Purpleheart box with gold pattern

This ornamental box was made in Purpleheart and is 80mm tall and 70mm in diameter. The basket weave pattern was cut using a 3mm wide cutter and a 18F rosette I then fluted the top and bottom rims 18 times and lined the flutes up with the gaps in the basket weave.

The top of the lid was ornamented with a Fire Flower rosette and a 0.75mm end mill. The resulting pattern was then filled with gold embellishing wax and a yellow CZ stone inserted in the centre. The inside of the lid was decorated with an Arch 5 rosette and carved using a 1.2mm end mill cutter and again a yellow CZ stone in the centre.

The underside of the base was carved using a 30 bump shallow amplitude rosette that was phased to give the patter and a single point cutter was used. Finished with gloss lacquer.