Pair of brass butterfly candle holders, made in Lahore

Butterfly Candle Holder Pair

$70.00

There's a way a table looks when it's lit for people you love — flames set here and there, and something among them that looks alive. These are a pair of brass butterflies, wings spread, each holding a candle at its centre, cast and finished by hand in brass in...

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.

Naqsheen

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.

Used in this piece
SKU: AFL145