Two Indian Brass Aftaba (Ewer) Water Pitchers With Leave Engravings

TWO 24CM HIGH BRASS AFTABA WATER PITCHERS OR EWERS. SOME GEOMETRIC FAN LEAVE DESIGNS CHARACTERISTIC OF INDIAN BRASS. MADE IN INDIA.
 
INTERESTING HISTORY OF EWERS:
Ewers have their origins in Persia and the Middle East. Typical Islamic ewers comprised a central chamber to which a spout, foot, handle and neck were attached. They permitted water to flow Koranic injunctions deemed flowing water to be clean. Ewers were introduced to India by Muslim invaders during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Thereafter their designs were Indianised the ewers became more curvaceous and many were decorated with lush plant and floral motifs.
In India, local Muslims used such vessels for handwashing. They became a practical tool of hospitality, being used to welcome visitors by pouring scented water over the hands and feet and into a basin, and took on a great variety of shapes and types whilst adhering to the basic ewer form. Sometimes they were filled not just with water but delicately-scented rosewater.
 
MARKINGS: MADE IN INDIA LABELS ON UNDERSIDE
 
SIZE:
14CM WIDE FROM SPOUT TO HANDLE 8CM DIAMETER AT WIDEST 24CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: NO DENTS. HINGES AND LIDS IN TACT. IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
INDIAN BRASS:
India is the largest Brassware making country in the world. This art has been practiced in India over a thousand years. According to archeological records, brass was popular in India since the third century BC and most of the idols of gods and goddesses were made of this metal.
Moradabad, in the state of Uttar Pradesh is renowned for brass work and has carved a niche for itself in the handicraft industry throughout the world.
Established in 1600 by Murad, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, Moradabad is also known as Brass City or Peetal Nagri. It has about 850 export units and 25000 metal craft industrial units in its cluster. In the narrow by lanes of the city, artisans work all day to create the most exquisite brass products. Some of the artisans have their in-house manufacturing units and workshops, otherwise different tasks take place in different small manufacturing units.
Brass metal is an alloy of copper and zinc and the quality of the metal depends on the Percentage composition of both these metals. Various processes involved in the manufacturing of brassware. The task of making brassware requires a team of skilled artisans having considerable expertise in various areas. For instance, a skilled engraver is needed for the task of engraving, a skilled enameller is needed for the task of enameling, similarly, many others are required for additional responsibilities. Moreover, this Traditional craft is probably five hundred years old and these artisans learned this traditional art form from their ancestors and forefathers engaged into this practice from many generations.

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