{"product_id":"dark-tobacco-saea-onyx-valet-tray","title":"Dark tobacco | SAÉA Onyx Catchall Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eNine inches by five is a valet tray, and that is a specific job. It takes a watch laid flat with the strap open, a ring, a folded pair of glasses, whatever comes out of a pocket at the end of the day. Rectangular rather than round, so things sit in a row instead of a pile, and shallow enough that nothing gets lost under anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure in this stone reads as wood. Swirled and grained and burled, closer to walnut than to marble — which means it sits on an oak or walnut dresser and looks like it was always there, instead of announcing itself as stone on wood. Put it beside a brass lamp and the whole surface warms. Set it where a pocket gets emptied: a nightstand, an entry console, the corner of a desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDark tobacco through the field. Along one long edge the banding runs pale and the stone opens into a band of cream and crystalline white — that edge was left rough rather than cut back to match the rest. The raised rim is carved from the same block, not applied to it. One pound. One of a kind. The exact piece you'll receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSTRATA · VEIN · WEIGHT\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTRATA\u003c\/strong\u003e — Single-source Balochistan onyx, hand-carved, finished in San Diego.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVEIN\u003c\/strong\u003e — Dark tobacco field with burl-like swirling grain, a band of cream and crystalline white along one long edge, amber where the light passes. The photo guides you to the color; it isn't a contract.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWEIGHT\u003c\/strong\u003e — 1 lb of multi-vein onyx.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHand-carved Balochistan onyx\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e9\" × 5\" × 1.25\" · 1 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSealed in beeswax. No resins, no dyes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe crystalline edge is how the stone banded. It was left as found, not cut back or filled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWipe dry; keep out of standing water.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIN THE TRADE\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnyx is assigned in crystal practice to the root chakra and kept for grounding and protection. We report the tradition; we don't claim it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore glass was common, this material was the window. Early churches across Italy and Byzantium glazed their openings with sheets of banded calcite cut thin enough to pass light — Orvieto and San Miniato still have them, and the light that comes through is amber and slow. It is the same stone, cut thinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eORIGIN\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarved by master hands on Mehrgarh-adjacent ground, among the oldest making-grounds on Earth. Finished in San Diego, with no shortcut that trades honesty for shine. The strata occurs once. Earth, unobscured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIN THE BOX\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCotton tote\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHand-stamped story card\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCatalog card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSAÉA — shelter · refugio · پناه\u003cbr\u003e\nMade by earth. Shaped by hand. Kept by you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAÉA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54713687048405,"sku":null,"price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/7628\/2581\/files\/RectangularOnyxTray-ProductShot1SideViewLarge.jpg?v=1787967626","url":"https:\/\/saeadesigns.com\/products\/dark-tobacco-saea-onyx-valet-tray","provider":"SAÉA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}