCDE-0A81-42A7-A9C0-FAA4CAEFDF35.jpg?v=1784888850","url":"https:\/\/www.theblueloft.co.uk\/products\/mother-of-pearl-shell-number-two","provider":"The Blue Loft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}