Blue Bird International India

About Us

We at Blue Bird International India (BBI) have been exporting silver artifacts for some time now. Gradually we have expanded, especially in terms of our range and infrastructure. We have always tried to bring to our clients the most unusual, the most extraordinary and the most beautiful pieces. We try to improve our own standards and today we showcase before you our latest and so far the best collection - ENAMELLED SILVER BIRDS AND ANIMALS. With great attention to details and after painstaking hard work, we have put together this collection. We were thrilled by the end result - for each piece is a collector s delight and a connoisseur s dream.
In our endeavour to bring something totally exceptional, we took a trip down history. We researched and found out about the ancient art of enamelling, also known as meenakari. Once popular with the Persians and Mughals, it now lies forgotten. Lords and kings used to appoint craftsmen who used to produce wonderful objects especially animals, birds and utensils. This intriguing art became a pulsating passion with us. Almost obsessed, we began a long and tedious search for artisans.
But what is silver enamelling/ meenakari Simply put, it is the technique of fusing a coloured glassy substance on silver. But not so simple, once you go into the details. More than half a dozen artisans work on a single piece. Guaranteed Pure Silver (92.3%) is moulded into the shape of a bird. Great concentration and patience is required for the same. To gently taper the tail of a bird, make it wafer thin at the end and perfect the form, at times takes more than a year. The animate sculpt, mixing of glass enamel, engraving, coating, baking, polishing, is infinitely difficult. The artisan hammers and chisels to engrave the motifs. Mixing colours in the right proportion to match the colouring of the bird is a tricky task. The silver pieces are filled with laquer to further strengthen and it goes on But it s the end result that really matters and that is a breathtaking, almost real to life, masterpiece.