10-7/16" x 2-5/8" x 1-5/16"

Honduras rosewood, Boise de rose, Ebony, Ceylon satinwood, Bloodwood

Finish- Acrylic satin finish

This box uses a small but extremely fine piece of aged Honduras rosewood that I've saved for special projects such as this pill box with striped off-set bands.

Over the course of several years I've not been able to find any more like it, a brown with a purplish cast to it and very fine grain.

The offset inlay consists of stripes of ebony, satinwood and bloodwood.

The ends are boise de rose, both true rosewoods of the genus Dalbergia. 

Boise de rose is chartreuse when first cut and then turns purplish-black on exposure to air and is widely used in perfume making.