Real gold leaf adorns a hare skull (ethically sourced, of course) suspended in a cage above a hand-stitched quotation from Edna St.Vincent Millay's "Ode to Silence".

There is a tradition, especially in Edinburgh graveyards, of building an iron cage over a grave to ensure the safety of the contents (oh, the horrors wrought by those resurrection men!) & it seemed fit to keep this delicate skull equally safe.

14" tall, the cage is topped with a finial of metal charms & glass beads, including a protective evil eye.