Antique Indian Copper Paandaan
$140.00
A paandaan travelled. Carried by its handle from room to room, set down between guests, it held everything needed to fold a paan — the leaves, the katha, the small sweet spices — and made a ritual of passing it round. This antique example is hand-raised from copper, with a...
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.