My guess is a antique veterinary brass pill gun?
I don't think it hurt them, I think it was designed to save the vets fingers, horses I think?
I'm sure I've seen one of these before, a pins on view might be helpful. I'm probably wrong but maybe something to do with a vet giving an animal...
How old do you think it is?
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Modern Khatam is still a wonder but they use electric saws and it's not so many micro mosaics PSI as old Khatam is almost impossible to reproduce,...
I was, it went though 10 days of ebay, listed it the right category (antiques, boxes) without a bid :)
That's truly lovely. I don't do ceramics but that I could find room for :)
I'm sure you would be able to tell, old Khatam normally has a huge price tag, I have been very lucky when buying my bits, the large Khatam cabinet...
I have taken some closeups just to show how small the mosaics are [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
There isn't any hard and fast rule to either
Old Khatam is very rare, Sadeli is far more common
They both just have different looks, both are made from 1000's of bits of micro mosaics laid on top of wood, sorry I know I'm not being much help :(
Sorry bad example, I don't have photos of many of my boxes yet but there is a clear difference.
Not really, Sadeli also has no animals or people and follows a geometric pattern. these are Sadeli [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Khatam came first then it was taken into India and became Sadeli, there is a clear Islamic look to Khatam, your example is mainly wood but often...
Hi these are Khatam frames not sadeli, I would think they date from the 40's 50's or 60's but with late Khatam it's very hard to tell, still a lot...
This is another one from my Anglo Indian Collection. This wonderful large (for a solid ivory box) box has piercing all the way round, about 1800...
It would still be a guess but 1860? I'm sure there will be someone in here who could give a far more accurate date, sorry
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