Vintage Silver-plated Brass Tea Set
$157.00
Tea was an event in these homes — the good set carried out for guests, the pot set down, sugar and milk passed round, the whole thing a small performance of welcome. This vintage set was made for exactly that. It is silver-plated brass, its round-bellied pieces — a lidded...
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.