Heritage Brass Spice Box with Hammered Detailing
In South Asian cooking, the spices are the whole point — and the masala dabba is where they live. This is that box: the round brass tin that's sat at the heart of subcontinental kitchens for generations, seven little bowls under one lid. It's hand-hammered in brass in Lahore, seven...
The Craft
Hand-Hammering
Raised from a flat sheet under thousands of hammer blows, the dimpled surface a record of the making.
Used in this pieceCutwork
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.