Samovar
MediumStainless steel
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineBequest of the Stetson Estate
Object number1932.13.4
DescriptionSilver colored samovar, used for brewing tea. Has four feet to raise off of furniture. Tapers up from bottom then outward to a decorative band and continue into a bulbous shape. There are two decorative handles on teh sides with painted black wood that is chipping in some places. The top of the samovar has two knowbs witha loose tray that sit between them. Above is another attachment with similar pattern and lower band which rises around the actual lid on top, also a black wooden knob. Halfway up the miggle is a decorative spout from which the liquid would dispense.On View
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Philippines
c. 1760, maybe
Pre-Columbian