Mashal Silverplated Brass and Marble Vase/ Candle Holder
$157.00
Mashal means torch — the flame once carried ahead to light the way. This one stands still on a block of black marble, a candle lit at its top instead. It's made by hand in Lahore, the brass cut into open patternwork and silver-plated to a bright finish, then set...
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.