# Black Granite Partitioned Dry-Fruit Box with Brass Inlay, 10in > Mirror-polished black granite dry-fruit box: a 10-inch square with four cut compartments and a fine brass wire inlay line. **Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-partitioned-dry-fruit-mewa-box-brass-inlay-10in **Business:** Tilak Mandirwala — made-to-order marble temples (mandirs), statues and decorative handicrafts. Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Founded 2006. **How it works:** Each piece is carved to order by the independent master sculptors TMW works with in Jaipur's Khajane Walon Ka Rasta sculptors' market. TMW designs the piece with the customer, briefs the sculptor, and follows it through to delivery and installation. **Pricing:** request-for-quote — pieces are custom, so the site carries no list prices. **Ships:** across India; export enquiries welcome. **About the image:** a design visualisation, not a photograph of stock on hand. The piece is carved to order after the design is agreed. **Availability:** made to order. ## A mewa box for the wedding season Dry fruit is what actually gets sent, and the mewa box is what it gets sent in. Ahead of an Indian wedding it travels between families (to the pandit, to the in-laws, to the hundred guests who get a box along with the card), and it is nearly always a throwaway: acrylic, foil-lined board, a tin that is used once and forgotten. This is that same box cut in black stone. Ten inches square, four compartments divided by slim stone walls, a hinged lid that lifts clear and stands upright behind it. Filled, it does the job on the day. Emptied, it stays out on a sideboard holding keys, cufflinks or supari. That is the whole argument for making it in stone: the gift outlives the occasion it was given for. ## Black granite, and the brass line that edges it The stone is black granite, quarried in south India and worked in Jaipur. It is a fine-grained igneous stone, dense and completely non-porous, which is why it holds a mirror polish on its outer faces and why it does not take up the oil that comes off cashews and almonds. A wipe with a damp cloth is the whole of the maintenance. Around the rim of the body, and again around the edge of the lid, runs a single brass wire set flush into a channel chiselled to receive it. That is the Rajasthani inlay habit used with restraint: one warm line against a lot of black, cut in rather than laid on top. The brass itself is sourced and fitted; the stone, and the seat the brass sits in, are the work of the sculptors we work with. ## What it holds, and what it weighs The box is ten inches square and four and a half inches tall with the lid down. The four compartments are cut square, roughly four inches across and three deep. That is the size that takes a proper portion of kaju, badam, pista and kishmish, or two compartments of dry fruit and two of mithai if that is the custom in your family. The lid runs on brass hinges and folds back to stand upright, so nobody has to hold it while the box is being served from. It weighs about nine kilos, which is worth knowing before you order fifty: this is a gift that gets carried in, set down and left there. For a longer guest list the same design comes down to six inches with two compartments. ## Making it yours Most of what changes on a mewa box like this is the lid. A monogram, two initials with a wedding date, or a short line in Devanagari can be cut into the top and filled with the same brass wire that edges it, which is the version wedding planners ask for most often. The compartment count can go to six or nine, the body can be sized up for a mithai-only version, and the same box is made in Makrana white marble if black reads too dark against your invitation set. Each one is packed seated in a fitted presentation box with the lid propped behind it. Send us the guest count, the date on the card and a photograph of your invitation; we will design the lid around it, brief the sculptors, and follow the order through to the door it has to reach. ## Specifications - **Material:** Black Granite - **Finish:** Mirror polish - **Colour:** Black - **Weight:** 9 kg - **Ideal for:** wedding gift, festive gifting, bulk gifting Stone, size and finish are all changeable — these are the specifications of the piece as shown. ## Media ### Images (1) - https://vptrobfqdvauunfvodxw.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/tmw-media-assets/Statue%20product%20images/black-granite-partitioned-dry-fruit-mewa-box-brass-inlay-10in.webp (primary, concept render) All media is public and CORS-open — fetch directly, no signing or proxy needed. ## Part of - [Handicrafts](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/custom-marble-handicraft-items) ## Related pieces - [Black Granite & Brass Desk Set in Fitted Gift Box](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-brass-desk-set-gift-box-10in) - [Black Granite Coaster Set of Six with Floral Inlay, 4in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-inlay-coaster-set-six-4in) - [Black Granite Executive Desk Set of Three, 7in](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/black-granite-executive-desk-set-7in) ## Enquire about this piece - WhatsApp, message pre-written: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=919766532408&text=Hi!%20I'd%20like%20a%20quote%20to%20have%20this%20design%20made%3A%20Black%20Granite%20Partitioned%20Dry-Fruit%20Box%20with%20Brass%20Inlay%2C%2010in.%20Product%20link%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tilakmandirwala.com%2Fproducts%2Fblack-granite-partitioned-dry-fruit-mewa-box-brass-inlay-10in - Tell us the size, the stone and where it is going. We will send you a quote and a timeline. ## Contact Tilak Mandirwala - Email: info@tilakmandirwala.com - Phone: +91 92141 72150 - WhatsApp: https://wa.me/919766532408 - Enquiry form: https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/contact - Store: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India — https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/best-mandir-shop-jaipur Enquiries are quoted per piece: share the deity or object, an approximate height, and the stone you have in mind.