Elara Brass Golden Flamingo Tray
$75.00
Most of our trays carry the old motifs — vines, peacocks, leaves. This one carries a pair of flamingos, which is exactly the surprise it's meant to be. It's made by hand in brass in Lahore, the flamingo motif picked out in gold against the warm metal. At twelve inches...
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.
Used in this pieceSand Casting
Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.
Elara Brass Golden Flamingo Tray
$75.00
