Fire & Bone make miniature animal skull replicas, reproduced in high detail by 3D scanning real skulls. They can either be worn as jewellery or displayed on their wooden bases, and they have loads of different animals to choose from.
It arrived packaged up in a little Fire & Bone branded box, which would be perfect for giving as a gift (but we refuse to part with ours). When we opened it up, we were immediately struck by how intricately detailed the piece was for its size. We knew that their process of scanning actual skulls made the pieces anatomically accurate, size aside, but until we held one in our hands we couldn’t fully appreciate how impressive they actually are.
The chain it comes with is quite long at 24 inches, so the skull hangs fairly low. With quite a big pendant like this (it measures 24mm x 33mm x 16mm) we think this is a good choice - when you wear it over a plain top it becomes a real statement piece. We found that the chain was a little more yellow than this particular skull so it didn’t match exactly, but it’s not particularly noticeable. The fixture allows the chain to be easily removed anyway, so if you wanted to get a chain of a different length or colour it could be easily swapped.
Our favourite thing about this piece is that it can be displayed when it’s not being worn. It’s always a shame when you have to store any nice piece of jewellery out of sight, but when it’s a miniature scientific specimen it really deserves to be out in the open. The base does cost an extra $5 but we think it’s totally worth the price. It’s adorably miniature, has a really charming vintage feel, and displays the name of the specimen which really ties it all together.
You can see Fire & Bone’s full range of miniature skulls on their website, here. If you buy one for yourself we’d love to see your pictures, so tag us on Twitter at @geekymerch!
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