ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, SILVER FILIGREE BASKET, WELL MADE WITH VERY DETAILED ART WORK.

SHIPPING R35.00.

                               FILIGREE SILVER BASKET

SIDE VIEW OF THIS BEAUTIFUL, WELL DESIGNED BASKET. THERE ARE NO SILVER MARKINGS ON THE BASKET THAT I CAN SEE AND BELEIVE ME I HAVE HAD A REALLY GOOD LOOK !!   MY " CALCULATED GUESS "   THROUGH MUCH RESEARCH IS THAT THE BASKET IS FROM INDIA AND MADE OF SILVER, CRAFTED BY AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD, PLEASE GO THROUGH THE PICTURES LISTED AND DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS AS I AM NO EXPERT IN THIS FIELD. THE BASKET MEASURES DIA. APPROX 10CM, HEIGHT APPROX 6CM, WEIGHT 48GR. ps I HAVE TESTED THIS BASKET AND IT IS SILVER.!!   

IN FILIGREE WORK, TWISTED SILVER WIRE IS THE MATERIAL USED AND THE ARTICLES HAVE THE TRELLIS LIKE APPEARANCE " jali " WHICH ENDOWS THEM WITH A RARE CHARM. THE SILVER-SMITH CRIMPS THIN STRIPS OF FINE SILVER INTO ZIG ZAG PATTERNS AND LOOPS USING IT TO FILL UP THE GROUND OF DESIGNS FORMED BY THICKER SILVER STRIPS. THE STRIPS AND FINE SILVER ARE THEN DEFTLY SOLDERED, CAREFULLY AVOIDING THE TRELLIS-LIKE FILIGREE PATTERN. SILVER FILIGREE WORK IS A STYLE IN ITS SELF. THIS WORK INVOLVES PURE SILVER, WHICH IS PUT THROUGH A WIRE DRAWING MACHINE. IN OLDEN DAYS, THE SILVER WAS BEATEN ON AN ANVIL AND ELONGATED INTO LONG WIRE BY PASSING IT THROUGH A STEEL PLATE WITH APERTURES. SILVER IS THE MOST MALLABLE AND DUCTILE OF ALL METALS EXCEPT GOLD, ONE GRAM OF PURE METAL CAN BE DRAWN INTO A WIRE MORE THAN A KILOMETER LONG

                                         LOOKING DOWN INTO THE BASKET.

                                                 UNDERNEITH THE BASKET.

                                  LOOKING DOWN ONTO THE CENTRE OF THE HANDLE.

UNDERNEITH VIEW OF THE HANDLE.

CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE FOUR FEET THE BASKET RESTS ON. 

LOOKING IN !!!

A VIEW OF ONE OF THE UPPER SECTIONS OF THE BASKET, BEAUTIFUL !!

LOOKING DOWN INTO THE CENTRE OF THE BASKET.

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE OF DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BASKET. THE WORKMANSHIP OF THIS BASKET IS OF A VERY HIGH STANDARD.