This superb PEX box was created by Stephen as a trial piece but the Design Board of Moorcroft rejected it, possibly because it was too good and required too much painting. Instead Stephen was asked to paint two more pieces so that there were three pieces to auction at the May Open Weekend in 2001 - one each day. Prices realised on the three days ranged from £480 to £760.

Stephen is not one to be sentimental about his work and has kept almost nothing of it over the years. This is one case where he felt he was able to produce somethinglike his best work in enamels and if there was one piece he would like to have owned it would have been this. It's not difficult to see why!