Fossil Stoneware Bowl with Orthoceras and Ammonites

Fossil, art and object of culinary utility, this large platter was hand-cut and polished from fossiliferous stone excavated from the world's largest desert, the Sahara. The place of origin in Morocco is the site of an ancient seafloor where the sediment resulting in the rock was deposited more than 350 million years ago when life on Earth was first taking a foothold on land after billions of years at sea. These platters are each unique, one-of-a-kind works of art that predominately contain Orthoceras (extinct Cephalopods resempling modern-day squids) and extinct ammonites fossils.