Hand-engraved silver-plated brass Quran box with a red aqeeq stone, made in Lahore

Quran Box with Aqeeq Stone

$93.00

A silver-plated brass box made to hold the Quran — hand-engraved all over, set with a red aqeeq stone at its centre. It's worked by hand in Lahore, the brass silver-plated and engraved in the manner of 18th-century Islamic art (choose the Indian naqsheen or the Islamic-art design), the aqeeq...

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 piece

Sand Casting

Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.

A Note from Amara
A keeping-place for the Quran felt like one of the first things Maeraas should make properly. Each is engraved by hand in Lahore and set with a red aqeeq, the stone people have long kept for protection. A piece to give, and to keep for years.

— Amara, Founder · Maeraas

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