Silver-plated cutwork brass pedestal bowl set with two semi-precious stones, made in Lahore

Saira Silver Plated Cutwork Bowl

$75.00

There's a kind of bowl that sits out whether or not there's anything in it — the one that finishes a shelf or a console on its own. Pierced in openwork brass and set with two semi-precious stones, this is that bowl. It's made by hand in Lahore, the sides...

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 piece

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.