One thing you can always be sure of in Mattanchery are the antiques, so many shops and such a variety. Whether an antique lover or not there always will be something for you.....Sadly much of the stuff is hardly of a good quality and the prices are well, sometimes very expensive.
But one place that really has very good stuff although expensive is the Crafters Antique store. A huge store it has practically any article you are looking for, ranging from huge wooden columns and intricately carved doors to tiny lamps and metal statues.
Browsing through its well organised rooms you are lost in time, the rear of the showroom overlooking the sea, women polishing wooden articles and everywhere you are enveloped with the smell of wax polish.
So much to see......Out of those thousands of articles what really caught my eye was this lion trying to look oh so ferocious, did he succeed maybe he did, it is after all in the eye of the beholder
Another article which never fails to amaze visitors is a huge Varppu, now a Varppu is generally used in Kerala to cook rice and this one could have fed an entire village. Made specially for Crafters Antique it has a diameter of 12 feet and weighs 3184 kgs.
No do not try to buy it. It is not for sale !
But one place that really has very good stuff although expensive is the Crafters Antique store. A huge store it has practically any article you are looking for, ranging from huge wooden columns and intricately carved doors to tiny lamps and metal statues.
Browsing through its well organised rooms you are lost in time, the rear of the showroom overlooking the sea, women polishing wooden articles and everywhere you are enveloped with the smell of wax polish.
So much to see......Out of those thousands of articles what really caught my eye was this lion trying to look oh so ferocious, did he succeed maybe he did, it is after all in the eye of the beholder
Another article which never fails to amaze visitors is a huge Varppu, now a Varppu is generally used in Kerala to cook rice and this one could have fed an entire village. Made specially for Crafters Antique it has a diameter of 12 feet and weighs 3184 kgs.
No do not try to buy it. It is not for sale !
No comments:
Post a Comment