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Description: | Part of a set NCMG 2005-26/1-7. /1 tray; /2 coffee pot; /3 sugar bowl; /4,5 metal cup holders; /6,7 ceramic cups. Small, individual coffee service
Small metal (silver plated copper?) bowl with separate lid. Both have stylised embossed patterns on them. Bowl has flowers and hearts (or spades), lid has 6-lobed leaves and a handle of a crescent and star (Islamic symbol).
Nowadays the cups have handles but this is traditional (without), the bowl would have been used for sugar cubes or Turkish delight.
It is made from copper, both examples of metal work are created by using special tools they are hand made by a specialist, using a hammer. Now in the capital (Sarajevo) they make them in front of you.
The design or patterns used in the coffee services are common to all of the country, they are very traditional and were inherited from the Ottoman/Osmanian empire five or six hundred years ago. They variations that are found come from the artist not the region.
This type of pattern is only found in kitchen wares, and furniture, it’s the arabesque influence.
Accession number: NCMG 2005-26/3 | Subjects: | food and drink Bosnian | Temporal: | 2000c. | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Sarajevo | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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