Baygraver
Member
Hi all,
One of the advantages of have a studio in a silversmith/restoration shop is that you get to inspect all the items that come through for a while. I want to share this three foot diameter brass tray with you and ask if anyone can provide further information as to its origins.
My mind boggled at the amount of work involved when I first saw it. It’s obviously from the Middle East, and does have some Arabic writing in one area.
Someone told me they thought it might have been done as a devotional piece by boys in a religious school, similar to such quilting events in church groups. The chasing and engraving are very intertwined and of quite good quality.
It’s to be cleaned (too much Brasso residue) and re-patinaed. I’ll post subsequent pictures.
Can anyone provide me more information?
Regards, Jim
Here’s the piece on a “delayed†restoration job in the shop yard for scale.
Note the chasing and engraving with a lot of background work.
One of the advantages of have a studio in a silversmith/restoration shop is that you get to inspect all the items that come through for a while. I want to share this three foot diameter brass tray with you and ask if anyone can provide further information as to its origins.
My mind boggled at the amount of work involved when I first saw it. It’s obviously from the Middle East, and does have some Arabic writing in one area.
Someone told me they thought it might have been done as a devotional piece by boys in a religious school, similar to such quilting events in church groups. The chasing and engraving are very intertwined and of quite good quality.
It’s to be cleaned (too much Brasso residue) and re-patinaed. I’ll post subsequent pictures.
Can anyone provide me more information?
Regards, Jim
Here’s the piece on a “delayed†restoration job in the shop yard for scale.
Note the chasing and engraving with a lot of background work.