Sneha Sengupta for The Ideal Home and Garden covers the debut of Collectibles by The Museum of Meenakari Heritage, Jaipur — a new series of enamelled objets d’art envisioned for the modern collector.
When you think of Meenakari, chances are your mind goes straight to jewellery, those finely enamelled pieces that shine with colour and tradition. But what if the same craft could find its way into your living room, your study, or even your vanity table?
That’s exactly what the Museum of Meenakari Heritage (MOMH), Jaipur, has set out to do. On 1st August 2025, the Shekhawat family unveiled the first-ever edition of MOMH Collectibles, a series of enamelled objets d’art designed not just to be worn but to be lived with.
Curated under the vision of Sunita Shekhawat, along with her children Niharika and Digvijay, the collection blurs the line between jewellery and art décor. “We have sought to create artefacts that can be admired, lived with, and cherished for generations,” shares Sunita.
A New Way of Experiencing Heritage
The launch wasn’t your typical unveiling. Experience designer Eeshaan Kashyap turned the MOMH space into a multisensory experience. Imagine earrings displayed on a carousel, a hairpin blooming from a stained-glass-inspired table, and enamel boxes set atop sculptural branches. With sound, scent, and visual installations, each object was brought to life in a way that felt immersive and unforgettable.
The Collection features
The eight debut pieces are steeped in history yet made for today’s collectors. Prices range from ₹1.25 lakh to ₹18.5 lakh, with highlights including:
The Prancing Horse Earrings – inspired by a Mughal-era pendant, crafted with ronde-bosse enamel, rubies, and pearls.
The Bougainvillea Box – a plique-à-jour wonder with amethyst, emeralds, and diamonds, echoing the blooms of Jodhpur.
The Meenakari Box – a Champlevé enamel box born from an inspiration sparked by Smt. Nita Ambani.
The Hairpin – delicate as stained glass, commissioned as an act of modern patronage.
And it doesn’t stop there, small in size but monumental in craft, the Fakhtai Pill Box is Meenakari at its finest. Its compact form opens to reveal an intricate surface alive with hand-painted iris blooms and fakhtai birds, lifted straight from historic textile motifs. Shades of red, orange, green, and opaque white enamel play against soft gold curves, proving that scale has nothing to do with impact.
The Partaash Spoon is a bejewelled marvel, showcasing a hand-engraving technique so fine it reveals itself fully only under a magnifying lens. Crafted in gold, every line catches light to create layered depth, while delicate floral vines, parrots, and birds unfurl across its surface; an artwork in miniature.The Meenakari Spoon, studded with uncut diamonds and enamel on gold, is a refined nod to Mughal-Rajput artistry. Its floral, symmetrical surface echoes the visual language of northern Indian courts—where such spoons once appeared before royal guests as subtle markers of ceremony.
The Meenakari Spoon, studded with uncut diamonds and enamel on gold, is a refined nod to Mughal-Rajput artistry. Its floral, symmetrical surface echoes the visual language of northern Indian courts—where such spoons once appeared before royal guests as subtle markers of ceremony.
The Darpan Mirror, crafted in 22k gold and washed in deep emerald-green basse-taille enamel, is equal parts ornament and reflection. Its surface, etched with acanthus leaves and Mughal rosettes, borrows from 17th-century European motifs yet stays deeply rooted in Indian courtly tradition.
For Sunita Shekhawat, this debut of Collectibles is more than a new product line, it is a personal milestone. “We have sought to blur the lines between jewellery and collectible objects — artefacts that can be admired, lived with, and cherished for generations,” she shares. “The creation of jewellery in India is not merely adornment; it is an art form rooted in centuries of technique, symbolism, and storytelling. This marks our first step in showcasing the extraordinary versatility of meenakari beyond traditional jewellery.”
A Living Heritage for Modern Homes
What makes MOMH Collectibles especially exciting is how seamlessly they slip into the world of design and décor. These are not objects destined to remain behind glass, they’re made to live with you.
Imagine a Bougainvillea Box catching sunlight on a console, its translucent petals glowing like stained glass. Or a Darpan Mirror resting on a vanity, turning a daily ritual into a moment of quiet beauty. Even the Prancing Horse Earrings, though wearable, hold their own as sculptural accents when displayed as art.
For today’s collectors, these objets d’art carry a dual meaning, they are heirlooms to be passed down, and conversation-starters that bring history into contemporary living spaces. With MOMH Collectibles, the centuries-old art of Meenakari doesn’t just belong to Jaipur’s royal past, it belongs to our homes, our present, and our future.
For Sunita Shekhawat, who grew up surrounded by colour and form before making Jaipur her creative home, the debut of MOMH Collectibles is a natural progression. Often called the “modern meenakar” she has spent decades refining a language that bridges the sanctity of tradition with a contemporary sensibility. The Museum of Meenakari Heritage, housed within the Shekhawat Haveli, echoes that vision, celebrating the past while opening doors for the future.
With Collectibles, Shekhawat has given Meenakari a new canvas – one that extends beyond jewellery and into objects that can be lived with. It is heritage reimagined, Jaipur renewed, and craftsmanship carried forward for generations to come.
