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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 229423, member: 37&quot;]What I was thinking of was chrakwan.&nbsp; Found this explanation of both.&nbsp; It is a little confusing since it says that Marori uses black enamel.&nbsp; It later goes on to say that both use enamels of different colors. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.craftrevival.org/CraftArt.asp?CountryCode=india&amp;CraftCode=003366" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.craftrevival.org/CraftArt.asp?CountryCode=india&amp;CraftCode=003366" rel="nofollow">http://www.craftrevival.org/CraftArt.asp?CountryCode=india&amp;CraftCode=003366</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As the article suggests, it is a cheaper imitation of bidriware,&nbsp; which actually uses silver as the inlay.&nbsp; When marori uses black enamel, it does look a lot like bidriware when polished brightly.&nbsp; This type of work often gets misrepresented as bidriware in the marketplace.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidriware" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidriware" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidriware</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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