ANTIQUE BRASS QALAMDAN Iron is black when no

Iron is black when no oxygen is present

Cracks can be seen slowly weaving through the bowl’s glaze like delicate spiderwebs from constant contact with flames

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resulting in a dark

the rim wide with thin etchings on its surface and repeated along the outer edge and down to the bottom

ANTIQUE BRASS QALAMDAN Iron is black when noQalamdans, translated from the Persian language as a box for pen storage, were travelling quill or reed pen holders with inkwells attached, often used by official calligraphers and itinerary scribes who would travel for business or attendants posted near a city gate who would write out legal or administrative documents for illiterate citizens. These cases were were made to be portable and protective of their delicate contents, oftentimes worn attached