Robin’s Egg Box

The box shows three Robins guarding the egg, which sits in a spun gold nest. Below a layer of malachite is an underground scene with brown diamonds and coral earthworms. The box is poised on three silver bird feet.

The interior contains a rosewood tray containing a parure of turquoise, gold and enamel jewelry. The inside lid consists of a rotating gold disc upon which is engraved a poem by Rabindranath Tagore –

If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure it. I will keep still and wait like the night with starry vigil and its head bent low with patience. The morning will surely come, the darkness will vanish, and thy voice pour down in golden streams breaking through the sky. Then thy words will take wing in songs from every one of my birds' nests, and thy melodies will break forth in flowers in all my forest groves.