Antique Indian Copper Paandaan
$152.00
When guests came, the paandaan came out. The round box was opened, the leaves and the katha and the little spices laid ready, and paan was folded and passed by hand — a small ceremony of welcome that closed a meal and opened an evening. This antique paandaan is hand-raised...
The Craft
Hand-Hammering
Raised from a flat sheet under thousands of hammer blows, the dimpled surface a record of the making.
Cutwork
Openwork lace pierced clean through the metal by hand with a fine needle.
Engraving / Qalamzani
Cut into the metal line by line with a fine steel chisel, the qalam.
Used in this pieceNaqsheen
Floral and geometric patterns chased into the surface freehand by the naqash.
Sand Casting
Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.