Indonesian Brass salt cellars

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by Jannie Groenewald, Sep 1, 2024.

  1. Jannie Groenewald

    Jannie Groenewald Well-Known Member

    Good evening
    Found these at a market today. I thought they seemed antique and not the mass produced Indian ones. The one have birds and other dancers on it. Any information will be welcome.
    Groete
    Jannie
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    They aren't Indonesian, but Indian. They look like they could could be part of a spice or betel set.

    There are Indonesian (Javanese) engraved brass items, but they are engraved more precisely than this, and often feature Wayang puppets. This type of sketch-like engraving is from a specific part of India, but right now I don't remember which part.
     
  3. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    Salt is too corrosive. It may be from a fancy spice tin called a dabba. A dabba is a round tin that has smaller ones inside for the various spices. I have a stainless steel one. I did find an image of an older one.
     

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