Naqsheen Copper Handi with Copper Lid
$114.00
Some dishes deserve to come to the table in something as worked as what's inside them. This is copper, engraved corner to corner by hand, with a fitted lid you lift in front of guests. It's made in copper in Lahore, the rounded body and lid worked over in naqsheen...
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.
Naqsheen Copper Handi with Copper Lid
$114.00
