in bits and pieces
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| Copper vessel with lid on a wooden Badrapeeth used for worship of Saligram (Banalingas) and Parthishor on Sawan Purnamashi by Kashmiri Pandits in the past. At present the use of these artifacts is no longer in practice. |
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| A closer view of the above wooden Badrapeeth showing fine artistic carvings. |
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| Wooden tumbler and cups made of wood at Anantnag (South Kashmir). This art is no longer in vogue The artisans since long have taken to walnut carvings . All these items have been used by my grand parents 1868-1954 approx. and at present are in my personal collection |
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| Not an antique but an elephant shaped tea cosy . [Apparently quite appreciated in the west] |
Photograph generously shared by Anu Lalli ji. It’s from her family collection.
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| A silver kettle of old Kashmiri workmanship with a serpentine(Zaharmor) cup from Central Asia Both article are more than a century old. |
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Update from Man Mohan ji:
Some time back a friend from Face book had suggested that the ZAHARMOR cup from my collection shown along with the silver kettle was of made of ONYX. The mini tumbler seen here is of Onyx- which is a calcareous rock of sedimentary origin often depicting bedding as seen in the said tumbler while as Zaharmohar is a recrystallized rock of of altered pyroxenes.
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| Onyx tumbler to the left and Zaharmor to the right |
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| A giant Kangri (Firepot) about 20 inches in height and about 18 inches in diameter A household article believed to be about 100 years old. Kangri filled with live charcoal is still used for keeping warm during winters in Kashmir but of smaller size |
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| A giant Choncha – Wooden spoon -used for stirring eatables being cooked in huge terracota vessels |
