Samovar

Museum number:
9-11611
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Alternate number:
K-8-27 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
samovar; vessel of tinned copper and brass, bulging body with spout and handle, set on flaring base. "modeled on Russian prototypes". top lid and spout lid missing. One bag of seeds found inside. Height 30 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Dalgate Bazaar, Srinagar, Kashmir
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Kashmir, Srinagar, Dal Gati Bazaar
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
July 1969
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Copper (metal) (tinned)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used by tea vendors all over Kashmir. for a spicy tea. specimen ca. 30 yrs. old when collected. top lid and spout lid missing - former usually left off (always off in use), latter often omitted when made. the tea is drunk by men and women. cost of spec. 65 rupees
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 30 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Samovar, accession number 9-11611, described as samovar; vessel of tinned copper and brass, bulging body with spout and handle, set on flaring base. "modeled on Russian prototypes". top lid and spout lid missing. One bag of seeds found inside. Height 30 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Samovar, accession number 9-11611, described as samovar; vessel of tinned copper and brass, bulging body with spout and handle, set on flaring base. "modeled on Russian prototypes". top lid and spout lid missing. One bag of seeds found inside. Height 30 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Samovar, accession number 9-11611, described as samovar; vessel of tinned copper and brass, bulging body with spout and handle, set on flaring base. "modeled on Russian prototypes". top lid and spout lid missing. One bag of seeds found inside. Height 30 cm.

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