Nur Silverplated Brass and Marble Vase/ Candle Holder
$140.00
Nur means light — and where its twin Mashal stands on black marble, this one rises from white, the same silver cutwork in a softer key. It's made by hand in Lahore, the brass cut into open patternwork and silver-plated, set on a base of white marble that keeps it...
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.
Nur Silverplated Brass and Marble Vase/ Candle Holder
$140.00