Vintage Brass Chapati Box From India - Ca 1900 Chapati Box and beautifully preserved red-and-gold palette

and beautifully preserved red-and-gold palette — is a rare and highly collectable survivor

90 x 49 x 53 (w x d x h cms)

The stone bases are carved and are the originals

Equally suited to both contemporary and traditional interiors

This is an unusual piece that we haven't seen before

Vintage Brass Chapati Box From India - Ca 1900 Chapati Box and beautifully preserved red-and-gold paletteIndian chapati boxes were used in the old days as lunch boxes or for packaging up small snacks which the colonials called tiffin. Chapati boxes come in all sizes, but are generally round in shape, normally engraved with a pattern on the top, these are very decorative. These beautifully characterful boxes provide a stylish alternative to single use plastic for use as lunch boxes or for food presentation at a dinner party. As our Indian boxes are