Brass Jewellery Casket From Rajasthan - 18th Century Rugs documents and household valuables

documents and household valuables

set within cusped corner spandrels enclosing scrolling foliage

Its versatile proportions allow it to be hung either portrait or landscape

foliate and geometric carving

Brass Jewellery Casket From Rajasthan - 18th Century Rugs documents and household valuablesThis antique Indian brass casket is from Rajasthan and has a tall gabled lid. It is over 230 years old and has a beautiful patina. The form of this box imitates the typical Rajasthani hut boxes of the 18th and 19th centuries. This style of box draws inspiration from the traditional huts and houses of the Thar desert. These boxes were used for storing valuables; jewelry, paan, and money. Now, it would be ideally suited as a jewelry box. Coincidentally