METAL BOX WITH  LATTICE WORK

This beautiful and antique collectible must have been a pan box from Rajasthan. Pan boxes were used to keep rolled betel leaf stuffed with betel nut, lime paste and other mixes. But this one was used to keep fresh betel leaves.  Chewing this mixture of betel nut and betel leaf sometimes mixed with tobacco and other flavours is a tradition, custom or ritual which dates back thousands of years from India to the Pacific

This elaborately decorated pan box is made of brass and has a hole in the centre. The intricately cut out patterns carved all over the box must have served dual purposes of decoration and ventilation.

Handpicked for their originality and allure, this handpicked unique vintage piece is sure to add radiance to your interiors.