- Aria Amorosa Treasure Jests
- Size 1.93 x 2.83 x 2.95 inches
- Artist Peter Calvesbert
- RETIRED
Peter carved the cigarette lighter under the other seal's flipper after a beach-combing trip in North Wales where he found the beach littered with plastic lighters. Peter's mouse looks out startled from under another flipper. The inspiration for the rat carved inside was a topical news item that Peter misheard on the radio at the time of carving: the monster rat catastrophe. It turns out that it was the Montserrat catastrophe, a volcano threatening to erupt in the Caribbean. Hallmarks include, heart, HBC logo, ed.#, and Pc, with "P. Calvesbert" on the base.