Crockery Showcase in Carved Teak with Lattice Glazed Doors

A glazing bar looks like a thin stick of wood with a pattern on it. It is nothing of the kind, and that is why lattice-glazed doors are the slowest work in a cabinet shop.

Each bar has three parts to its section: a moulded profile on the show face, a flat web in the middle, and a rebate on the back for the glass to sit in. It is barely thicker than a pencil and it is doing all three jobs at once.

Now consider what happens where two bars cross. The webs have to be halved into each other so the bars sit flush. The rebates have to meet cleanly on both sides so four separate panes can each find their seat. And the moulding on the show face has to be mitred - cut at an angle and pared to fit - at every one of the four quadrants around the crossing, because a moulding cannot simply run into another moulding.

On a door with a dozen crossings that is dozens of hand-cut mitres, each on a piece of timber narrow enough to snap if it is held too firmly.

Our master Indian artisans cut them with the bars still attached to a waste rail, which gives something safe to hold, and separate them only at the last moment. Every mitre is pared to fit with a chisel, not sawn to a line.

Material: solid teak carcass, doors and frame, hand-carved. No veneer over board, no engineered board.

Configuration: clear-glazed centre doors with lattice-glazed curved side doors; glass shelves; two drawers across the centre base with cupboards in the curved ends.

Glazing bars: moulded on the show face, rebated on the back, halved and hand-mitred at every crossing.

Interior: shelf spacing, drawer count and cupboard fitting planned with you; interior lighting available.

Carving and finish: dark polished carcass with gilded mouldings, glazing bars, cornice and pierced crest; deeply carved gilded base with scrolled feet.

Sizes: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production, including access dimensions.

Warranty: 20 years on the solid teak carcass and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage.

Photography: images show the actual product, not renders. Items displayed inside are not included.

Lattice-glazed doors are the most delicate part of this cabinet, because a glazing bar is narrow and each crossing is a joint. Those doors are secured closed, braced across their width so the frame cannot flex, and protected across their whole face so nothing can press on an individual bar.

Glass shelves travel out of the cabinet, laid flat, interleaved and edge-guarded.

The clear-glazed centre doors are secured, braced and protected across each pane. Drawers and cupboard doors are secured shut and blocked.

A soft non-abrasive layer goes against the polished and gilded surfaces first, and the pierced crest, gilded cornice, carved base and scrolled feet each receive individually shaped protection.

The carcass enters a rigid outer crate with cushioning on every face, corner protection and strapping. This is why we guarantee dent-free arrival.

Delivery is free across India - no freight charge, no distance surcharge, and no difference between a metro address and a smaller town.

Because every showcase is made to order, we confirm your finished dimensions, your shelf and storage layout and your access dimensions - doorway widths, stair turns, lift size - in writing before production begins. Where access requires it, the cabinet is built to separate into sections that assemble in the room.

Once complete it is packed as described and dispatched with a carrier used to handling carved furniture and glass. You are contacted ahead of delivery so someone can be present.

Arrival is guaranteed dent-free. If any transit damage has occurred, photograph it while the delivery team is present and contact us - we will resolve it. On site the cabinet is levelled before the shelves are fitted.

The solid teak carcass and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty from the day the showcase reaches you - the frame, the glazed door construction and hinging, the glazing bars and their crossings, the glazing housings, the shelf supports, the drawer runners, and the cornice and crest joints.

Lifetime cover against termite damage applies for the life of the furniture rather than a fixed number of years. Because the piece is seasoned solid teak throughout - carcass, doors, drawers, backs and internal fittings - there is no board core anywhere for insects to reach.

If a warranty issue arises, send us photographs and we will assess and repair or replace. Glazing bars are covered: a bar that splits or a crossing that opens is joinery failure, not wear, and we will re-make it. Individual panes in a lattice door can also be replaced singly rather than reglazing the whole door. Both warranties apply anywhere in India.