Hammered Brass Tray

Hammering brass is a cold-working technique — the metal is shaped and textured entirely by striking it with a hand tool, no heat involved, which is what gives a hammered surface its faceted, light-catching texture instead of a flat polished one. This tray is shaped and hammered by hand, with each dent placed individually rather than stamped in a single press, then finished with a protective coat to slow the natural tarnishing brass develops over time. It's built the way serving trays have long been made in the region — functional first, decorative because of the process rather than in spite of it.