The Jaipuri-engravers have mastered the medium of engraving on metal. Traditional designs are used in different techniques such as hammered, chased or embossed and the motifs are of flowers, hunting scenes and landscapes. Traditional silver articles like handas or water containers, spice bottles, baskets and trays are popular worldover - white metal articles too, command sizeable exports. Badalas', usually round, semi-circular or rectangular are sometimes fitted with ice chambers and taps. In 'Koftagari' or damascening work, mostly practised in Alwar and Jaipur, one metal is encrusted into another in the form of wire.
Popular articles are swords, daggers and shields.
Certain shapes are characteristic of Rajasthan. It is made of a thin layer of clay and needs a high degree of skill. Purely decorative, the pottery of Bikaner uses lac colours embellished with gold to give a glittering finish. Possibly the only pottery in the world that is made without using clay, blue pottery of Jaipur is unique in appearance. The art of glazed pottery came to India through Persia.