Application for Geographical Indication tag for Cuttack Silver Filigree filed

An utility in search of Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the well-known Cuttack Silver Filigree (Chandi Tarakasi) has been filed by the Odisha State Co-operative Handicrafts Corporation Ltd.

“Filigree has been traditionally associated with fine craftsmanship and luxurious design in classical jewellery. Silver bricks are transformed into thin fine wires or foils and used to create jewellery or show-pieces,” mentioned P. Sanjai Gandhi, IP Attorney and Advocate, Nodal Officer, Geographical Indication Registration of Products, Government of Tamil Nadu, who filed the applying on behalf of the applicant.

The candidates have identified that silver filigree as a craft has been linked to Cuttack way back to the reign of Anangabhimadeva III within the early thirteenth Century.

In Cuttack, the work is mostly accomplished by boys, whose delicate fingers, and keener sight allow them to place the wonderful silver threads along with the required rapidity and accuracy.

The primary parts that go into making silver filigree are silver, copper, zinc and cadmium. Different grades of silver are utilized in the primary metallic alloy and copper was historically blended with the silver within the ratio of 90:10 for the creation of the specified alloy metallic for the creation of filigree designs.

Copper is added to extend the power of the metallic whereas zinc is used within the solder metallic to scale back the melting level of the alloy and improve its power. Cadmium was a current addition to the solder and was added to scale back the melting level of the alloy and to extend the sturdiness. And tin is used to decrease the melting level.

“A GI tag for silver filigree will act as a universal mark to establish the presence of the craft in the national and international level,” Mr. Gandhi mentioned.