Lahij Copperware
Lahij copperware is the hammered copper and brass craft of the mountain village of Lahij in Azerbaijan's Ismayilli district, where smiths have worked for centuries in a tight warren of craftsmen's streets. A vessel such as an ewer, basin, cauldron or tray is raised from a single sheet of metal by hammering, never cast or soldered, then engraved with geometric rosettes, floral scrolls and inscriptions, and finally coated with a silvery tin alloy that protects the copper. The craft flourished in the nineteenth century, when Lahij's copper goods travelled the Silk Road and were sold in Baku, Tbil