Metal pitcher (jamace); also used as a drinking vessel; copper plated with tin; with handle; globular with wide neck; 14.8 cm high Tamdce: dialect for this type of vessel. In daily use by entire household for storage of liquids in kitchen, especially milk, ogurt, wine. Made by professional craftsman, bakardzija. No longer in common use since end of 19th century.
Donor:
Velimir Nikolov
Collection place:
Skopje, Skopje Region, Macedonia
Culture or time period:
Macedonian (modern culture)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pitchers (vessels)
Production date:
1850-1900
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (January 18, 1966–February 28, 1966) and S1969-1970 #17: University of California, Los Angeles (August 18, 1969–January 7, 1970)