Indian Cylindrical Vessel with Ring Handles

Hammered by someone who clearly did not mind the noise.

This cylindrical vessel with ring handles comes from India and dates to the 19th century. It is copper. Indian households and kitchens used vessels of this kind to store water and cook in quantity, and the rings made them easier to lift. Hammer marks dimple the reddish surface from rim to foot. A pale metal band circles the top beneath a rolled rim, and a dark ring hangs from a fitted mount on the side, with a pale strip of metal running down to the base. Seventeen inches high and eighteen in diameter.

The seams are in plain view. Nothing is being hidden here.