A wonderful guest post by Man Mohan Munshi Ji.I had been looking for a Khos for a long time now.
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Since Kashmniri Pandits in good old days did not use crockery for tea but metallic cups mostly of bronze [ an alloy of copper and tin] but a very few affluent families also used German silver cups [ an alloy of copper,zinc and nickel]. German Silver cups were certainly imported but it is not know that the said cups resembled the bronze by coincidence or were specially ordered.
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Since Kashmniri Pandits in good old days did not use crockery for tea but metallic cups mostly of bronze [ an alloy of copper and tin] but a very few affluent families also used German silver cups [ an alloy of copper,zinc and nickel]. German Silver cups were certainly imported but it is not know that the said cups resembled the bronze by coincidence or were specially ordered.
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| Kasher Kh’ase (Kashmiri Teacups ) (Left) Loi hund Khos (Bronze Cup) (right) German Silver’uk Khos |
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| (left) An engraved brass vessel used for measuring the rice for cooking of a large joint family. Capacity of the vessel is about 3/4 of a seer. (right). An engraved copper tumbler kept for some religious rituals. |
