The bowl that sits next to the watch and the wallet at the end of the day. Six inches of hand-carved natural marble, dense enough that it doesn't move when the keys land. Black Marquina, the Spanish stone veined white like fresh fault lines; or Red Levanto, the burgundy Italian marble whose green and white veins read like a small painting.

On the dresser it takes the watch. On the entry console, the matchbooks and a single ring. On the bar, the citrus peel after the drink is built. It finds its own job by the end of the week.

For the wedding gift the couple will actually keep.