Callista Silverplated Cutwork Brass Dish
$93.00
The same pierced brasswork that screened the windows of old homes — jali — opened out flat into a dish: fifteen inches across, its whole rim cut away into lace. It's made in brass in Lahore, cut by hand and silver-plated to a soft sheen — large enough to anchor...
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.
Used in this pieceEngraving / 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.
Callista Silverplated Cutwork Brass Dish
$93.00