January 2, 2024
ANTIQUE MASSIVE BRONZE RUSSIAN SAMOVAR
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For more than 250 years, the samovar has occupied an honoured place in Russian homes as the centrepiece of the table, around which life revolved. It remains most stable attribute of domestic coziness. Step by step a peculiar ritual of tea-drinking emerged and was adopted in every Russian homes. Drinking tea from the samovar was a way of life. A traditional samovar consists of a large metal container with a faucet and a metal pipe running up through the center. The pipe is filled with solid fuel to heat the water in the surrounding container and the teapot placed on top. The teapot is used to brew the zavarka, a strong concentrate of tea. The tea is served by diluting this concentrate with kipyatok (boiling water) from the main container at a ratio of about 10 parts water to one part tea concentrate. Nowdays Russians still use the samovar quite often, but mostly as an attribute of exotics and nostalgia. Samovars are a necessary feature of the Russian mode of life and consequently a part of Russian applied art. we show you a wonderful antique bronze probaby samovar circa 1930. Good condition. Dimensions Width: 12.20" (31 cm) Height: 18.11" (46 cm) Depth: 11.81" (30 cm) Customer Satisfaction Guarantee If do not like the item you may send it back within 7 days of receipt (see details below). Simply mail it our shipping location
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