Hand Painted Brass Tray with Elephant

Name: Hand Painted Brass Tray with Elephant
Brand: PEETAL PARAMPARA
SKU: PP-BR-DEC-TRA-139
Price: 1099.0 INR
Availability: InStock

A shaped brass tray painted with an elephant on a coral ground.

Rs. 1,099.00

Rs. 1,099.00 Rs. 1,599.00

Price includes GST.

Weight: 400g

Material: Brass, unlacquered underneath
Finish: Hand painted, gold left bare at the rim
Motif: An elephant in a gold blanket, teal corner panels with a lotus in each
Base: Flat underside, no foot
In the box: 1 hand painted brass tray

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Estimated, not a guarantee. Dispatched from Guwahati, Monday to Saturday.

Each piece is shaped and finished by hand, so small differences in weight, size, finish and surface marking are normal and no two are identical. Colour on screen can differ from the metal in daylight. Handmade in India.

The outline is not round. Four lobes swing out and two points pull the ends into a leaf shape, and the edge is filed into fine radial teeth left in bare gold. The elephant stands in the middle under a pink and gold blanket, and the corner panels are teal with a lotus set in each.

Technique

Hand Painted

What is it?

A decorative tray is made to be shown rather than carried, shaped and finished on the face that faces up, and it takes keys, small change or a few wrapped sweets on a console or a side table.

Also known as a table top plate, decorative tray, display plate, tashtari or peetal tray.

What is in the box?

1 hand painted brass tray

How do I look after it?

Wipe with a soft dry cloth. For marks, a barely damp cloth and nothing else. Dry it straight away.
The colour is a surface layer over the metal. Lemon, salt, tamarind and brass polish all lift it — the same things that bring bare brass back to a shine will take the pattern off this piece. Keep them away from the painted areas.
Any bare brass on the foot, rim or underside can be cleaned the normal way with lemon and salt. Work around the colour, not over it.
Do not soak it, do not scrub it, and keep steel wool and scouring pads away from it entirely.
Not dishwasher safe. Not microwave safe.
Keep it out of long direct sunlight. Applied colour fades where bare brass would only darken.

How was it made?

Hand Painted

Handmade in India

Every piece finished by hand

Solid metal

No plating, nothing to chip

Weighed and listed

In grams, on almost every page

Tin lining stated

Where a vessel is lined, we say so

Questions about this piece

Is this brass solid or plated?

Solid sheet metal under the colour. The underside is left bare, so turn it over and you are looking at the same metal the paint is sitting on rather than at a coated base.

Will it look exactly like the photograph?

The elephant and the panels will be the same. The coral ground is brushed on and pools differently on every tray, so some come out deeper at the centre and lighter towards the points.

How big is it really?

We have not measured it, so the page carries no width or height. That is deliberate. An estimate a couple of centimetres out is worse than an honest gap, particularly for a piece going onto a shelf that is already full. The weight above is measured. Ask and we will put a tape to this one.

Will it tarnish?

The painted face will not. The bare underside will darken like any unlacquered brass, and it will mark a light surface once it does, so keep a felt pad or a cloth under it on wood.