Indian Holy Water Vessel with Stamped Motif

Consider a plain tall cup with a rolled lip, faintly scratched with small script.

This brass holy water vessel with stamped motif is from Rajasthan, India, and dates to the 19th century. Stamped decoration is made by pressing a shaped die into the metal, a method that repeats a motif quickly and evenly across the surface. Looking closely, a straight-sided cup with a rolled rim and slightly narrowed base. The surface is a soft olive-brown with rubbed patches, and a band of faint engraved script or marks circles the middle. It is 2.9 inches high and 3.25 in diameter.

Reserved, rubbed smooth and perfectly content to say little.